The Being Leader: Annabel Graham

Let's talk about something often ignores when we talk about change. 

Transition – that sticky bit, the bit in between when people get stuck, frustrated and it all becomes a bit difficult. 

Why don’t people talk about it?  Well we often view change as a linear entity, a journey from 1 point to another, with a series of steps in the middle that will get us there, but we forget we are dealing with humans, and we're just a bit messier.

How does change impact organisations?  And if you are implementing a change project - large or small, what do you need to take into account.

In this episode I'm joined by Chris Barrett, experienced Transformation Director, COO and board advisor who shares his experiences from 20 years of transformation and change initiatives.

We explore change and transformation projects, and learn the key things we should and shouldn't be doing wh...

We're in a decade of change.  History tells us that by 2030 the world in which we work and live will be very different to the way it was at the start of the 2020s.

How do I know this - well it's been the same for the last 4 centuries in the same decade, so why should the pattern stop now?

That means, the world of work will be different - we're seeing that already with the rise in hybrid working and the gig economy.  Which necessita...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Being Leader, the podcast where we explore how we are showing up and being as leaders for ourselves, our teams and our organisations.

In this season we will be exploring the new leadership agenda of change - and how this impacting us as we move further into the 2020s. This short intro is the minute to press pause, just for a moment, as we stop, draw breath, and consider how we need to go forward.

Plus epi...

Welcome to 2022! Not up for New Year's resolutions? Unsure of what your goals should be?  Word of the year not your thing?

How about considering how you show up?  A simple change of state, mindset and focus that could transform how you lead, work and interact with others.  

This short podcast will get you thinking about how you can be, rather than what you can do!

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We know the world has become increasingly more complex, and this is impacting how leaders approach the issues they are facing in their teams and businesses. 

The problem is, we confuse complex issues with complicated ones, and when we try to apply the same approaches, wonder why they aren't working.

In this fascinating conversation I am in conversation with Nicola Maxwell, Director of leadership consultancy edoMidas.  We explore ho...

In the last episode we looked at your attitude as a people manager to hybrid working, and the impact this can have on your team. In this episode we wrap up the topic by looking at how you can make it work for your team, examining:

• How you work and communicate?
• How you collaborate and meet as a team?
• how you make decisions?
• Who or what the office environment is for?
• How you measure performance?

In all of this I assume that...

So we're back for series 2 - with topics generated by you the listener.  In this episode, part 1 of 2, we're exploring Hybrid Working and how it is impacting leaders and teams.

In this expect to reflect upon:

• What are your attitudes to hybrid?
• How are you leading your teams, and what impact is it having?
• How are you approaching the route back to the office, and what conversations are you having.

Part 2 will explore how to...

Leadership for a Brave New World!  In this final episode of series one I talk to Author and Executive Coach Joy Maitland, about the themes of her new book From Alpha to Zen.  Together we explore the different aspects that are necessary for today's leaders to get to grips with.  Such as:   

• Valuing your Values
• The ability to observe, then act 
• Understanding your unique perspective
• Having courage
• Learning - and seeing failure as ...

In this episode, we pick up a theme started in #26 on empowering our people as leaders.  Join me to explore:

• how we mistake empowerment for abandonment,
• why empowering team members is worthwhile for leaders 
• what gets in the way of empowerment
• and how we can go about empowering people effectively

And also how coaching can help you to do this.

You can connect with me at www.successfultraining.co.uk  , @the_beingleader,  ht...

What exactly is a coaching culture and why is it beneficial to have one in your organisation?  In this episode I'm joined by executive coach Nick Howell of Abintus to explore this further.  We chew over: 

• What coaching is and isn't and how it differs to mentoring 
• What a coaching culture is and isn't  
• Why a coaching culture is beneficial to leaders, teams and businesses and how to put one in place
• Why it's not just "HR's job" ...

What is culture, and why should we as leaders pay attention to it?  Delivering strategy and getting things done on the action plan is far more important right?  Well maybe – but let’s think about it for a minute.

In this episode - there are no fancy models, instead we cut to the heart of culture - how we do things around here.  And that starts with us - how we show up as leaders. So listen to hear the questions we need to be asking...

Who do you need to become as a leader who can navigate that cusp between the technological age and the information age? What does that mean for those of us who are leaders, and who will develop leaders ? What challenges are we facing in the now which will absolutely be different in the future and what does that mean for the leader we need to become?

In this episode we look at the current reality, the future and what this means for ...

Have you got a strategy in place in your organisation?

Have you taken that strategy and communicated it to your direct reports and then all the levels below you?

Have you aligned the department and team objectives back to that strategy so that it links in and delivers business goals at their functional level?

Have your direct reports then cascaded it down to the level below to make sure their departments deliver them and deliver yo...

So how are your team at making decisions?  Dominated by the leader? Irrational and a bit random? Revisit them again and again? Or never make them?

The behavioural science of decision making is challenged by social pressure cascade effect, low information and more. How then can we ensure as leaders we enable our teams to decide?

In this wide ranging episode Giorgia Prestento and I explore this and more, and recognise the importance ...

We started the year thinking about intention, and our first dialogue takes us a bit further.  In this episode Preeta Cooley of DeNovo Performance and I discuss choice.  

Does choice exist, and what challenges us & makes us think we don't have choice? From existentialist theory to diary management, from Frankl to Jack Canfield & Henry Ford this episode takes us across a wide range of views and thoughts on choice, culminating in 3 ke...

Did you know our minds are only present 50% of the time?  If so, how do you access the intersection between spirituality, mindfulness and wellbeing, to really be present.

My final guest of 2020 is Christoph Spiessens, Mindfulness coach and Insight timer app trainer.  Join us on this episode where we discuss:

• Recognising patterns and unlearning
• checking in with "what is"
• Doing mode v being mode
• Self compassion and mirror neurons...