Learning how to have a fight - the power of psychological safety.

11/29/20 • 5 min

Once upon a time, not too far from where I am sitting, there was a Bronze age settlement. Nearly 3,000 years ago - people came together in sophisticated groups and shared skills and labour to survive. Powerful families and groups were in constant competition with each other vying for power, and what most of these potential leaders offered was safety.

If you were pitching for a leadership position back then, you were most likely offering physical strength, cunning and access to allies and resources. And so long as you delivered - you got to keep your position.

Instead of our managers, leaders and CEO's keeping us safe from marauding tribes, we look instead for leaders that promise us psychological safety.

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Instead of our managers, leaders and CEO's keeping us safe from marauding tribes, we look instead for leaders that promise us psychological safety.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Is this what I want to do 'till I die?

As more and more people are facing a forced change of career, change of working environment or even early retirement what can we do to get back in touch with our "purpose in life" and will it come from our job?

This weekend I'm joined by a special guest, Brian McIvor. Brian has been involved in training and development since 1978. He specialises in career and personal development and is also involved as a producer of multimedia material for training for over 40 years; he's an author and coach, loves his music and he's always good for a good chat on our shared topics of interest.

Brian's website is https://www.brianmcivor.com/

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Sorry you are on mute.

One more Zoom or teams call and once again someone on the call has to be reminded that they are on mute. It's one of the bear traps of the online communications world we now inhabit.

On a recent call, I was intrigued to see a contributor chatting away on mute, and it seemed nobody was going to tell them - for an experiment I held back from being the one to say it - just how long would it be before someone said something.

You join a video conference call. You're one of twenty faces on the screen. About halfway into the call, your mind starts to wander, and you realize you have no idea what the last person just said.

But good old scient has an explanation...

In 1913, Max Ringelmann, a French architectural engineer, made a discovery that actually explains why virtual meetings are often so unsuccessful.

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