Highly Relational

In this bonus episode Robert shares his reflections on the six conversations from the second half of the series - in the hope it’s a welcome opportunity for you to reflect too.We really do want you to make these ideas your own - to incorporate them into your leadership style or consultancy practice, so they make a difference to the individuals and teams you’re in relationship with.Robert's two standout themes are, firstly the enormous importance of paying attention to the PRESENT MOMENT - our very sense of being here, now - with all the possibilities that includes, and secondly the huge impact our MINDSET has on our moment-to-moment experience, our behaviours and our success.With expert contributions from:Alastair Kidd and Pete Marsh:S03 E12: Come Alive - Generative TeamingKaren Ellis:S03 E11: Making Your Mind Up - Meaning and IntersubjectivityWill Glendinning:S03 E09: Moments Like This - Adventures in CreativityPenny Mallory:S03 E07: When The Going Gets Tough - Mental ToughnessGarry Sanderson:S03 E08: Everything Changes - Collaborative PerformanceClare Cracknell:S03 E10: Wild Horses - Serving Human PotentialRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie ScraggPost 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 can generative leadership lead to better decisions, better teamwork and better outcomes? Why without an understanding of vertical development is it very difficult to appreciate what’s going on in us, our teams and our organisations? What are the tangible benefits of embracing greater complexity in our lives - whether at work or at home?Highly RelationalSeason 3 - Episode 12Come Alive - Generative Teamingwith Alastair Kidd and Pete MarshAlastair Kidd and Pete Marsh are two long-time coach/ facilitators with a passion for understanding the dynamics that exist in organisations around relationships, maturity and complexity, and the new ways of being together that can arise, leading to altogether-better outcomes for everyone involved. In today's conversation Pete and Alastair discuss their collaboration around GENERATIVE LEADERSHIP and GENERATIVE TEAMING and why - for them - this is the way forward for leaders and organisations to thrive, amid the myriad of challenges we’re all currently facing.Videos:This is Me - The Greatest Showman - Keala Settle (workshop session to get the movie greenlit)www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-e8ZJBzw8YHow Stairway to Heaven was written - Jimmy Page (BBC News)www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDo4CA13LbYAlastair Kidd:www.linkedin.com/in/alastairkiddwww.alastairkidd.comPete Marsh:www.linkedin.com/in/petemarsh1www.petemarshconsulting.co.ukRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie ScraggPost 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!

Why is servant leadership so effective at supporting the potential of others? How can leaders best undertake the challenging - and rewarding - opportunity of working on themselves? What is Equine Assisted Learning and how can it be used to develop the leaders and teams of the future?Highly RelationalSeason 3 - Episode 10Wild Horses - Serving Human Potentialwith Clare CracknellClare Cracknell is an Enterprise Agile Coach for one of the UK’s insurance groups, she’s a dedicated advocate of Servant Leadership and a highly experienced Equine Assisted Learning practitioner - which, as you may know, involves using horses to help individuals and leaders develop their emotional connection and intelligence with themselves and others. In today's conversation Clare discusses her ongoing passion for personal growth - what it is to be human, how we can best develop as individuals and teams, and the huge opportunity we have to serve those around us to grow and develop their potential.Clare Cracknell:www.linkedin.com/in/clarecracknellwww.clareandthefox.comRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie ScraggPost 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 happens when we define our own value and what we believe to be the point of what we do? How can dictatorial leadership with democratic management often be the key to success? Why is it important to help people discover what they really care about?Highly RelationalSeason 3 - Episode 9Moments Like This - Adventures in Creativitywith Will GlendinningWill Glendinning is an executive producer, entrepreneur, author, creator and adventurer. With a rich background in designing, producing and delivering events at the highest possible level, Will has worked with world leaders, governments, global businesses, international performers and household names. In today's conversation he talks to us about what he's come to understand about leadership, creativity and taking risks - along with why he believes life - and work - are about significant, stand-out moments rather than the whole experience.Will Glendinning:www.linkedin.com/in/willglendinningwww.willglendinning.comRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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:Audio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Megan ThomasPost 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 can collaboration be approached much more intentionally? Why is what you consciously think, so much less important than how you actually behave? What aspects of the working environment can we engineer for collaborative success?Highly RelationalSeason 3 - Episode 8Everything Changes - Collaborative Performancewith Garry SandersonGarry Sanderson is a leadership and behavioural consultant, founder of Visualyze, and author of the recently published - The Change Engineer. As the title suggests, Garry has a technical engineering background, but it’s his love of applied behavioural science that’s caused him to question the very way organisations - and therefore leaders - set their people up for success. In today's conversation we explore human collaboration - what it is, how and when it happens, and the myriad of ways it can be undermined, poorly prioritised and readily left to chance.Garry Sanderson:www.linkedin.com/in/garrysandersonwww.change-engineer.comRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie ScraggPost 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!

Why is mental toughness so readily misunderstood and what does it actually mean? How could developing it improve your life and leadership capability? What would you need to work on to achieve mental toughness in the situations that matter to you most?Highly RelationalSeason 3 - Episode 7When The Going Gets Tough - Mental Toughnesswith Penny MalloryPenny Mallory is a former Champion Rally Driver, TV presenter, author and international keynote speaker on mental toughness. As a coach and consultant who works with both individuals and senior execs, Penny knows that mental toughness isn’t something that can just be taught - but needs to be developed and worked on at all levels. In today's conversation we explore the role mental toughness plays in what we achieve in all areas of our life, along with its valuable psychological counterpart mental sensitivity.Penny Mallory:www.linkedin.com/in/pennymallorywww.pennymallory.co.ukRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Nozzle Media - Richard LannenPost 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!

Over the next few weeks Season 3 of Highly Relational will continue with more great guests, sharing what they’ve come to understand about what enables people to gel together and get stuff done.And if you’re new to this podcast, do check out Series One and Two! You’ll find conversations about APPLIED CREATIVITY, SYSTEMS COACHING, COLLABORATIVE EDGE, STRATEGIC NARRATIVE and PSYCHOANALYSIS AT WORK.So what’s in store for the remaining six episodes of Season 3?Well, we return next week with guests including:PENNY MALLORY - champion rally driver and now international keynote speaker on mental toughnessWILL GLENDINNING - executive producer and director, designer, writer and occasional adventurerGARRY SANDERSON - is a coach, consultant and expert in behavioral science - he’ll be joining us to explore what he calls collaborative performanceAnd CLARE CRACKNELL - an enterprise Agile coach and highly experienced Equine Assisted Learning practitionerDo join us then for more fascinating conversation about all things TEAM!Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie ScraggPost 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!

In this first bonus episode of Season 3 Robert shares his reflections on the six conversations we’ve had so far - in the hope it’s a welcome opportunity for you to reflect too.We really do want you to make these ideas your own - to incorporate them into your leadership style or consultancy practice, so they make a difference to the individuals and teams you’re in relationship with. Robert's two standout themes are, firstly the importance of really getting to know those we work with, so that we create a level of professional INTIMACY, and secondly how our approach to learning can lead to insight and WISDOM that can be applied for everyone’s benefit.With expert contributions from:Nick Williams:S03 E01: The Calling - Inspirational LeadershipKaren Edwards:S03 E02: Better Together - Delivering Successful Live EventsAnise Bullimore:S03 E05: Walk of Life - Resilience and the Great OutdoorsAndrew Gibbons:S03 E04: School's Out - Active LearningNia Thomas:S03 E03: Knowing Me, Knowing You - Raising Awareness of AwarenessGraham Curtis:S03 E06: Don't Change - Relational ComplexityRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingsTeam 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 Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie ScraggPost 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!