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EP 43: Building Trust in Teams – Part 1

In this sub-set of the mini-season on Leading Teams in Chaos, Ian focuses on Trust. Isn’t it peculiar that whilst everyone agrees that Trust is a crucial ingredient to growing high performance in a team, Ian has never - in almost 30 years working with teams globally - been asked to host a conversation to discuss the topic specifically. In this episode he explores why this is. Ian also shares a more workable definition of Trust and its component parts, that helps turn the abstract into something more tangible and therefore more manageable.
FlowIrelandAdmin
1st July 2021
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EP 42: Leading Teams in Chaos – Part 4

In this fourth part of a mini-season on Leading Teams in Chaos, Ian reflects on how nearly all leaders know what it’s like to be part of a highly effective team, but very few know how to build one. He also consolidates the agreements a team needs to make, and explores the 4 Commitment Cards to arrive at those agreements so that the team members feel committed, not just compliant.
FlowIrelandAdmin
10th June 2021
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EP 41: Leading Teams in Chaos – Part 3

In this third part of a mini-series on Leading Teams in Chaos Ian discusses how Behaviour is the orphaned child of Effectiveness. Why Task is consistently prioritised over Behaviour. Why talking about Culture empties the room and how to agree Ways of Working that gets commitment and lasts.
FlowIrelandAdmin
12th May 2021
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EP 39: Leading Teams in Chaos – Part 1

In this first part of a mini-season on Leading Teams in Chaos, Part 1 observes how the Covid story is writing itself, chapter by chapter, how Leaders are gradually now looking to Reset, Realign and Refocus their Teams. This mini-season focuses on helping you with the how and why.
FlowIrelandAdmin
25th March 2021
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EP 36: How Now From Here – Part 2.

In episode 2 of 4, Ian continues to summarise and highlight the best principles to help navigate our way forward from here. Insights include: Reviewing the context for Leadership; The Neurology of Leadership in Chaos; Being your Best when things are at their Worst; Leaders eat last…but they gotta eat!
FlowIrelandAdmin
4th March 2021
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EP 35: How Now From Here – Part 1.

It’s been a year like no other. To commemorate one year on from the first Covid case in Ireland, and the first Leadership in Chaos podcast episode, Ian Zooms Out to look back over the past year and look forward to answer the question “How Now From Here?”
FlowIrelandAdmin
4th March 2021
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EP 33: “Taking Back Control” in Chaos

Last week, we hosted a Flow CEO Forum, which was the first of its kind virtually. Where we invited 10 CEOs from non-competing industries and non-competing organisations together in an open space environment to share what Marvin Gaye might describe or ask as "what's going on?". Check out the insights from this session.
FlowIrelandAdmin
4th February 2021
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EP 31: Your PPE for a Better 2021

In the first of 2021, I share a simple but profound and effective way to prepare yourself for a better 2021 – in spite of the Chaos. The Leader's PPE stands for: P – Perspective (Scripting the right Story), Priorities (Choosing the right Action) , E – Equilibrium (Maintaining Resilience). The method is both holistic and human, and can be applied by both leaders and non-leaders.
FlowIrelandAdmin
13th January 2021
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EP 30: Leadership Lessons in Chaos

In the final Episode of 2020 Ian selects the top 5 Leadership lessons we can extract from the most trying of years: Leadership is critical & not just necessary during Chaos, Life is random, discriminating, and unfair; meet it where it is, The “What’s Possible” mindset, The Old World wasn’t perfect anyway & People double down on their real self during Chaos.
FlowIrelandAdmin
16th December 2020