Why Purpose is the Key to Your Success

Purpose: why your success depends on it dives into the concept of purpose and its critical role in driving success both personally and professionally.

Discover how understanding and aligning with your purpose can transform your approach to work, motivate teams, and lead to remarkable achievements.

Have you ever wondered if there’s more to your job than just tasks and deadlines?

Uncover the power of purpose and how it can turn routine into passion, driving you and your team towards success.

Journey to Success: Follow my journey as a Manager, where starting from scratch with a new team, we achieved our annual goal in just ten months. Learn how a clear purpose and a compelling vision inspired my team to overcome challenges and exceed expectations.

Purpose is our driving force; it’s why we do what we do. From global charities like Oxfam to iconic brands like Coca-Cola, we explore how purpose fuels dedication and inspires contributions beyond the ordinary. Discover why purpose is a frontline manager’s secret weapon for motivating teams, making strategic decisions, and fostering a culture of resilience and productivity.

You will gain practical tips and strategies for embedding purpose in your leadership style. Learn how to articulate a vision that resonates, recruit team members aligned with your mission, and continually reinforce the importance of purpose in achieving organizational goals.

Posted On February 7, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Culture, Engagement, Goals, High Performing Teams, Influence, Leadership, Management, Trust, Video /

Leading to Here with Barry Mellis

Join us as we talk to Barry Mellis, who shares his journey from Golf Professional to General Manager for Asics in South Africa and Africa.

Early in his career, he swapped the fairways for selling golf equipment. Having found his niche in sales, he joined the world’s leading sports brand – Adidas. He spent 20 years developing and honing his skills, preparing him for opportunities in New Balance and Intersport before finding his way into several senior roles in Asics.

Barry shares his insight, lessons, and those who influenced his career, highlighting three key people who nurtured his career, which has found its way into Barry’s leadership style as he has paid it forward to his people. Barry speaks proudly of people who have gone on to greater things, having spent time under his wing.

Posted On January 19, 2024 By Paul Hutchinson In Leadership, Leading to here, Podcasts /

The Secrets to Managing Stellar Talent and Building Unstoppable Teams!

Rock Stars vs Superstars

Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your team?

Dive into our latest video, “Rock Stars vs Superstars: The Secrets to Managing Stellar Talent and Building Unstoppable Teams!” For Every Leader and Manager.

This video is a must-watch for every leader and manager seeking to understand and nurture their team’s diverse talents. Learn about the unique attributes of Rock Stars – the dependable, consistent performers who form the backbone of your team, and Superstars – the ambitious, visionary change-makers driving innovation.

Ricky explains how these two types of performers can transform the dynamics of your workplace. Join Us on This Enlightening Journey!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to transform your approach to team management. Watch now, and let’s rock and roll towards a future where every member of your team shines brightly!

Remember, understanding and nurturing your Rock Stars and Superstars is key to creating a universe where every star shines.

Inspired by the book Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Posted On January 17, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Culture, Engagement, Goals, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Mindset, Trust, Video /

Do Your Work Goals Pass This Test?

Do your work goals pass this test?

Learn how to focus on your goals and why your work goals must pass this test.

In this video, we unpack the holy trinity; the secret to focusing on your goals is the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘can I’. These are three hugely important components of any goal. Without these three solid foundations, you will learn how weak your goals are a major issues and how you are leaving the success of you and your team to chance.

Get your holy trinity in check, and you will not only make your planning more effective but also significantly increase your likelihood of success.

Look out for a terrible joke, too; my apologies! What are you waiting for?

Dive in and learn how to make your goals more robust.

Posted On January 16, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Culture, Engagement, Goals, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Productivity, Trust, Video /

A Blueprint for Boosting Team Productivity

Mindset of High-Performing Teams

Productive teams know how to work together; what helps the high-performing teams is a shared operating system, much like your PC.

A shared operating system allows people to get the work done, but using a unifying set of core principles (like apps on a PC) creates shared understanding. Imagine if you used a slide deck tool incompatible with the Microsft PowerPoint used by a colleague or customer; how frustrating would that be? How much time would be wasted decoding and figuring it out?

There is no decoding with a shared operating system; we all know how we do stuff, so we’re straight into what matters. With a common set of ‘how we get stuff done’ principles, it enables teams to shortcut and accelerate their productivity and increase output.

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Posted On January 12, 2024 By Ricky Muddimer In Article, Flip Book, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Productivity /

Why is reflection important in the workplace?

There are moments, often, when we hit milestones that symbolise the end of something (like the end of a year), that we stop and take a moment to look back. This moments are opportunities to reflect, to learn and to prepare to start again.

Yet, in work, these moments are missed as we jump from project to project, urgent task to urgent task. Urgency getting in the way of growth, learning and, most importantly, using this wisdom to focus on the things that will have the biggest impact on our goals.

In this podcast, Ricky talks with Paul about the power of these moments, asking why these are so important, yet often undervalued in the workplace. Of course, they also get into some simple ways that you can make your reflection time more effective and why this does not need to take very much time at all if you do it right.

Posted On December 27, 2023 By Paul Hutchinson In Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Podcasts, Productivity, The question is /

Leading to Here with Nicola Marshall

Join us as we explore the inspirational story of Nicola Marshall. Nicola ‘Nic’ is a driven and focused individual who combines a demanding role for one of the UK’s best-known brands with being a wife, mum of a teenage daughter and a cockapoo, yet still finds the time to train and compete in marathons and even a triathlon.

Nic is the People Director at Welcome Break, the UK’s largest Motorway Service Area Provider and a member of the Senior Leadership Team of the parent company Applegreen, where she leads the people functions across Welcome Break and Applegreen in the UK, ROI and US and is Chair of the Welcome Break Charitable Fund.

Listen as Nic shares how her passion for people led her from operational roles into the world of people development & HR with some of the UK’s leading hospitality businesses, including Whitbread, Greene King & Travelodge. Nic talks about her hopes, fears, and experiences that have shaped her career and how role models inspired her to succeed.

Posted On December 15, 2023 By Paul Hutchinson In Leadership, Leading to here, Podcasts /

Confabulation: Why do people lie at work?

Why do people lie at work? The answer is we all lie, be that to others and ourselves, though we don’t (always) mean to lie.

What is happening?

In this video, we unpack workplace discussions and why they often lead to mistrust and dissatisfaction. We are all fallible, but why do we unintentionally lie at work? Why do we convince ourselves that something is true when it just ain’t so? Tune in to discover the world of confabulation and how to mitigate its impact in the workplace.

Posted On December 6, 2023 By Ricky Muddimer In Culture, Decision Making, High Performing Teams, Mindset, Trust, Video /

How can you become a communication superhero?

In this podcast, Rob and Ricky don their capes and dive into the world of stellar communication. (what they get up to in their own time is up to them!) What does it take to be a true communication superhero in an era riddled with distractions, impatience, and information overload?

Being an effective communicator isn’t just about conveying messages; it’s about understanding, connecting, and making an impact. Yet, many of us falter, whether it’s due to a lack of skills, a disregard for respect and courtesy, or simply a scattered focus and lack of purpose in our interactions.

In this episode, they dissect the critical skills that often go amiss in daily communications. They look at areas such as the role of respect and courtesy in dialogue and deep into the importance of having a clear focus and purpose behind every word and gesture.

They also provide actionable steps, techniques, and insights to help you rise above these challenges. It’s time to transition from a communication novice to a true communication superhero. Capes are optional.

Posted On November 29, 2023 By Paul Hutchinson In Leadership, Podcasts, Productivity, The question is /

Progress vs Perfectionism: Why Perfectionism is the Enemy of Progress!

Progress vs Perfection: why perfectionism is the enemy of progress!

In today’s video, join Ricky as he delves into progress versus perfectionism, why perfectionism might be holding you back and how embracing progress can be a game-changer!

What’s Inside: Understand the pitfalls of perfectionism

Ricky’s personal journey from hesitation to 100K views! The immense power of the progress mindset.
Practical insights on how to shift from perfection to progress. Don’t wait; get started!

Key Takeaways:

Perfectionism can lead to procrastination.
Fear of failure and burnout.
Progress promotes growth, resilience, and satisfaction.

The journey and the learning process bring more value than the end goal. Join our community, and let’s celebrate our journeys together!

Posted On November 22, 2023 By Ricky Muddimer In Decision Making, Goals, Mindset, Productivity, Video /