Leading teams to go beyond, being resilient and having honest conversations

business podcast Sep 21, 2020

Join Ewan Andrew and me as we talk about what it takes to go beyond and do something exceptional. Ewan is the President, Global Supply and Procurement & Chief Sustainability Officer for Diageo. I had the pleasure of coaching Ewan several years ago and he is a brilliant mix of driven to go beyond – with teamwork – and humility.
 
In this episode, we chat about the many elements that are required when you are leading a team to go beyond including: being resilient, maintaining belief and enjoyment, relying on grit, adjusting goals, the positive energy from your team, benefiting from failure, and being open for honest communications.
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The Big Deal About Small Wins

business podcast Sep 14, 2020

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This week’s episode is about celebrating the small wins and why this is such a big deal to do.

I recently worked with someone who hired me to as a coach to help her make progress with a myriad of priorities in work and in life. There were so many priorities that it was overwhelming. Some things were getting done while others were at a stand-still. Add in the background of the pandemic, which is its own kind of overwhelm that so many of us are experiencing. For all the long hours she was working, she was missing out on the satisfaction of getting stuff done. We focused on clearly defining goals that were
motivating & achievable; we set goals in each priority area, do-able actions, and started noting the wins and progress.

In our first call, I talked about how important the little wins are and by the 3 rd call she kind of rolled her eyes and said, “I know you’re going to ask me about the little wins,” but then...

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