Season 2 – Episode 017: Patricia Brooks Happy New Year!We're back and starting 2025 on a high with a special guest: Patricia Brooks, a high-performance strengths coach.Patricia shares the importance and value of knowing what you are good at and her model for identifying, owning, and leveraging your personal strengths. This approach is invaluable for us all, as we perform better and enjoy our work more if we concentrate on the areas we excel at rather than constantly focusing on our "Development Areas." To find out via the links below or contact: Patricia – https://www.linkedin.com/in/workplace-culture/ Jimmy – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmybarber/ James – … [Read more...]
Performance Appraisals
Season 1 – Episode 22: How to Survive, Thrive in or Change Your Performance Appraisal System This week, we look at Performance Appraisals. Dating back to the 3rd century, these systems try to solve many of an organisation's performance management and leadership challenges but often destroy more value than they create. We look at the pros and cons of the process and, if you have the opportunity, discuss some of the things to consider when improving it. Most importantly, if you cannot change your organisation's approach, we discuss how you can at least survive the annual process and maybe even thrive and get the best results for you and your team. If you've got any questions or comments or … [Read more...]
Leveraging Your Strengths
Season 1 – Episode 7: Don’t Let Harry Kane Play in Goal! This podcast is the first of two festive episodes aimed at helping you plan for a bumper 2024. In this episode, we discuss the value of playing to your strengths and why we tend to focus on developing the things we're not good at rather than further developing the things we are good at. We explore what this means to individuals and leaders and how this can help unlock outstanding results. We will be back in the New Year with an episode on setting goals, which will also help make 2024 the stuff of dreams! Until then, enjoy the festive period. Transcript James: 0:03 I'm James. Jimmy: 0:04 Hi, I'm … [Read more...]


