From the desk of Caspar:
Beneath the Surface
What really influences us as humans?
It’s an important question to understand both for ourselves and for our teams.
When we set our hearts and minds towards a big bold goal, there is an inevitability that will arise sooner or later.
That inevitability is conflict. Why conflict? Because the very nature of something audacious is that there is no set path, no certainties and a tonne of experiments that have to be carried out.
This of course will generate different opinions. Often strong opinions.
The conflict is guaranteed. The resolution is optional.
Board rooms around the globe for businesses both big and small will be more than familiar with this.
To create resolution requires the development of an important set of skills.
Skills like active listening, the much deeper skill of deep listening, transparency, vulnerability, openness. Skills which also go directly to trust building.
There’s an important piece of knowledge that goes hand in hand with this. And that is to understand what is effectively the “human operating system”.
Neuroscientist António R. Damásio puts it eloquently:
“We are not thinking machines that feel. We are feeling machines that think”
It’s a comforting fallacy to think that we all operate logically and all our decisions are based on logic. It’s not my experience though and it’s most definitely not what I observe.
Our emotions, how we feel and the behavioural patterns we have each developed over time are the true drivers of how we operate. There’s a huge and rapidly body of developing work around firstly understanding this and secondly the raft of tools and techniques available to help to work through this.
When we work to understand and resolve the deeper conflicts, the logical ones tend to take care of themselves.
Virtual Round Table Event
How you can develop a more resilient team?
In today's rapidly changing environment we need teams that adapt quickly and are resilient.
But how to create a resilient team?
In our fifth virtual Round Table event we will share with you a model for creating resilient teams and explore some of the characteristics and contributing factors for building resilient teams.
And of course, you will gain tips and techniques for building resilience whether at home or at work.
For more information and to apply to join our Round Table (and access our research reports, go here.
Building Resilient Teams is one the topics I get asked to speak on a lot - it’s never been a more relevant topic as people and teams are under more pressure than ever right now and helping each person to lead themselves better is a very important question.
Thought for the day
Where do you focus most? The Past, Present or Future?
Conscious use of your focus can be a game changer.
“Fantastic session yesterday Caspar, it’s inspiring what you’ve done and how you’ve adapted your mindset. Given me a lot to think about and implement for sure so thank you !
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