Open Conversations

Are your teams leaving their brains at the gate?
An issue I’m hearing from many of the senior leaders I work with is how some of their staff are just ‘turning up’ for work. They don’t really seem interested in their work; they walk around in a robotic fashion, and just seem to go through the motions until it’s time to go home. They…
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If your meetings aren’t working, are you asking the wrong questions?
Recently, I was working with a group of senior leaders who all expressed their frustration about the lack of engagement with staff. This was particularly noticeable during meetings, where the conversations were all one way and despite asking open questions to engage staff, they felt they just weren’t getting anywhere. In my experience, when staff…
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