Compassion for Easter?

2022 is flying by! While I am tracking well with some goals I set for myself and my business for this year, I'm making very slow or no progress with others. And I am fine with it. I didn't exactly plan the environment I find myself in either!

I am sure you and your team are in a similar situation. The uncertain and quite frankly crazy world we find ourselves in is more reason that ever to give ourselves a break, acknowledge everything that has changed since setting our goals, celebrate progress made, and practice self and team compassion.

Take a little time over Easter to reflect, and give yourself a break!

#easterreflection#selfcompassion#teamcoaching#teamcompassion

Give a team fish, or teach a team to fish?

As tempting as it may be to order the catch of the day at a fine dining restaurant from time to time, you will be able to eat fish every day if you learnt how to fish. This has been on mind a lot recently. First, I have been working in partnership with a consultant supporting a client through a team transition. My college’s approach is to serve a pan fried trout with all the trimmings. My approach is to take the team out to a stream, give them some rods and lures, and practice fly fishing together. And I think both have their place. Combined, we are meeting the clients short terms needs, and building capability for the future as well.

Second, I have been writing about my early experience as an internal team coach. Although I was taking the team fishing on a regular basis, I was providing them with an open seafood buffet on a day-to-day basis as well. Of course the buffet was easier and faster for the team to consume, so they picked that option. It took a lot of energy to encourage the team to fish for themselves and support their long term growth. I learnt a lot from that experience, and I think the leader and team did as well.

If you or your team would like learn more about fishing (and by fishing I mean high performance leadership and high performance teamwork), please get it touch. I have plenty of lure options to share with you.

#teamfishing#leadershipdevelopment#teamcoaching

Location, location, location part 3

Coming to you from Mangawhai (about 90 mins drive north of Auckland). I’m here on my third self-imposed writing retreat… and brimming with gratitude…

· to be living in one of the most beautiful countries in the world

· to have the opportunity and resources to be able to park life, hide, and do this

· to have had the most amazing experiences in my life, and more in progress

· to have the best and most caring friends and professional colleges I could ever wish for

· to have freedom and choice

And I could go on…

Reflecting and sharing personal reflections in a team context, is a great way to get conversation flowing, build trust, and create psychological safety. Try opening your next team meeting with a round table gratitude exercise. It is bound to reveal new information and generate smiles.

#gratitude#teamcoaching#psychologicalsafety#lovenewzealand