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In this bonus episode Robert reflects on the second half of the series, sharing his personal thoughts about the conversations he's had and the stand out themes of LISTENING and VULNERABILITY. He thanks the guests and listeners, asks for topic suggestions and guest recommendations and provides a Brucey Bonus!Listen here to find out more.If you enjoyed Robert's reflections and want to hear more try the mid-season reflection episode (BONUS #1: MID-SEASON REFLECTIONS - RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP) or if a particular clip drew you in listen to the full episode on Apple Podcast, Spotify or watch on YouTube.Honourable Mentions - Jill Clancy - S02 E07Best Behaviour - Effective CollaborationPhilippa White - S02 E10Everything Is Broken - Leadership and HumanityColin Smith - S02 E08Hear You Me - Listening To ConnectSteve Hearsum - S02 E09Silver Bullet - The Myth of FixabilitySimon Cavicchia - S02 E12Shame Shame - Embracing Our VulnerabilityKate Trafford - S02 E11Born This Way - Authentic SuccessCraig Goldblatt - S02 E03It Only Takes A Minute - Being on PurposeRobert Digings - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/ Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants. Production credits - Studio Manager at Spiritland Studio Kings Cross - Ed GillPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

How easy to you find it to say ‘I don’t know’? How does our childhood shame and anxiety shape us as leaders? Why do our beliefs about vulnerabilities impact the way we work together? Highly Relational Season 2 - Episode 12Shame Shame – Embracing our Vulnerability with Simon Cavicchia  Simon Cavicchia is an executive coach and consultant whose work focuses on making vulnerability more ordinary and bringing our feelings of shame and anxiety into everyday conversations. With a background of working with national charities, the media and social care and as a member at Hult Ashbridge Business School Simon is here today to share his journey with shame and anxiety as a consultant and a human himself. Simon discusses how our childhood experiences and perceived truths, grown from ideas mirrored to us by society, schools and sometimes our parents can impact us as leaders, team members and colleagues. Topics Covered:Developing ideas of self-imageSelf-awarenessWhat is self-image?Living up to ideals Shame and vulnerability UncertaintyNarcissismSimon's work with organisations Human connection Embracing difference Honourable Mentions:Brene Brown, WebsiteGestalt, Gestalt Centre WebsiteNarcissistic Process and Corporate Decay: The Theory of the Organisational Ideal by Howard Schwartz, AmazonSimon Cavicchia:https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-cavicchia-1a6a521/https://www.simoncavicchia.com/‘The Theory and Practice of Relational Coaching: Complexity, Paradox and Integration’, Amazon‘Gestalt Counselling In Action’, AmazonRobert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.Production credits:Studio Manager at Voxpod Studios – Gemma Chester   Post Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

What is success? Why is authenticity the key to joyful productivity? How do we turn the 20% of the job we love into 80%? Highly RelationalSeason 2 - Episode 11Born This Way – Authentic Successwith Kate Trafford   Kate Trafford has dedicated her career to helping people reach their authentic success and become joyfully productive. Kate draws on her years of working with teams, leaders and organisations to help us navigate our careers, jobs and team roles so that we are getting the most satisfaction out of our jobs by tapping into our authentic selves.  Kate is here today to talk about loving the journey to success as much as the success itself and that sometimes we need to strip back all the ‘talents’ and ‘skills’ we’ve developed along the way and do some self-reflection, and re-niching to remind ourselves who we truly are and what we’re naturally best at. Topics Covered:Kate’s own journey of success Reflection and self-discovery as the place to start Authenticity and belongingHow to find your authentic self in the role you already do How do job descriptions play into changing the tasks within a teamThe importance of curiosity in a leaderCan this culture change happen bottom up or only top down?What research exits in this area?Wellbeing – that it is more than just not getting sickGoal with Soul Honourable Mentions:‘Finding Your Element: How To Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life’ Sir Ken Robinson, AmazonKate Trafford:https://www.linkedin.com/in/katetrafford/https://www.katetrafford.com/‘Get There, Love Here: The Busy Professionals Guide to Authentic Enjoyable Success’, Amazon  Robert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.Production credits:Studio Manager at Spiritland Studio Kings Cross - Rich AndrewsPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

How many companies can you name that you love working with? Why is business broken? What human assets are we lacking on our organisations?Highly RelationalSeason 2 - Episode 10Everything is Broken – Leadership and Humanitywith Philippa White  As founder and CEO of TIE Leadership Philippa is here to help us understand why business is broken and what we can do to fix it. Philippa is a global citizen, with links to Canada, Britain, Brazil and many other countries who advocates for everyone, but especially leaders, to leave the comfort of the ‘known’ and open up to other opportunities. We are more creative and innovative when we are happy, challenged and can learn from our mistakes. Philippa discusses the impact leaders can have on businesses and our world if they became more resilient, more self-aware and more willing to say ‘I don’t know, but I do know who to speak to’. As a keynote speaker, global-trailblazer and now author there is no one better to help us understand how to bring humanity back to business.Topics Covered:Why is business broken?How human relationship create companies and their culturesHuman assets; vulnerability, self-awareness, resilienceThis movement is bottom upAccepting and learning from failureDo we have the businesses we deserve?21st century businesses Philippa’s experiential work with TIE leadershipPhilippa’s own inspiration Bursting our echo-chamber bubble of perspectives and opinionsPhilippa White:https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippajanewhite/https://tieleadership.com‘Return on Humanity: Leadership Lessons From All Corners of The World’, AmazonRobert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.Production credits:Studio Manager at Voxpod Studios – Gemma Chester   Post Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

When was the last time you experienced true change in your organisation?When was the last time you hired a change consultant?What did it actually change? Highly RelationalSeason 2 - Episode 9Silver Bullet – Myth of Fixabilitywith Steve Hearsum  Steve has spent decades working as an executive coach and consultant, working with organisations like Roffey Park, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and the University of Sussex and has come to understand that there are no silver bullets, no quick fixes. Steve is here today to highlight that we are all colluding in this myth of fixability, not just leaders and if we were more vulnerable with each other, got comfortable with saying I don’t know and listened we would be able to make meaningful change in our teams and workplace. Topics Covered:What is the myth of fixability?What is a silver bullet? Culture changePower of internal enquiryOrganisational therapy Shame ands anxietyColluding in the mythEgoCourage to directly challenge and learnExistential element of fixability Honourable Mentions:John Higgins and Mark Cole, AmazonDr Graham Curtis, Roffey Park WebsiteMagic Consultants, BBC Radio 4Steve Hearsum:https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevehearsumhttps://www.hearsum.com/‘No Silver Bullet: Bursting the Bubble of The Organisational Quick Fix’, AmazonRobert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/ Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants. Production credits:Studio Manager at Brown Bear Audio – Tom Dalton  Post Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

How does listening affect a speaker’s quality of thinking?Why is it not a leadership skill we prioritise?What is the impact of interruption?  Highly RelationalSeason 2 - Episode 8Hear You Me - Listening to Connectwith Colin SmithColin Smith is known as ‘The Listener’ and has coached organisations like Biffa, BNP Paribas and the Department of Health to understand and embrace the difference between hearing and listening. Colin is here to tell us how the art of listening allows teams, leaders and individuals to improve the quality of their thinking and build better relationships.Everyone can ‘do’ listening but how do we ‘be’ the listener? Press play to find out!Topics Covered:Difference between hearing and listening Difference between doing and being listening Benefits of listening in this wayImpact listening has on the speaker’s quality of thinking Listening as a leadership skill The value of attention over advice The importance of silenceInterruptionCOVID, zoom, technology and listening The ‘Golden Minute’  Honourable Mentions:Celeste Headlee, Ted Talk - YouTubeTattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, AmazonTime to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind by Nancy Kline, Amazon Colin Smith:https://www.linkedin.com/in/colindsmith1/https://dexteritysolutions.co.uk Robert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/ Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants. Production credits:Studio Manager at Voxpod Studios - Alex BennettPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall © 2024 Highly Relational Limited Find Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

Why is collaboration such a tricky thing to pull off? Why aren't team behaviours just good or bad? How does a team set itself up for sustainable success from the get go?Highly RelationalSeason 2 - Episode 7Best Behaviour – Effective Collaboration   with Jill Clancy   With decades of experience in the workplace, Jill Clancy, has translated her own time as a coach, mentor, volunteer and even engineer student into her work as a change consultant.  With a focus on recognising and understanding our collaborative behaviours, Jill helps teams, organisations and teams of teams work together to decide what behaviours they want to see and how to create those traits in the workplace.  Jill is here today to help us understand why our behaviours are not only up to us but how by acknowledging their impact on others we can change the very culture of our teams.  Topics Covered:What is collaborative behaviour? How to create behaviours which are part of the team not just the individuals who come and goInappropriate and appropriate behavioursThe two sides of behaviours – the physical and communicating side The need to define and write a list of desired behaviours as a team What is ‘ego’ and why does it impact collaborative behaviourImportance of team agreementsThe power of debriefing and the need for regular conversations of reflection Conflict, collaboration and removing blame Shifting the focus from ‘culture’ to values and behaviours   Honourable Mentions:The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth, BBC iPlayer Episode 1 Jill Clancy:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-clancy-8a61086/ Robert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/ Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants. Production credits:Studio Manager at Spiritland Kings Cross Studio – Ed GillPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall © 2024 Highly Relational Limited Find Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

UPCOMING GUESTS: Kate Trafford:LinkedIn  https://www.katetrafford.comGet There, Love Here: The Busy Professional’s Guide To Authentic, Enjoyable Success published by Right Book Press (Amazon)Colin Smith:LinkedIn  https://dexteritysolutions.co.ukJill Clancy:LinkedIn  Simon Cavicchia:LinkedIn  The Theory and Practice of Relational Coaching: Complexity, Paradox and Integration (Amazon)Robert Digings (LinkedIn), Team Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert 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 new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.Production credits:Studio Engineer at Spiritland Studio King's Cross - Will ThorntonPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTubeIf you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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.Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.Robert Digings:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/Lucy Widdowson & Paul BarbourLinkedIn & LinkedInperformance-edge.co.uk/Building Top Performing Teams: A Practical Guide to Team Coaching to Improve Collaboration and Drive Organisational Success (Amazon)Craig GoldblattLinkedInhttps://www.craiggoldblatt.comhttps://livingonpurpose.globalGwen Stirling WilkieLinkedInhttps://omni-working.com/https://seedsoftransformation.co.ukOmni-Working: Work Effectively In All Ways, From All Places (Amazon)Julia CardenLinkedInhttps://carden-consulting.co.uk/about-julia/Gabriella BraunLinkedInworkingwell.ccgabriellabraun.co.ukAll That We Are: Uncovering The Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour At Work (Amazon)David KesbyLinkedInhttps://organisationalcoachinghub.comExtra-Dependant Teams: Realising the Power of Similarity (Amazon)Production CreditsStudio Engineer at Spiritland Studio King's Cross - Will Thornton Post Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Ella Halsall© 2024 Highly Relational Limited