How to Tackle Underperformance: A Managers Guide

Unlocking the Potential: A Manager’s Guide to Addressing Underperformance

Are you struggling with underperformance in your team?

Don’t let it hold you back! In this comprehensive guide, we unpack the root causes of underperformance, the pivotal role of performance management, and your responsibilities as a manager. Discover practical strategies to overcome roadblocks, have effective conversations, and create an environment where every team member feels valued and motivated to grow. Unlock the potential within your team and chart a course towards success.

Posted On June 26, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity, Video /

Leading to here with Rachel Hurst

This episode of Leading to Here is a must-listen for everyone looking for inspiration, especially women in business.

It was an absolute pleasure to spend time with Rachel Hurst, the Chief Operating Officer of Domino Printing Sciences. She’s understated, thoughtful, and nothing short of a trailblazer in her field. A successful woman in a male-dominated world, she has overcome obstacles and challenges to excel as she carved out her career in engineering.

Rachel has sat on the board of a FTSE 250 company, seen many acquisitions, and was part of a team that found a new parent company in Brother, which went on to acquire Domino to unlock huge market potential while maintaining its core values.

Rachel’s story is a beacon of inspiration for those seeking personal and professional growth. Her journey is particularly empowering for female leaders, aspiring female engineers, and women in business. Despite her natural introversion and shyness, she’s a leader who removes blockages and creates an environment for people to get things done.

Posted On June 20, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Leadership, Leading to here, Podcasts, Resilience /

Better Performance Management to Unleash Your Team’s Potential

Performance Management Mastery: Unleash Your Team’s Potential!

Unlock the secrets to effective performance management and transform your team into high performers!

Whether you’re a seasoned manager or just starting, this video will guide you through six essential pillars of performance management. Learn how to set clear goals, give continuous feedback, conduct impactful appraisals, foster development, recognise achievements, and support career growth. Discover the one crucial insight most managers miss!

Join Ricky Muddimer and elevate your leadership skills to new heights. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more valuable insights!

Posted On June 12, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity, Video /

How can I be successful and have balance in my life?

Continuing our journey into the questions that often come up in coaching sessions, in this podcast Richard and Paul explore how success in demanding jobs and work-life balance often can seem incompatible.
Creating balance is a popular topic, with no end of articles and influencers talking about the tricks to create balance, or the sacrifices required to be successful. However, the topic is more nuanced that commonly presented, as balance is a very personal thing, and what might look like as balance for one person, would feel like purgatory for another.

It is possible to create balance and have a demanding role, but as Richard and Paul discuss, this takes self-awareness, an ability to prioritise different aspects of your life and choices.

Posted On June 5, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Coaching, Leadership, Podcasts, Resilience, The question is /

Sales Managers: How to Avoid Five Traps Killing Your Performance

Are you a sales manager frustrated by missed actions, lame excuses, and a lack of accountability in your remote or field-based team? You’re not alone. Managing a dispersed team presents unique challenges, but the good news is that these obstacles can be overcome.

In this video, you will discover five of the most common traps that hinder your team’s performance and cost you your hard-earned bonus. Having struggled with these issues, I’ve learned valuable lessons I’m eager to pass on to you.

By Ricky Muddimer

Posted On May 29, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Goals, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity, Sales, Sales Mindset, Stakeholder Management, Video /

Leading to Here with Steve Britton

This latest episode of Leading to Here is a must-listen; Steve Britton shares his story, his journey to here that includes a life-changing experience as he turned up to a football match looking forward to seeing his beloved Liverpool FC in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final that quickly descended into a tragedy.

Listen to how Steve navigated life in the immediate aftermath and how another life-changing moment meant he had to take a job before embracing every opportunity that came his way. Hear how he transitioned from ‘old-school’ into a modern people-focused leader who leads with passion and energy and someone who proudly says, “I love my job.”

Posted On May 27, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Leadership, Leading to here, Management, Podcasts, Resilience /

The Ultimate Toolkit for Achieving All Your Goals

A comprehensive set of templates and how-to videos that will set you up for success.

Whether running a team or working on your personal goals, everything you need to define clear, purposeful goals is in our Business Challenge Kit.

Start by defining goals before moving to creative and divergent thinking techniques that allow you to explore what you could do, who you might involve and what you might need before looking at potential obstacles and assumptions that might hold you back.

Next is where you critically assess your ideas, challenges and issues – this is where convergent thinking plays out as you formulate your plan, what you will do, and when you will do it.

Once you have your plan, the fun starts as it’s time to get busy and go achieve your goals. But beware, skip a step and like Monopoly, there will be no passing go; there’ll be no collecting £200; it might not be straight to jail, but you may have to start again and rethink. Better, surely, to get your thinking done up front!

Posted On May 23, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Article, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Flip Book, Goals, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity /

How do I become comfortable with uncertainty?

Uncertainty has become a very present factor of modern working life, yet almost all of us crave certainty and spend a lot of our time and effort working very hard to create as much of it as we can. Only to find that uncertainty often wins out!

In this podcast, part of a mini-series looking at the questions and topics that often come up in coaching sessions, Richard and Paul dive into the world of uncertainty. They explore some of the ways that we can ensure that we don’t get stuck waiting for certainty, or derailed when the world gets messy.

Uncertainty can feel disorienting and makes decisions far more complex, yet we can all learn the skills that enable us to lead, work, and succeed in an uncertain world.

Posted On May 22, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Coaching, Leadership, Podcasts, Productivity, The question is /

How to Transform Performance: Four Reasons Why People Underperform

So why do people underperform?

Understanding why and what you can do about it is fundamental to every #manager’s success. We ask and answer the following questions:

Do you struggle with addressing underperformance in your team?
Find it challenging to identify the root causes and have those difficult performance conversations?

You’re not alone. Watch as Ricky simplifies the complexities of underperformance and provides practical solutions to help managers and leaders like you.

In this video:

Explore four core reasons behind underperformance.
Discover actionable strategies to tackle knowledge gaps, skill deficiencies, lack of tools, and mindset issues.
Learn how managers can create environments that promote high performance.

Posted On May 15, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Goals, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Video /

What are my values?

Another podcast in our mini series exploring some of the questions that come up in coaching sessions, in this episode of the podcast, Richard and Paul discuss the questions that is asked without ever being asked, what are my values?

Values are at the heart of behaviours, driving both purpose and actions. Yet, we are often oblivious to them and their impact on our decisions and perceptions of the world. Paul and Richard explore their influence on our lives, how you can find out what your values are, and the ways they change at different stages of our lives.

Posted On May 9, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Coaching, Leadership, Podcasts, Productivity, Resilience, The question is /