Motivation at work – the basic needs for a more productive team

To get a more productive team, you need an understanding of motivation at work.

This video explores the basic needs of a more productive team and how more effective motivation can help you achieve it with your team.

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How to help people through workplace change in three easy steps.

Change in the workplace can be traumatic; most of us are pre-programmed to dislike change, but in the workplace, somehow, the stakes are even higher.

Change in the workplace needs managing, and having access to powerful change tools is a great start when helping people navigate change in the workplace.

In this video, Rob walks you through three simple steps to help anyone, including themselves, navigate change in the workplace.

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Are you a change agent or a manager responsible for helping people through workplace change – I imagine that means all of you!

We all respond differently to change; our attitudes and behaviours will depend on many factors. This video shares four labels to help you identify change behaviours and attitudes.

Check out this video, too; it will give you practical ways that will help you to help your people through change.

Is it time to stop time-management and manage you instead?

Someone, probably a past manager, will have talked to you about time management at some point in your working life.  You won’t be alone if these conversations have left you feeling that if you could just organise your time a little bit better, you would suddenly become so much more successful.

In this podcast, Rob and Paul explore this idea and pull apart the myths behind time management, suggesting that the alternative might be just to be better at managing your attention and choices.

How to Handle Politics in the Workplace

Every organisation suffers from politics in the workplace; it’s how things get done; influencing, cajoling and getting stuff done means we need to know how to handle politics in the workplace.

In this video, we share a useful, practical model from Baddeley and James; their work uses animals to describe political behaviours. The Fox, the Owl, the Sheep and the Donkey. You will learn how to spot politics in the workplace, and working with political animals is essential if you are to get things done and navigate your way through everyday business life.

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Why ‘carrot and stick’ is no longer relevant?

In this episode of the podcast, we explore motivation. 

Ricky and Paul consider why the typical motivational strategy of rewards and consequences (Carrot and Stick) might not be getting the best out of your team.  They consider why this approach is so common when it has such a limited impact, and discuss alternative strategies that will create more engaged and motivated team members.

By the way, sorry about the audio quality on this one. Even though it sounds like it, we can assure you that Paul was not recording from the toilets!

How can you get s**t done?

Have you ever wondered why sometimes you try and do things and it works, and sometimes you try and things just don’t come together for you?

In this podcast Ricky and Rob talk about three steps in our thinking that leads to getting stuff done. If you can create Clarity about your outcome, be more Creative in your ideas while using Critcial thinking to ensure you focus your energy on the right areas, then you increase your chances of getting stuff done.

At the heart of this is our thinking model Fooodo; you can find out more about FoooDo here
You can also download the O! ideas worksheet

How to Show Up As Your Best Self

In this video, we discuss how to show up as your best self in seven ways. So, whether you’re working on your own personal growth or striving to be a better co-worker, colleague, or manager, this video will provide you with some helpful tips.

With this video, you can work on becoming the best version of yourself! I think you’ll find that this is a journey that’s well worth taking. Thanks for watching!

Why do people underperform in Sales (or other roles)? Part 4 – Mindset

People underperform in sales (and other roles) for several reasons, in this podcast we will explore how mindset can be one of the biggest reasons why people underperform. 

Sales can be easier than other roles to spot when people underperform given the metrics available but identifying the factors behind underperformance is not so easy.   

What do we mean by mindset?  Our experience of psychology points to limiting beliefs and assumptions that cause people to get in their own way.  Mark Davies and Ricky Muddimer explore the topic in more detail asking how you can unlock the mindset of your people to free them up to perform. 

Why do people underperform in Sales (or other roles)? Part 3 – Environment

People underperform in sales (and other roles) for several reasons, in this podcast we explore the environment we create.   

Sales can be easier than other roles to spot when people underperform given the metrics available but identifying the factors behind underperformance is not so easy.   

What do we mean by environment?  It may sound obvious; in our experience, it’s not, which is why Mark Davies and Ricky Muddimer explore the topic in more detail and what we mean by creating an environment for your people to perform.