Explore every episode of the podcast The People Leaders Podcast
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| How to Find and Win Your Next Leadership Role With Richard Triggs | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:44:42 | |
Regardless of where you are on your leadership journey, this epsiode is guaranteed to help you progress your leadership journey and, importantly, set yourself up to win "your ideal role with your employer of choice." I had a fascinating chat with Richard Triggs, the founder and CEO of Arete Executive, an executive search and recruitment company based in Brisbane, Australia. We delved into Richard's extensive experience in placing executives in senior leadership roles and board positions, and discussed his books 'Uncover the Hidden Job Market' and 'Winning the War for Talent.' We explored the intricacies of knowing when it's time for a career move, the importance of self-awareness for leaders, and specific strategies for excelling in job interviews. Additionally, Richard shares actionable advice for leveraging the "hidden job market" and emphasises ongoing personal development. This episode is packed with practical tips and deep insights for both job seekers and employers. Episode Highlights:
Useful Links: Arete Executive Website - https://www.areteexecutive.com.au/ Get in touch with us at info@peopleleaders.com.au | |||
| 5 Signs Your Team May Need an MBTI Workshop | 12 Feb 2025 | 00:09:42 | |
In this episode, I explore five key indicators that suggest your team may benefit from an MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) workshop. Learn how communication breakdowns, lack of team cohesion, low motivation and engagement, constant decision-making conflicts, and unresolved workplace tension could be holding your team back. Discover practical tips and success stories on how understanding personality dynamics through MBTI can enhance communication, teamwork, and overall workplace efficiency. If these issues sound familiar, it might be time to consider an MBTI workshop for your team. We’ve been delivering MBTI workshops, in person and online, in Australia and around the world, for over 25 years. If you’d like to discuss how an MBTI workshop might benefit your team, contact jan@peopleleaders.com.au or phone Jan on + 61 425 795 938. Episode Highlights:
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| Maximising Leadership Effectiveness Through Wellbeing with Anna Eliatamby | 20 Sep 2024 | 00:28:32 | |
In this episode, we explore the critical role of well-being in leadership with Anna Eliatamby, a clinical psychologist and workplace well-being expert. Anna shares insights on the foundational importance of self-care for leaders, highlighting how neglecting personal well-being can lead to destructive habits and toxic behaviours.
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| Where Do You Sit? Above And Below The Line | 01 Nov 2018 | 00:22:09 | |
This post is about one of the most impactful behavioural models we've come across in the last 18 years. It’s called ‘above the line and below the line’ where the line represents choice. We can choose to operate either above the line or below it. If it sounds simple, that’s because it is.
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| How To Wheel Your Way To Success | 17 Oct 2018 | 00:12:18 | |
We’ve been using the success wheel for many years, and every time we use it with a leadership client or team we get great feedback and they get great results. The beauty of this activity is that it’s ridiculously simple and yet super effective. In this post we’re going to share why and how we use the success wheel – and why it brings such successful results.
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| What Do You Want? We’re Here To Help You Get It... | 04 Oct 2018 | 00:09:04 | |
At People Leaders, we’re always happy to hear from our readers and listeners. But today, we’re getting really interactive. If there are things you really want and you’re willing to try and make them happen, we want you to get in touch and tell us all about it. Why? Well, what we really want is to put all our knowledge and experience, tools and resources at your fingertips to help you get what you really want.
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| The 4 Agreements for Effective Team Leadership | 18 Sep 2018 | 00:16:41 | |
Many of our coaching clients ask us for book recommendations, especially about the leadership journey. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is probably the book that we recommend most often - and it’s one of our all-time favourites. It’s powerful, profound, and gives you a framework to operate at your best.
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| Pass the Kava (and the pigs) as Pacific Island Chief Sam talks about Leadership | 06 Sep 2018 | 00:16:11 | |
You may remember from recent pods and posts that we went on holiday to Vanuatu to do some business planning. Since we were discussing people and leadership, we thought we’d chat with a very special someone we met while we were there – Chief Sam.
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| Our Top 5 Energy Boosters for People Leaders (Or Anyone For That Matter) | 22 Aug 2018 | 00:10:06 | |
In many of our workshops lately, energy, or rather the lack of it, has been a big issue. In this podcast, we share our top five energy boosting tips. They’re all super easy and there’s not a piece of gym equipment in sight!
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| Leadership Perspectives - Interview With David Ryan, MD City West Water | 08 Aug 2018 | 00:31:38 | |
Today, as part of our leadership series, we’re sitting down with David Ryan, managing director of City West Water, a government owned retail water company, to hear his thoughts on leadership and running a large organisation.
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| The New and Improved High Performing Team Assessment Tool | 25 Jul 2018 | 00:22:15 | |
The High Performing Team Assessment Tool (HPT) is one of our most downloaded resources. It’s so popular because it’s simple to use and benchmarks your team across eight critical areas, enabling you to easily measure improvements over time. At People Leaders, we’re also all about continuous improvement. That’s why we’ve revamped the HPT in line with feedback received and our own new learnings. In this podcast, we talk you through the tool and changes we’ve made to it, explaining why it’s so valuable in helping you improve team performance.
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| MBTI Type Skills for Managers and People Leaders | 04 Jul 2018 | 00:20:05 | |
We recently went on holiday with the extended family to Vanuatu and it was fascinating to observe how different we all were in our ways of being. For example, some of us were crazy organised with an agenda full of activities. Others were very present, focusing only on what was in front of them in that moment. Inspired by the family dynamics, we decided to look at personality types in this podcast because, as a people leader, understanding the different ways people perceive and organise information, communicate and make decisions is incredibly useful in avoiding problems and improving effective collaboration within a team.
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| Psychological Safety in the Workplace | 20 Jun 2018 | 00:14:28 | |
When we talk about diversity in the workplace, we usually think in terms of age and gender. But what about the important differences in personalities, communication styles and approaches? All too often, people don’t speak up at work because it doesn’t feel safe – and the consequences can be far reaching. In this podcast we look at the idea of ‘psychological safety’, and how we can create a framework that really honours the differences people bring to a team.
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| Team Building Activities That ACTUALLY Work (2024) | 17 Sep 2024 | 00:20:39 | |
In this podcast, we address common queries about team building, providing practical examples and sharing insights from research on high-performing teams. We outline several team-building activities with specific focuses such as learning, collaboration, fun, connection, trust, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and goal setting.
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| 4 Essential Ingredients for Effective Team Meetings | 03 Jun 2018 | 00:14:20 | |
People talk about team meetings like they’re a dirty word, and it’s true that without the right preparation they can often feel like a waste of time and energy. Minds wander, focus is lost and before you know it your meeting has missed its mark.
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| How To Motivate Your Team As A People Leader | 23 May 2018 | 00:10:52 | |
How to motivate my team? It’s a common but elusive question that many people leaders struggle with. Your team's drive and desire to perform well is key to their productivity and success. Yet the truth is, you can't really motivate people unless they want to do it themselves. So where does that leave you? In this podcast we discuss four focus areas to consider when thinking about how to motivate your team.
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| Awareness, Acceptance and Action | 03 May 2018 | 00:10:35 | |
Today we’re sharing a simple yet powerful model we’ve been using to help our clients work through the process of change. It’s called the Awareness Acceptance Action Model, and it’s a framework or continuum with three stages. Moving through each stage will help you experience a different response in any given situation so that you can create real change.
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| Building Your Brand As A People Leader | 26 Apr 2018 | 00:13:24 | |
Recently, we’ve coached a number of people leaders who’ve received feedback from their upline managers around the importance of building their personal brand. We thought it would be interesting to talk about how to build your reputation from a perspective of building relationships.
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| Your Leadership Playbook | 05 Apr 2018 | 00:20:29 | |
When we think of a playbook, we think of a strategy or plan used in a team sport. In this podcast, we're talking about how you can create your own personal playbook. It's a useful tool that helps purposeful leaders focus their efforts when they’re going into or have come out of a project or task. It prompts you to address the who, what, where, when and how of your development.
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| How to Interpret Lencioni's 5 Dysfunctions of a Team | 28 Mar 2018 | 00:13:07 | |
If you’ve been following People Leaders a while, you’ll know we’re all about optimising your team’s performance and effectiveness. We like to explore ways in which we can help you, and we love hearing what leading-edge thinkers have to say. This week, we’re looking at the work of organisational health expert Patrick Lencioni and the ideas raised in his book ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - A Leadership Fable’.
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| How To Create A Values Based Personal Development Plan | 16 Mar 2018 | 00:17:53 | |
Values are at our very core. They guide our behaviour and what we stand for. But how often do we really focus on them? We recently re-read The Power of Full Engagement (see below for details), and it reconfirmed to us just how important values are. The message we’re sharing today in this post and podcast, is that living your values is the key to being your best self, and the route to higher performance and effectiveness. The Values Based Personal Development Plan is a seven step process that becomes a tool to guide you, like a compass, with discovery and direction.
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| 4 Types of Performance Conversations for Leaders and Managers | 08 Mar 2018 | 00:15:44 | |
Performance conversations are extremely important in your job as a manager. A fundamental part of your role is giving feedback to improve your teams’ effectiveness as well as helping each member develop their skills and career. In this podcast we're looking at the four broad performance categories: Underperformers, Average to good performers, High performers and High potential and the things you need to be mindful of when you’re discussing with your team members where they sit on the scale. We’ve developed a simple template to make it easier for you too and it can be used in several different and very useful ways, some of which we discuss below.Episode Highlights:Delving into the 4 broad performance categoriesWhen discussing performance, include things like skills, achievements and strengths and to what degree each person is performing as per expectationsDiscuss as a team for all round agreement, clarity and setting expectationsAnd remember the 80/20 rule and be mindful of where you're putting your energy, time and attention. Don’t labour over minor issues. Focus instead on those that are likely to yield a result if they are fixed.How to have a discussion with the underperformersWhy performance conversations is an art and a scienceUseful Linksinfo@peopleleaders.com.auPeople Leaders Website - https://peopleleaders.com.au/People Leaders on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/people-leaders-pty-ltd/?trk=cws-cpw-coname-0-0Jan Terkelsen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/janterkelsen/Michelle Terkelsen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-terkelsen-creating-high-performing-teams-a992744/People Leaders Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PeopleLeaders/People Leaders Twitter - https://twitter.com/PeopleLeadersPeople Leaders Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/people.leadersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Get in touch with us at info@peopleleaders.com.au | |||
| Mentoring Session Guidelines For People Leaders | 01 Mar 2018 | 00:08:24 | |
These days a lot of people, particularly high performers and senior leaders, enjoy the benefits that coaching and mentoring provide. This podcast and post looks at a resource we offer our clients that delivers a framework to help mentors and coaches direct session discussions. Though you don’t have to follow it to the word, just having these questions in your back pocket, and following the structure loosely, gives you a pathway and will really help you make the most of your time together. Let’s dive in.
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| Customer/Stakeholder Engagement Plan | 19 Feb 2018 | 00:12:27 | |
At the beginning of the year, our clients all share a keen interest in putting their plans into place, identifying objectives and rolling out the strategic plan. One of the key steps in this strategic planning process is a stakeholder analysis. We're going to step you through a very simple - yet very effective - customer/stakeholder engagement plan.
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| Workplace Resilience: Practical Tips and Strategies | 25 Jul 2024 | 00:18:41 | |
In this episode, we delve into the topic of workplace and professional resilience and what it means to effectively respond and adapt to adversity. We discuss a multi-faceted approach to resilience through mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional lenses.
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| The 10 Key Steps of Team-Based Planning | 18 Jan 2018 | 00:15:24 | |
In our last podcast, we introduced you to the idea of team-based planning and its many benefits. To recap, it’s an activity most commonly carried out at the beginning of the year (or whenever a refresh is required), and it’s guaranteed to bring clarity, focus and direction to your team. Team-based planning gets everyone on board, aligned and invested not only in the outcome, but the journey too.
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| An Introduction to Team-Based Planning | 12 Jan 2018 | 00:09:39 | |
Team-based planning is something we work on with our clients at the beginning and end ofthe year as a top and tail activity. But what exactly is team-based planning? Who’s involved? And what are the benefits?
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| The 3 Keys to Executive Presence for People Leaders | 14 Dec 2017 | 00:13:43 | |
‘Executive presence’. We hear the term a lot, particularly in leadership circles. But what exactly is executive presence? And how does one develop it? At People Leaders, we refer to those with executive presence as having an authentic, confident and poised sense of self that makes a positive impression. In this podcast we've boiled down the concept into three key areas of expression: How you look, How you speak and How you act.
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| How to Keep Your Team on the Same Page With a Team Charter | 08 Dec 2017 | 00:09:46 | |
Working well in a team can often be the difference between project failure and success. One way to increase team cohesion is to develop a team charter that details how the team will work together to get the best result. This simple yet instrumental document encourages members to discuss and agree on how best to coordinate efforts towards their shared goal.
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| How to Create a Team Purpose Statement in Three Steps (and Why) | 29 Nov 2017 | 00:09:51 | |
It’s fair to say that most organisations have a Purpose Statement, Mission Statement or something that determines the company's’ scope of operations and direction. However, though they need just as much clarity and direction (or perhaps more!), it’s rare that individual teams within organisations have their own distinct Purpose Statements.
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| A 4 Step Framework for One-on-One Catch Ups for People Leaders | 23 Nov 2017 | 00:10:22 | |
It’s important for managers to check in on their staff in regular one on one catch ups. But without a process or structure, these conversations can be quite transactional. In this post, we explain how we help managers pave the way to far more valuable and effective catch ups using 4 steps and 5 tips.
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| 5 Tips to Effectively Influence ‘Feelers’ | 16 Nov 2017 | 00:12:01 | |
Influencing is an important skill for anyone, especially people leaders. In this post, we continue our discussion on Influencing, focusing our attention on how best to address those with the personality style of ‘Feeler’. Let’s be clear again - this isn’t about manipulation. It’s about how delivery of a message is integral to how it’s received. To influence someone with a predominant decision-making style, we can message our communication in a certain way to influence the outcome for a win win.
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| Influence Through Preparedness and Tangible Takeaways | 08 Nov 2017 | 00:07:42 | |
Today we’re sharing insights about the benefits of preparing tangible takeaways before heading into an exchange with a team member (or a colleague for that matter). We’ve recently come across several situations where we’ve helped leaders prepare for a variety of responses heading into a conversation. Invariably we’ve found that presenting visual materials or specific evidence to back up points or demonstrate intent has successfully influenced outcomes. Here’s how.
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| A Rasci Matrix to Help Your Teams to Collaborate Effectively | 01 Nov 2017 | 00:09:35 | |
For teams to work well collaboratively, every member must be crystal clear on roles and responsibilities. The RASCI matrix (pronounced ‘racey’) is a simple ‘quick view’ tool that defines who’s involved at what stage and in what capacity. In this way, it helps managers keep everyone on the same page.
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| This Is Me - How to Help Your Team Know You Better | 19 Oct 2017 | 00:14:51 | |
Understanding how team members operate is the key to high-performance teamwork. But it can take some time (and painful trial and error) before you really know what makes each person tick. Through the work we do with managers and teams, we’ve developed a practical shortcut that helps people get to know each other quickly. It’s a simple and highly effective exercise we call, ‘This is me’.
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| Mastering Feedback and Difficult Conversations with Dr. Phill Krins | 18 Jul 2024 | 00:34:29 | |
In this episode, I am excited to welcome Dr. Phill Krins, an expert in workplace psychology, coaching, and facilitation. We delve into the significance of feedback and managing difficult conversations, especially for new and emerging leaders.
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| A Simple 5 Step Career Planning Guide For Leaders | 12 Oct 2017 | 00:14:44 | |
The end of the fiscal year can often be a time when people begin examining their careers. They may be reflecting on what has been accomplished and how their current role in their organization fits who they are -- their aspirations and goals.As such you may be thinking it’s time to do some career planning. In order to be thorough, career planning doesn’t have to be complicated but it does take a good amount of analysis and thought.
Remember: “those who fail to plan, plan to fail.”
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| 5 Tips to Effectively Influence ‘Thinkers’ | 04 Oct 2017 | 00:14:24 | |
A big part of any leadership role is knowing how to influence others. Not to manipulate or cajole but to influence so your team can work more cohesively. Because we all see the world differently, not everyone has the same ‘influence buttons’ but the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) gives us clues how to frame an argument based on style or ’preferences.’We covered preferences in more detail in this post on How to use the MBTI In Your Professional Development but today we’re going to focus on Thinkers
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| Meditation - Your Secret Leadership Weapon | 21 Sep 2017 | 00:11:04 | |
Meditation is a subject full of misconceptions and misunderstandings, yet those of us who do it regularly can’t imagine life without it. It’s one of the best kept secrets around but fortunately it’s becoming more and more mainstream.In fact at the leadership level it’s becoming an essential skill.
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| 6 Good Coaching Habits For Managers and Leaders | 07 Sep 2017 | 00:10:17 | |
As you move up the leadership chain, your role steadily changes from supervisor to manager to leader. Supervisors are very task oriented and the focus of their work is ensuring that outputs are met in a particular timeframe. Managers and leaders however are more focused on empowering their team members to take responsibility for their own outputs.
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| 4 Ways to Flip Feedback for Leaders and Managers | 30 Aug 2017 | 00:12:52 | |
Feedback for team members in the work environment is a double edged sword. On one hand it can be constructive and useful, while on the other hand it can also cause stress and discomfort.The stress and discomfort usually comes about because of the top-down aspect of feedback. Usually it’s a manager or leader providing feedback to a team member for the purposes of ‘course correction.'
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| Top 10 Tips for Communicating with Introverts | 15 Aug 2017 | 00:07:39 | |
We’ve previously covered our top 10 tips for communicating with extroverts on our podcast and blog. Today it’s the introvert’s turn*. It may well be that you think you don’t have many introverts on your team or in your workplace but that could be because introversion is often misunderstood.
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| Top 10 Tips for Communicating with Extroverts | 09 Aug 2017 | 00:07:41 | |
Depending on the nature of your workplace, chances are that half your team (give or take) is likely to be extroverted. Probably less than half if you are running a library and more than half if you are running a sales team. Either way, knowing how to communicate effectively with extroverts is a skill worth having, especially if you are more introverted yourself. That’s not to say that extroverts have special needs as such but if you want to bring out their best, communicating effectively is key.
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| MBTI Types | 03 Aug 2017 | 00:17:33 | |
As a leader or manager you are in a position where you have more impact than most. While your intention will always be for that impact to be positive, sometimes it’s affected by factors you may not be aware of. Your reputation for example.
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| Know Your Impact. Know Your Reputation | 25 Jul 2017 | 00:11:03 | |
As a leader or manager you are in a position where you have more impact than most. While your intention will always be for that impact to be positive, sometimes it’s affected by factors you may not be aware of. Your reputation for example.
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| 4 Simple Time Hacks To Improve Your Performance As A Manager | 12 Jul 2017 | 00:13:17 | |
Though all of us have the same amount of time each day, it seems that some folks use that time more effectively than others. While we might like to think it’s because they don’t have as much on their plate as we do, that’s often not the case. Often they actually have more to do but they have just set themselves up to be extremely effective.
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| The Art of Managing Up: Crucial Questions for Your Manager | 09 Jul 2024 | 00:14:46 | |
In this episode, we discuss the importance of managing up and making the most out of your relationship with your manager during one-on-one meetings. We explore various questions to ask, such as understanding your manager's key priorities, communication preferences, and ways to build trust. Additionally, we dive into stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and ways to ensure continuous performance improvement. These strategies aim to enhance your performance and showcase your skills effectively, fostering a proactive and productive work environment. Episode Highlights:
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| Cognitive Diversity | 04 Jul 2017 | 00:17:38 | |
Workplace diversity has been a pretty hot topic in recent years. Most people think of diversity in terms such as gender, age, race or physical or intellectual ability. And rightly so, as diversity based on these characteristics add tremendous value to a workplace.
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| Personality Profile Clarity 4D | 15 Jun 2017 | 00:10:29 | |
We’ve been long time fans of profiling tools and use them almost every day in our business. Our primary tool is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), but we’re always keen to learn about other tools that can be of value to our clients. We recently became accredited in Clarity 4D and want to share some of what we learned here (you can also listen to us talk about it in this podcast episode).Like the MBTI, Clarity 4D is partly based on Carl Jung’s psychological preferences around the dynamics of thinking and behaviour, and the ancient ‘elements’ of fire, water, air and earth. While Clarity 4D is not as thorough as MBTI, it’s certainly useful and is a great introduction to profiling for teams who are new to it.
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| 10 Tips To Invigorate Your Career In Your Organisation | 06 Jun 2017 | 00:10:58 | |
In a recent post we covered 4 Simple Steps to Create a High Performing Career. Today we’re upping the ante with 10 more, but these are focussed specifically on ramping things up within the organisation that you are currently in.
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