A collaboration made in heaven (their words not ours - honest!)… a conversation between Darren, Tom and Ross from the Gym Group, sharing stories about our partnership and the work we've been engaged in over the past 9 months.

Welcome to the Noggin Podcast. Today we are joined by Claire Thompson, a long term client of ours who we’ve been keen to get on the podcast for some time now. We’ve asked her to share her experience and insights from inside her organisation, and as the Head of Learning and Development at Balfour Beatty, she is in a great position to tell us how she and her team supports leaders to be at their best.

Today we are digging into collusion, the ways in which we inadvertently participate in and support a leaders reactive behaviours to avoid an issue that might need addressing. Think of it as the deal that you and me make, often unspoken, where we agree not to discuss something. Using the Leadership Circle as a lens to explore this, Michael and Darren share their experiences of this challenging workplace dynamic and how to overcome it.

Starting his career in the military and then going on to study politics at university, transitioning into sales, then an MBA before becoming a business owner and to now an Executive Coach, Darren has devoted himself to many different careers. In this episode Ben asks the questions to prompt Darren to share his key touch points and life lessons from his colourful career journey.

In todays episode Ben, Darren and Michael continue to build on previous conversations about the Leadership Circle Profile with an exploration of the two games of life. An underpinning philosophy that says, in all of life, we can play two games: 1. Playing not to lose: Avoiding situations where we might lose, fail, be emotionally hurt or rejected or lose status or a sense of belonging. 2. Playing to win: Consciously choosing to go as far as I can with all that I have and learning from whatever happens. To be comfortable being uncomfortable. One of them leads to growth while the other leads to stagnation.

Special guest Caroline Flin shares her journey through matrescence and how she goes about supporting and helping other women through the challenges of this pivotal time.

Continuing on from our our previous episode on the 4 Promises of Leadership, today we dive deeper into the Leadership Circle Profile. Together with Ben and Darren, we’ll be sharing some of our own insights and reflections from the profile experience to give you a sense of what this tool is about and how it can support leaders to focus on the competencies that improve leadership effectiveness and drive business results.

Joined by our new associate Darren Hilton, and together with Ben, in this episode we'll be exploring the 4 universal promises of leadership set out by Bob Anderson and Bill Adams. You'll hear us discuss how leaders – and organisations – succeed or fail depending on whether or not leaders clarify their roles and goals, understand the impact implicit expectations have on their perceived effectiveness, and keep their promises.

We are back!! After a long absence from the podcast Ben has joined forces again with Leadership Consultant Pete Morris and top Noggin Coach Tom Answer to explore all things leadership and engagement.

In this episode Ben and Michael explore the research and ideas of Marcus Buckingham. Using his book, Nine Lies at Work (2019), we share our responses and experiences to the 8 factors of engagement: 1. I am really enthusiastic about the mission of my company. 2. At work, I clearly understand what is expected of me. 3. In my team, I am surrounded by people who share my values. 4. I have the chance to use my strengths every day at work. 5. My teammates have my back. 6. I know I will be recognised for excellent work. 7. I have great confidence in my company’s future. 8. In my work, I am always challenged to grow.

Today we are joined by our colleague Caroline where she invites us to explore some BIG questions. What holds you back from the truth? What do you really want? What's your purpose? What are you going to do to really make the most of your life? And quickly we realise how difficult these questions are to answer.

Together with our special guest, Leadership Consultant Pete Morris, we explore our thoughts and ideas about the year ahead. in this episode Ben poses the question: Where should we be putting our attention? And Pete suggests we should all follow the work/life philosophy of Richard Ayoade. Simple. No more zoom fatigue.

A far reaching conversation about how to overcome "indifference" - whether that is in-person or when you're communicating virtually on zoom or through teams.

Today we finish the "Presence in..." series of 1. How to initiate and start well 2. How to inquire and precisely listen and question with 3. How to influence.

We continue the "Presence in..." series, following 1. How to initiate a conversation and start well with 2. How to inquire and precisely listen and question.

We continue our series called "Presence in..." where we explore 1. How to initiate a conversation and start well, 2. How to inquire and precisely listen and question and 3. How to influence.

Here we start a new series called "Presence in..." where we explore 1. How to initiate a conversation and start well, 2. How to inquire and precisely listen and question and 3. How to influence.

Join Michael, Ben, Kim and Rich for the second part of their conversation about the Immunity to Change process. In this episode we look at the final steps - discussing the hidden side of our commitments as well as the big assumptions, or rules, that hold us back from achieving our goals.

Join Michael and Ben for the first part of their conversation about the Immunity to Change process. Joined by two special guests, Kim and Rich, who recently participated in a Noggin workshop, we discuss and share our personal learnings from this powerful development framework.

Finally, Ben and Michael finish their chat about their respective Greens and Reds when influencing in a dialogue. What started out as a conversation about the Noggin Card Sort, in this episode, slowly develops into something deeper and more meaningful. If you want to get in touch and ask us about any of the behaviours that are named on the cards then email michael@mynoggin.co.uk, or of you'd like us to send you a set of cards then drop a note to the same address.