Building Better Leaders
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http://www.scaffoldcoaching.com/ Building Better Leaders is a regular podcast created to help leaders get the best outcomes for themselves, their teams and organisation. Hosted by the founders of Scaffold Coaching, (http://scaffoldcoaching.com/) Rachael Sullivan and John Tattersall, cover all things work: from how to lead your team in uncertain times, overcoming motivation issues, managing change, better decision making, problem solving, managing work and home life to building outstanding organisational culture. Rachael & John interview guests from different walks of life who share their leadership journeys; through their stories we learn how these people have achieved amazing results, successful careers and developed others by adopting different leadership strategies. At the end of each interview their guests share 3 Leadership Essentials which you can consider implementing to improving your leadership skills. Under a chosen theme they taker a deeper dive into applying their latest guests leadership lessons whilst introducing bite-sized elements of the Building Better Leader workshops.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Building Better Leaders episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Building Better Leaders for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Building Better Leaders episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
38: #38 Exploring The Vegus Nerve with Melanie Weller
Building Better Leaders
04/26/21 • 75 min
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S1: Re-motional Intelligence with Céline Williams
Building Better Leaders
01/28/21 • 93 min
We are joined by Céline Williams Executive & Team Coach, founder of Revisionary based in Toronto, Canada. We chat about Team Coaching, and remote working with some great tips for working in a hybrid future. What are leaders concentrating on in these challenging times? Who are the members in your 1st team?
- Constantly talking to people about holding a few thoughts in our minds at the same time - we are living in the “Grey”
- Transparency - let’s share all the information and make better decisions
- Opposition - If we think of opposition is here to think critically they should be the most valuable part of they system because that’s how we get better. Yet we’ve created a system where the opposition is just “plain wrong”
- Team Coaching provides so much more context and provides helpful perspectives in moving people along individually and collectively as a team
- Feedback - People have to be ready to receive it
- Remote working - awareness of other peoples individual remote environments
- Role of re-motional intelligence - what can I can control in a remote world when our assumptions are a thousand fold
- Setting better expectations of people, using ground rules and shared understanding of one another
- Asking better questions that are leading people away from your own assumptions is so useful
- The vortex of introspection; whilst it’s key to see what is happening to us, its where your growth edge is - you should make time to step out of this pattern
- On-line meetings have become an information dump, we are missing nuance, and need to be far more strategic
How Are You Managing; Managing Remotely?
Building Better Leaders
08/21/20 • 37 min
In this weeks' episode John & Rachael tackle the topical subject of managing remotely.
Our Leadership Essentials:
Our Leadership Essentials:
- Don't go missing
- Taking a compassionate interest in your people
- Never under-estimate the value of Trust.
In The Coaching Approach they delve a little deeper and ask the questions that you will need to find the answers for as we move forward into a world of work that looks and feels very different.
S1: Leading the Sober Curious Movement with Clare Pooley
Building Better Leaders
06/01/21 • 74 min
Six years ago Clare Pooley was drinking about 90 units of alcohol a week. Fast forward to today and she’s a successful author, fulfilling her life’s dream. We talk to Clare about how alcohol works as a drug, and how our tolerance to it builds over time, bringing with it- issues of poor sleep, reduced creativity and anxiety. We talk about Clare’s previous career as a senior leader in the booze advertising industry, and how her recklessness while drinking nearly cost her her job. We Discuss the idea of ‘sober curiosity,’ and how people interested in having time without alcohol might reassess their relationship with it. This conversation provides thought provoking insight into a relationship many Brits have with alcohol that they’re not aware of, and how taking a more mindful approach to consuming alcohol can make you a better leader, and provide many with the opportunity to uncover their full potential. Tips for leaders about being more inclusive in the workplace about team bonding without the booze:
1. Take a break - Ideally take a 100 days break from all alcohol to give you and your body time to decide mindfully what relationship you want to have with alcohol, rather than the relationship you have fallen into 2. Set yourself rules - once you’ve decided the relationship you’d like to have with alcohol, set strict rules and stick to them 3. Keep an eye on it - Be mindful about why and when you are drinking. If you can’t stick to step one you might want to reconsider the benefits of quitting.
Useful Links:
You Tube: https://www.ted.com/talks/clare_pooley_making_sober_less_shameful Website & Book: https://clarepooley.com/
- Ask your team what they’d like to do - don’t assume
- Rethink networking and bonding opportunities that are richer in experience - running, walks, health club, theatre trips, afternoon teas, bakeoffs
- Be mindful of what you role model. Boozy leaders tend to attract and hire boozy teams which can be an issue in itself for productivity and diversity of thought.
1. Take a break - Ideally take a 100 days break from all alcohol to give you and your body time to decide mindfully what relationship you want to have with alcohol, rather than the relationship you have fallen into 2. Set yourself rules - once you’ve decided the relationship you’d like to have with alcohol, set strict rules and stick to them 3. Keep an eye on it - Be mindful about why and when you are drinking. If you can’t stick to step one you might want to reconsider the benefits of quitting.
Useful Links:
You Tube: https://www.ted.com/talks/clare_pooley_making_sober_less_shameful Website & Book: https://clarepooley.com/
S1: Cultural Leadership with Gert Jan Hofstede
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11/01/21 • 65 min
In this weeks episode we meet Gert Jan Hofstede Professor at Wageningen University and co-author of “Cultures & Organisations - Software of the Mind.” He is a speaker and trainer about cross-cultural issues, evolution of culture, organisational behaviour, trust and transparency, specialising in agent-based models of socio-technical systems. In understanding Cultures across the world, he make sense of understanding cultures in organisations and looks at how culture specifically influences leaders and leadership. We discuss peoples inert traits, and what tends to happen when people feel wronged. By taking a look back over time we delve into how the dangers to people have changed from an outward perspective to a more inward threat. We ask Gert Jan why he describes “Culture as ripples on the ocean of shared human nature,” where he defines human nature as: “Status, power, and logic in reference groups.” We all discuss how we’ve been affected by our experiences of leadership good and bad, and ask whether any individual is strong enough to coerce everyone? What traits must political leaders display, and how does this differ across the world? Gert brings the whole cultural discussion to life with a short story loaded with lots of useful questions and examples describing the six issues of social life. Gert Jan’s Leadership Essentials: 1. Maintaining a stable good mood, but be vigilant (technically: non-neurotic) 2. Awareness that modesty counts when it comes to knowing that your followers make you 3. Being Culture-aware (know that one size does not fit all) Links for Gert Jan Hofstede: http://www.gertjanhofstede.com/
S2: Navigating The Menopuase with Melissa Sookia
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03/04/24 • 52 min
Melissa Sookia, founder of Live, discusses menopause, its impact on women in leadership roles, and the need for affordable treatment.
Menopause symptoms vary and can affect productivity at work. Perimenopause starts with subtle changes like irregular periods and mood swings. Awareness is key in supporting women experiencing symptoms. Menopause can last for a 15-year period, with some women sailing through, while others may have severe symptoms.
Lack of awareness often leads to confusion and emotional distress for women experiencing symptoms.
We ask Melissa what can women do for themselves, and where should they go for help and direction. What should considerate employers be thinking about when it comes to discussing this thorny subject?
Leadership Essentials:
Melissa shares her main takeaways about what women should be thinking about:
1. Communication: whether its your home life, or in the workplace talk about your feelings, and symptoms because you need to be heard and understood
2. Delegate: shift some of your workload
3. Time Management: take time, and be kind to yourself.
Melissa can be contacted through linkedin, or you can visit her website and book a consultation with her at LIVVE.UK
Menopause symptoms vary and can affect productivity at work. Perimenopause starts with subtle changes like irregular periods and mood swings. Awareness is key in supporting women experiencing symptoms. Menopause can last for a 15-year period, with some women sailing through, while others may have severe symptoms.
Lack of awareness often leads to confusion and emotional distress for women experiencing symptoms.
We ask Melissa what can women do for themselves, and where should they go for help and direction. What should considerate employers be thinking about when it comes to discussing this thorny subject?
Leadership Essentials:
Melissa shares her main takeaways about what women should be thinking about:
1. Communication: whether its your home life, or in the workplace talk about your feelings, and symptoms because you need to be heard and understood
2. Delegate: shift some of your workload
3. Time Management: take time, and be kind to yourself.
Melissa can be contacted through linkedin, or you can visit her website and book a consultation with her at LIVVE.UK
S1: Be More Wrong! with Colin Hunter
Building Better Leaders
10/04/21 • 63 min
In this weeks podcast John & Rachael are joined by CEO of Potential Squared, Colin Hunter. Colin is also the author of the new book: 'Be More Wrong.' In this episode we discuss with Colin how experiencing failure or not living up to his family ambitions allowed him to dance to his own tune, in his own life and rhythm. Colin discusses how he makes it his life work to help people use these 'screw ups' to turn things around in life and in business. It’s a wonderful conversation to take a new look at leadership, how you lead a team by embracing micro failures. We talk about strengths, building resilience, how to have difficult conversations, asking yourself if it’s worth having a difficult conversations or if you just want to get something off your chest? Colin gives his tips on role playing difficult conversations and the real value this drives for leaders. We talk about Andrew Websters design thinking, and how we can leave ego and expertise at the door, coming up with insights and ideas and test them using small experiments. Tips include how do you warm your team up daily? And how playground games like rock paper scissors can work really well in the workplace? Leadership Essentials: 1. Squirrel - to keep your radar open for new ideas or approaches 2. Mentoring - if you are not mentoring two or other people as a leader you’re not doing the right thing 3. Use an advisory board - have a few people you recruit for difference that can spot when you are screwing up, but can also help you be more wrong, more frequently. Noses in fingers out or noses in fingers in. It’s best to have mix of both! Website: https://www.potential2.com/en-gb/
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44: #44 The Biggest Crisis Leaders Face
Building Better Leaders
07/12/21 • 33 min
In this episode John & Rachael pull together the leadership thoughts of their guests from the previous three shows, and start by taking a light-hearted look at comparing the England football team, and the team in #10.
Highlighting the sober curious movement when they were joined by Clare Pooley; they discuss what we can learn from a youthful leadership and why it might be a good idea, to be more aware about how much we drink.
Reflecting on their conversation with Crisis Management expert Jonathan Hemus; they consider where your organisations biggest crisis ‘blind spot’ might be.
When it comes to the benefits of ‘intricate goal setting’ they remember their conversation with Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Captain - the inspirational Michael Lawrence.
Leadership Essentials
- Be aware of your drinking levels and the culture it sets in your organisation
- What are your most likely crisis blind spots - could it be your leadership team and their behaviours?
- Setting intricate goals can be a great way to increase motivation, and maintain high performance
In the Coaching Approach our fictional organisation has been enjoying new employee well-being benefits, but a decision made to change a key supplier has come back to bite our leaders, how will they react? Can they use any of our leadership essentials to help them respond? What does it say about this organisations culture when it comes dealing with a crisis?
3: #3 Lifting The Lid on LnD Post Lockdown
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07/31/20 • 33 min
As employees return to the workplace with different views of what they want from their working lives, John & Rachael take a look at the future of LnD post lockdown.
Our Leadership Essentials
Our Leadership Essentials
- What got you here; ain't gonna get you there...
- Thoughts about on-demand learning
- Considering LnD as an investment, not a cost
In The Coaching Approach we delve a little deeper and ask questions about your organisations key objectives for the next 12 months; what does "whole life" and "individualised" learning mean to you and your thoughts on leadership.
40: #40 Purpose & Well-Being at Work
Building Better Leaders
05/17/21 • 35 min
In this week’s podcast we reflect on what we learnt from our last 3 guests; Adrian Hawley, Melanie Weller, and Simon Town who are very in touch with the mind, body, and environment connection.
We reflect on the often elusive yet alluring life purpose, and chat about how to combat the detrimental effects of modern life and our ways of working. In particular we think about what leaders can do for their employees that can have dramatic results for the organisation and its people, and doesn’t cost the earth.
Our Leadership Essentials:
1. It can take years to find your life purpose – keep going, it’s really never too late
1. It can take years to find your life purpose – keep going, it’s really never too late
2. The power of storytelling and meaning making on mind and body. We’re all connected mind, body and environment and our bodies reflected the archetypal stories we tell ourselves
3. Don’t get comfortable being uncomfortable. If we make some minor adjustments to our daily lives, we can massively improve our personal future health and wellbeing.
3. Don’t get comfortable being uncomfortable. If we make some minor adjustments to our daily lives, we can massively improve our personal future health and wellbeing.
In The Coaching Approach we catch up with our fictional organisation Safina has introduced George to fellow CEO Andrew Thomas at Better You and he’s keen to learn more about the benefits of offering his employees a free Vitamin D level test. John is pleased to be back in the office showing off with his new Postural exercise regime, and we find everyone in good spirits where employee wellbeing has never felt so good.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Building Better Leaders have?
Building Better Leaders currently has 80 episodes available.
What topics does Building Better Leaders cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Building Better Leaders?
The episode title '38: #38 Exploring The Vegus Nerve with Melanie Weller' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Building Better Leaders?
The average episode length on Building Better Leaders is 55 minutes.
How often are episodes of Building Better Leaders released?
Episodes of Building Better Leaders are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Building Better Leaders?
The first episode of Building Better Leaders was released on Jul 21, 2020.
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