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What do you do?

Most often asked question we get and sometimes it’s hard to put exactly what you do into a few words. So here’s my offering: We are behavioural change consultants who support organisations to build high performance teams. We have a […]

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Death by PowerPoint

I came across this excellent TED talk by David JP Phillips on Death by Powerpoint, I’ve been in adult education since 1995 and a constant user of PowerPoint and I must admit, this well researched talk introduced six key themes […]

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3 Pillars of High Performance Teams

1. Social Cohesion When groups work together they have two levels of cohesion, the first is Task Cohesion, where the group bonds around the actual work  they are to perform as a group. All communication is focused on the task. […]

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The Foundations of High Performance Teams

1993 Based on the research and findings of Jon Katzenbach & Douglas Smith of McKinsey on a detailed analysis of 47 McKinsey (and non McKinsey) Clients. The research was first published by Harvard Press in 1993. Focus on Team Basics: […]

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66 Days to Change A Habit

According to Phillipa Lally, Health Psychology Researcher at UCL published in the European Journal of Social Psychology. “On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behaviour becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. And how long it takes […]

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The only person that can make you feel bad is……. you!

I was working with a client yesterday and as she shared her experience at work about how her line manager was behaving in a way that made her feel bad, and to be honest his behaviour is way below the […]

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Three Pillars of High Performance Project Teams

1. Social Cohesion: When groups work together they have two levels of cohesion, the first is Task Cohesion, where the group bonds around the actual work  they are to perform as a group. All communication is focused on the task. […]

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Brave New Leader

I was reading a new book about how language can change our brain structure and one of the companies mentioned in the book talked about how each morning the department heads would gather round in a circle, yawn, stretch and […]

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Welcome to Success or……if this is what success means…..

We have been working with a Project team for over 19 months now and I am pleased to say they are operating as a High Performance Team. The change occurred about 12 months ago and since then they have been […]