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EPISODE 47 | It's time we had a catch up!

Sep 9th, 2022 19m 47s

It's been a little while since our last episode, so it's time we had a catch up! We talk about the break from squeeze, whats changed for us at iManage, and what's coming next.

Episode 46 (High functioning teams with Piers Thynne at McLaren Racing)

Jul 23rd, 2021 30m 39s

Its been a while since our last episode, but today we are bringing you something a little different… and if you’re a fan of motor sport like bob and I, something a little bit special… We're talking to Operations Director of the McLaren Racing t

Episode 45 (Self control)

Feb 23rd, 2021 46m 55s

What if self control was our super power. So finally tuned that we knew exactly when to exercise it, but also when to go with instinct and impulse. That would be pretty useful. For most of us self control is something we could do with develop

Episode 44 (The terrible cost of not giving yourself a chance)

Feb 2nd, 2021 38m 50s

What is your relationship with risk? Are you somebody who values the chance to make a bold decision and put something on the line, or do you operate exclusively in the realm of near certainty, finding your comfort in knowing. Today we explore t

Episode 43 (Turning dissatisfaction into action)

Dec 16th, 2020 41m 37s

Many of us have areas of our lives that we are dissatisfied in, but many times we don’t move from that space of dissatisfaction into action. Why not? Today we explore the idea of executing and making things happen in your life.

Episode 42 (Resilience)

Nov 10th, 2020 44m 22s

As the second national lockdown begins Will and Bob talk to us about resilience. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties has to be one of the most valuable traits in the current climate, both professionally and personally. So today we

Episode 41 (The new normal)

Oct 5th, 2020 45m 10s

We’ve avoided talking too much about COVID on this podcast although it’s impossible to ignore the business and behavioural implications of COVID as we talk about other things, but given our most recent Boris speech which seemed to increase the

Episode 40 (Becoming an intreprenuer)

Sep 21st, 2020 56m 11s

Well we are back after our summer pause, I hope you were all able to have some kind of break over the summer despite all of the limitations. In this episode we are talking about what it means to be an intreprenuer, that is an entrepreneur withi

Episode 39 (Supporting innovation)

Jul 27th, 2020 36m 35s

“There is a way to do it better, find it.” So said Thomas Edison, potentially the greatest American inventor of all time. Innovation is the secret sauce for most organisations doing business today, and failure to innovate is demonstrably linked

Episode 38 (Patterns and habits and the stories they tell)

Jul 20th, 2020 28m 52s

The patterns of behaviour and habits that you have tell stories about you. Are you aware of the things you unconsciously do, the attitudes and presuppositions you bring to the table in your relationships and communications. Are you in control o

Episode 37 (Have you reached your potential?)

Jul 13th, 2020 30m 25s

Have you reached your potential? It’s a hard question to answer isn’t it? Most of us would probably want to say no, not just out of a sense of British humility, but also in acknowledgement that there is more in store for us, we haven’t reached

Episode 36 (A flexible leader is a good leader)

Jul 6th, 2020 33m 1s

Being a leader means being flexible. Being a leader means understanding those you are leading. The danger of simply having one or two modes when it comes to leading your teams is that you approach issues from entirely the wrong perspective, and

Episode 35 (What makes a good coachee?)

Jun 29th, 2020 34m 59s

We sometimes think that if we haven’t learned, then we haven't been taught well… its easy to blame the teacher, but what does it take to be a good learner? Surely that has a big part to play in the equation. The same is true when it comes to a

Episode 34 (How to interview well online)

Jun 22nd, 2020 30m 5s

Interviewing online is a new and challenging proposition. When you are not present in person you loose out on so many of the subtleties of communication and the social and aesthetic clues about a companies culture. We have to work even harder t

Episode 33 (The value of practice)

Jun 15th, 2020 29m 10s

Malcolm Gladwell famously theorised that to become an expert in any task or action you must perform it for 10,000 hours. This was in his book Outliers. Whether you think 10,000 is the magic number or not, practice certainly is the key to progre

Episode 32 (Story telling)

Jun 10th, 2020 33m 25s

From the moment we are born, we are told stories. Stories about hungry caterpillars, Gruffalos, lions witches and wardrobes. But it doesn’t stop when we leave primary school. It doesn’t even stop when we leave education all together, because s

Episode 31 (Stop motivating start inspiring)

Jun 1st, 2020 35m 3s

Inspiration, we all need a bit every now and then don't we. A spark to light the match that sets the fire, something to remind us why we do what we do, something to motivate us to keep pushing forward. It’s no different in our organisations, if

Episode 30 (Redefining self)

May 25th, 2020 29m 47s

Evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection. Why do species change and adapt? Because of environmental pressures and competition. Our 21st century environme

Episode 29 (Presentation skills)

May 18th, 2020 34m 32s

We are getting super practical this week with a podcast all about presentation skills. Some people love to present and some people avoid it at all costs, but with some help from bob and will today we think you can go out and deliver an engaging

Episode 28 (Is now the time to give things away?)

May 11th, 2020 27m 29s

The current health crisis has shown us people at their best and at their worst. The temptation during a crisis is to protect your own castle, and the people inside it, and there is some good sense in that. But what becomes of generosity during

Episode 27 (Making meetings matter)

May 4th, 2020 34m 44s

Do you enjoy meetings? Then your officially a weirdo! No, i'm sure there are some people who do like a meeting, but I think for many of us meetings take a large portion of our time during the working day, and most people think they could be mor

Episode 26 (Pressure and uncertainty)

Apr 27th, 2020 32m 49s

We are being warned to settle in to the new normal when it comes to ways of working, however things progress in the coming weeks it seems certain that some things will never be the same again. That fact drives pressure and uncertainty into our

Episode 25 (Staying motivated while remote working)

Apr 20th, 2020 24m 34s

One of the biggest challenges when working remotely is how to keep motivated. When we are away from the office and away from colleagues, it is easy to begin to feel disconnected from the vision of the organisation and therefore demotivated to c

Episode 24 (Covid 19 & remote working)

Apr 6th, 2020 33m 28s

We are living through truly unprecedented times during this Covid 19 crisis. The effect on business has been monumental with vast numbers from all industries being forced to leave their places of work and set up shop in their homes, i’m sure th