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Thanks to Ralitsa Vasilovska for including me in the female transformational campaign. It was a pleasure to actually take some time out of the busy schedule to sit down and reflect on this topic - and summarize it all in the space of a one minute recording! Running busy lives in whatever shape or form, take their toll on us both physically and mentally and it is important we are all conscious of that and mitigate it to the best of our ability. Everyone's down time will look different to each others, but we can't be our best professional selves if we ignore the rest of our selves. If you are in the middle of a transformational project, make sure you try and carve out some time for yourself - and encourage your teams to do the same. Productivity will be boosted as a result! #womensdayiseveryday #mentalhealth #transformation #teamwork #productivityboost

Stellarmann's founder Will Larcombe unveils the shared DNA of successful IT Transformation project delivery and championship sports teams 🏅 "70% of digital transformation projects fall short of their objectives" This statistic reflects when ambition and capability are not in alignment 📉 In this article, Will highlights the importance of driving culture into winning teams and ensuring achievable goals are in sight ⤵ What similarities do you notice in sports teams and project delivery? #projectdelivery #projecteams #transformation https://lnkd.in/dXu6774y

🌟 Big thanks to Jeff Ernewein for the wonderful review! It's inspiring to see the positive impact our training has had on your teams and work environment. We look forward to future collaborations! Curious about our training opportunities? Reach out to explore what we can offer for you and your team. 💼💡 #HappyClient #LeadershipTraining #PositiveImpact 🚀

Delighted to share that I along with my team members have been adjudged as 1st position🥇 in an interesting competition " Managing the Reel World - Lessons from Movies " organised by Allenhouse Management Institutions on November 2 , 2023. This competition is totally about the movies which we watch, we just have to find the management skills from that movie. Management skills like teamwork , hardwork , leadership , planning etc. Participating in this competition was a great experience. It gave us a different perspective of watching the film. Behind every film there is some intent of the director if that message reaches the audience then the movie becomes hit and if not then the movie flops. This happens in many businesses also behind every product there is some intent and there are customers who do not understand the reason behind launching that product and due to which that product fails in the market. The customer should change their perspective while looking at any product and try to understand the intention behind launching that product so that no product will fail in the market. #certification #collegecompetition #learningandgrowing

🌟 Did you watch the Oscars? 🌟 Emma Stone's Oscar speech truly resonated with me, especially her candid moment about her broken dress and her heartfelt gratitude towards her team. "Oh my God, I’m totally — OK, the other night I was panicking as you can kind of see — it happens a lot — that maybe something like this could happen. And Yorgos [Lanthimos, Poor Things’ director] said to me, 'Please take yourself out of it,' and he was right, because it’s not about me." "It’s about a team that came together to make something greater than the sum of its parts. And that is the best part about making movies, is all of us together." I loved the part about taking yourself out of the equation. What a fantastic reminder about the power of your team. Emma's words beautifully capture the essence of what we strive for in our projects. It's about celebrating every member of the team, who pour their love, care, and brilliance into making our endeavors successful. We had our monthly retro today. I look forward to these as a way to see how far we've come and what we have accomplished in a month as a company. At ResNet, we believe in the strength of teamwork and collaboration. It's not about individual achievements, but coming together as a team to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Let's continue to work together, supporting and lifting each other up. Because when we collaborate, we create magic that surpasses any individual contribution. 💫 #Teamwork #Collaboration #EmmaStoneOscars #innovation #management #creativity #startups

What does Lions & Tigers do? Brea Starmer says it better than we could so we are giving her the stage... Hi! I'm Brea. I'm the CEO & Founder of Lions & Tigers. We are a staffing and workforce solution partner for enterprises who value diverse voices. We offer highly skilled marketing, communications, operations & change management specialists who desire flexibility, building fractional teams of experts for ongoing support or burst capacity. 🔮 Our vision is to be a force for systemic work evolution 🔮 Moving forward, we believe organizations need: 🌱 more sustainable work models (to retain employees), and ✋🏻✋🏼✋🏾 cultures of belonging (to inspire innovation) In service of a brighter work future, L&T's two core offerings are: 1/ fractional staffing in the management consulting categories, adding critical capacity and skills, and 2/ culture change management consulting, building high-performing and trusted teams of blended employees and non-employees Can we help with the mission you have ahead? 💡 #staffing #consulting #changemanagement

Last week, while attending the Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational 2023, I had the chance to meet the cricket legend Sir Courtney Walsh and other exceptional athletes. The day was well spent, and the discussions I had led me to reflect on a fundamental question: What transforms talented athletes into true legends? The answer surfaced organically, revealing a striking parallel between the traits that elevate athletes to greatness and those that fortify a thriving organizational culture. These three pillars, which serve as the cornerstone for both individual athletic success and a resilient workplace environment are: Passion: Just as athletes pour their hearts into their sport, genuine passion fuels a vibrant organizational culture. It ignites enthusiasm, fosters creativity, and drives individuals to go above and beyond. Focus: Athletes understand the critical importance of staying focused on their goals. Similarly, a focused workforce, driven by clear objectives, minimizes distractions and productivity, ensuring everyone is aligned and working towards common objectives. Consistency: Committing to excellence is a shared principle between sports legends and successful organizations. Consistency in effort, performance, and values creates a stable foundation for growth, enabling continuous improvement and long-term success. In conclusion, the alignment between the three pillars—passion, focus, and consistency—underscores their universal significance, serving as guiding principles for sporting legends and building and sustaining a resilient and thriving organizational culture. #leadershipdevelopment #passionandpurpose #consistency

I am normally pretty consistent with LinkedIn but this summer I’ve tried really hard to take as much time off as I can, every hour, half day, whatever I can squeeze out - I’ve done it. It’s been great. Hardly posted on LI at all. It’s really reminded me just how much these guys contribute to my life. Really very lucky to have them all. And, got some great projects coming at us over the next few months, finishing off some work with Gayle Hunt and Raven - their performance process and support for managers is going to rock!! Despite some false starts I’ll be working with Emma Crofts and the exec team at CAHA to truly transform their offering to managers and drive results 🚀🚀 (I’m a HUGE fan of these guys!!) Next week I’m with Adele Currie and the exec team at GLH - this will be another great session - they have LOTS to do over the next 12 months so helping to lay some good foundations for that work. Working with Sheila Tothill to run a pilot programme for their front line managers following some great feedback on the taster we did - looking forward to this - it’s going to be ace ♦️♠️♥️♣️ And to boot there is the potential to do some incredibly impactful work with Nikki Forward BA (Hons) MA FCIPD and the team at Ocean this coming year. Nikki really wants to do something that will make a real difference and move away from sheep dipping 🐑🐑🐑. Who can blame her?? Finally, Symon Read and the team at NR are looking to really get a handle on accountability and provide more support to the teams - huge potential here to make a fundamental difference. We are shifting management development away from sheep dipping and towards “continuous management development” - while it seems so simple and obvious - it’s going to be a significant move that will stop you wasting company resources on things that you have no idea is working or not, or to what degree. More impact, more value, better for managers, what’s not to love? ♥️❤️ I’ve still got two weeks left and will cram in as much family time as I can, but then, lots to get done 🚀 Have a great summer people, and thanks for my great clients as always for trusting Pathway Academy to help guide and support them. 🚀🚀 #onwards

With the teams I coach and leaders I work with, I often refer to a critical section of time within the organization as, “the final drive.” Much like a sports game, it refers to a pivotal and crucial time period for that team or organization where the outcome of their performance is essential and must produce a “win.” But a final drive is not just that moment or period of time. It is every step, learning, building block and failure that has had to be overcome previously to make the “win” happen. It’s all the “preciouslys” and “up to this moments” that exactly position the team for greatness. The final outcome is not the goal, but rather all the moments, setbacks and challenges that have occurred. The more “previouslys” a team has had in their development will equivocally be the “right stuff” needed to achieve the victory in the “final drive.” So to all of you pursuing the end, remember it’s the stuff in the middle that determines the outcome. And for those of you looking for how you can create “previously” and “up to this moments” for your teams and organizations, let’s connect. I’d love to share some strategies I’ve seen teams use to become great! The victor is the one who manages all the moments and persists until the end! Until the end!

The Los Angeles Clippers are one of many teams across sports who believed that the Accumulation of Talent can take precedence over Methodical Team Building. Keeping in mind everything that we know about Building Championship Teams, you would think Businesses worth Billions of Dollars would develop a Team and Organization Building Process that would be consistent with success in sports. The Clippers did the opposite. They ignored Risk. The Best Example of this is their decision to give Kawhi Leonard a 3 Year extension despite his age and injury history. The decision to extend Kawhi offers a window into the mind of Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer. Ballmer either believes that when healthy this is a championship team. Or, Ballmer believes that selling hope buys him time and engagement. It provides relevance and engagement in the short-term. In the long-term it buys him time to fix what is a poorly constructed team. Finally, there is one last mistake the Clippers made that goes under the radar. A few years ago the Clippers Front Office became Operators Rather Than Founders. That means, the Front Office stopped making decisions. Instead there approach to Team Building was governed by Steve Ballmer. This is a common theme among underperforming teams around the world. Oddly, this happens more than we realize. By extending Kawhi,