Unlocking Potential – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of the Unlocking Potential podcast we look at How to Manage Your Workload Effectively.

We start by considering our pace and perspective. If we are going too fast and are not looking up and out we will not be doing the work that will have the most impact. This exercise will also help you uncover the impact of staying at your pace and perspective.

We then look at the Eisenhower Matrix but check it against our pace and perspective and some of our internal assumptions that might stop us from taking meaningful action.

We close with a word on delegation - why it is your most powerful took for your workload management and for your teams motivation.

In June I'm running a FREE workshop called From Stuck to Soaring: Motivating Teams when targets aren't met. We will go deeper into some of these areas. You can sign up on my website emilypettytraining.com

90 Day Goal Setting to help you make progress.

This episode if for you if you find yourself

• Procrastinating putting off actions or activities.
• Unclear of where you are heading.
• Overly focused on reacting to urgent needs with no clear picture of what activities are helping you to get you to where you need to be.
  
  

90 Day Goal Setting is a simple, but powerful, process that will help you set the direction of travel, stay on track and have something to celebrate at the end of the 90 days.

My Leadership Inner Circles are 90 days for a reason. We know that together there is a lot we can achieve when you create space to plan and find accountability.

Change is hard - but in this podcast I offer a reframe to change.

To start to see change as a journey, an evolution an opportunity for growth and transformation.

This episode is for you if...

>> You are leading organisational change

>> You are experiencing organisational or cultural change >> You are moving through personal or professional change

>> You know you need to make a change but are feeling stuck

We will cover

1 - What is change?

2 - The stages in your hero's journey towards your goals

3 - How you might be resisting change

4 - 7 top tips and ideas for action to help you thrive in times of change

I'm Emily Petty a coach, trainer and facilitator. I help senior leaders and their teams break free from overwork by helping them find a way to lead and work that feels effortless, authentic and empowering.

Each month I also offer a FREE workbook and live event to go alongside the podcast. You can access these here https://www.emilypettytraining.com/unlocking-potential

Meetings are broken. Meetings are not great for anyone let alone everyone.

In this podcast I set some context for the problem we face with meetings.

I share 4 key problems we are facing and offer reflections questions and ideas for action.

These questions will help you shift your beliefs about meetings and give you some actionable ideas to try straight away that will help make meetings better for everyone.

If you have not already done so you can access the FREE worksheet HERE.

I'm Emily Petty a coach, trainer and facilitator. I help senior leaders and their teams break free from overwork by helping them find a way to lead and work that feels effortless, authentic and empowering.

Each month I also offer a FREE workbook and live event to go alongside the podcast. You can access these here https://www.emilypettytraining.com/unlocking-potential

In this episode we explore

• What values are
• How they help us as leaders and in our careers
• How to find your values
• How to live in your values

Knowing your values and living in them will help you lead more effectively and with authenticity and they will guide you in your career growth. Helping you to make values led decisions not comparison led decisions.

Useful resources

Find Your Values workbook https://www.emilypettytraining.com/Values

Brené Brown Living into Our Values https://brenebrown.com/resources/living-into-our-values/

Susan David - How to Identify Our Values https://www.susandavid.com/resource/how-to-identify-your-values/

Simon Sinek - Lead with Your Values https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hTFYwLeJw

I'm Emily Petty a coach, trainer and facilitator. I help senior leaders and their teams break free from overwork by helping them find a way to lead and work that feels effortless, authentic and empowering.

In this episode I look at how you can work in flow and how you can support your team to work in flow.

We look at

• What flow is
• Why flow is so important
• Some theory behind flow
• Imagine what working in flow could look like for you and for your team
• I ask some powerful coaching questions to help you start to flow
• I share a model that you can share with your team to help them to understand flow

Resources

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow a book summary https://www.meaningfulhq.com/flow.html 11

Activities and Exercises to help create flow – https://positivepsychology.com/flow-activities/

I'm Emily Petty a coach, trainer and facilitator. I help senior leaders and their teams break free from overwork by helping them find a way to lead and work that feels effortless, authentic and empowering.

If you want to find a space where you can explore further what it means to work in flow book a FREE no obligation discovery call HERE.

In this episode we look at how to be less lonely at work and how to help your team feel less lonely.

We look at

• The evidence for loneliness at work and the impact.
• What a connected team could look like.
• I share 9 ways you can create more connection at work.

How we show up and connect with our team sets the tone for everyone. It does require us to put connexion and relationship building on our to do list.

We need to make moments of connection and meetings matter.

It is also really important not to assume that people connect and need connection in the same way as you. Ask your team what they need, try ideas out and be willing to change.

Resources and Links

How to Overcome the Fear of Feedback - https://www.emilypettytraining.com/podcasts/unlocking-potential-2/episodes/2148601027

How to Make Meetings Better For Everyone - https://www.emilypettytraining.com/podcasts/unlocking-potential-2/episodes/2148562296

How Loneliness at work can impact your life - https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2024/03/21/how-workplace-loneliness-can-impact-your-job/

Better Up - Build a Culture of Connection Report - https://grow.betterup.com/resources/build-a-culture-of-connection-report.

Gallup - State of the Global Workplace Report https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace.aspx

Ways I can help your team feel more connected.

1. Team thinking sessions and workshops - cultivating ways of being together that build connection and improve thinking.
2. Leadership Inner Circles - for leaders in your organisation or join a group of likeminded peers.
3. Facilitated group problem solving and decision making - if you have a tough topic you can bring me in to facilitate and create a space where everybody matters.

How to find your support network.

In this episode we look at why it is so important to find your support network and to be really intentional about building connections that will help you thrive in 2025.

Who to look for in your support network.

What roles do you need most.

How to build your support network.

Some ideas for action to help you get started.

I will be holding a Find your Network Event in late January/ Early February.  An opportunity for you to put some of the ideas in this podcast into action. Sign up to my weekly enewsletter to be the first to find out when it is. https://www.emilypettytraining.com/Leadership-tips

Resources

The Personal Board Room - https://www.personalboardroom.com/

Lean In - https://leanin.org/

Leadership Inner Circles - https://www.emilypettytraining.com/leadership-inner-circles

Approach the end of the year with clarity and confidence.

Wrap Up 2024 by looking back so you can find clarity to move forward.

This podcast will help you identify what might stop you and your team from reflecting and learning from the past and why will be so impactful in helping your team build trust, grow, thrive and have effective conversations in 2025.

Join me on Thursday 19 December from 12.30pm to 2pm for a Wrap Up 2024 facilitated workshop for £45 or £90 if you send three members of your team. Book your spot HERE.

Why Your Team Matters Most

In this podcast I make the case for why focusing on your people, bing kind, compassionate and caring is the most effective way to lead a high performing team.

I share two businesses who are thriving by putting people first.

Timpson 

Barry Wehmiller

The challenge if you believe the case I put forward is to make three mindset shifts and uncover many more that might be stoping you from making your team matter most.

The first step of course is to be kind to yourself.

Oh and I include l0 actions that you can take all aligned with the 10 Components of the Thinking Environment which will help you take meaningful action today.

You can download a workbook to accompany the podcast and join me live on Friday 29th November for a free workshop where I will help you make your team matter most by registering HERE

Reading

Everybody Matters Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia 

Kind - Graham Allcott

The Happy Index - James Timpson