Successful teams understand the benefits of having, strong bonds that include trust, cohesion, empathy, perspective, humility, and ownership, and recognise that individual and team potential is united through these values. 

 

 

"Flatter me, and I may not believe you.

Criticise me, and I may not like you.

Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.

Encourage me, and I will not forget you." 

 

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Key Themes:

Promote deeper thinking,  fun and motivation, encourage creativity, building questioning skills, why ask questions, leadership, teamwork,

empathy for team workplace responsibilities, communication, team collaboration

Followership is the essential yet often overlooked counterpart to leadership. Rather than blind obedience, effective followership requires active engagement and independent, critical thinking. Strong leaders recognize they rely on supportive teammates who know when to step back, offer honest feedback, and advance shared goals. 

 

 

"If leadership is the spark, followship is the flame" Clive Barrow

 

 

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Key Themes:

Promote deeper thinking, create conditions for leaders to get things done, break down barriers, encourage creativity, and use the STOP approach.

 

Establishing trust and ownership within a team and by understanding your role, you can develop your strengths and manage your weaknesses within the team, and so improve how you contribute to the team. 

 

 

"It's not about the workout but the work ethic." 

 

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Key Themes:

Risk vs reward, effective communication, team perspective, vision, passion & effort, promote deeper thinking, encourage creativity, build questioning skills, identifying and seizing opportunities, leadership, teamwork.

When a question engages people and motivates them to ask further questions or challenges their ideas this has huge potential to take people beyond their current thinking, Questions should always be driven by purpose and content

 

 

 

Failure is the key to a safe risk-taking environment, there are no mistakes - only lessons. 

 

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Key Themes:

Building questioning and response skills, knowledge and empathy for team workplace culture and values, individual and team responsibility, communication, team collaboration, promote deeper thinking, the challenges of 'group think', encourage creativity, leadership and teamwork.