Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Mini-Series - Episode #1/6
Hosted by Anni Townend with guest Robert Digings
In this first episode of our special mini-series, Highly Relational Team, we begin with the first half of the model: the Personal Process - how each individual shows up in the team - as a human, colleague and leader.
Guest host Anni Townend interviews Robert Digings about the three core elements at the heart of the Personal Process: Awareness, Congruency and Contribution - exploring how these practices shape presence, deepen relationship and transform the quality of leadership.
In this conversation, Robert shares:
• The foundational value of Awareness to all personal and leadership development
• How the inner work of Congruency supports insight into ourselves and others
• Why Contribution is more about offering yourself than offering expertise
• That being is more important than doing in all developmental work
• How the present moment is full of possibility, awe and mystery
You’ll also hear how the double overlaps - Insight (Awareness + Congruency) and Immediacy (Awareness + Contribution) — support the development of Presence, the outcome of the Personal Process and the basis of relational leadership.
To close, Robert offers a simple practice to begin strengthening your own presence this week: Give a third of your attention back to yourself - to breath, body and inner experience.
In the next episode we move from self to system, exploring the Team Process and how Belonging, Connection and Commitment weave the fabric of Unity.
🎙️ Coming soon:
A roundtable discussion with four experienced practitioners on what really makes teams come to life, a look ahead to next year, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.
Guest Host - Anni Townend:
www.linkedin.com/in/anni-townend-leadership
Leadership Coach, Partner and Executive Mentor to C-Suite, Senior Teams and Boards
Co-founder of the Collaboration Equation
Podcast Host - Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend
Robert Digings:
www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings
Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach
Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years.
He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.
In this three-part mini-series Robert explains how the 25 elements of the Highly Relational Team fit together to create a powerful team development model.
Production credits:
Audio Engineer at Brown Bear Studios - Tom Dalton
Post Production - Shaun Lawson
Series Producer - Julie Allen
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