In this episode I speak with former Police Sgt, Gareth Davies, co-founder of The Bravest Path and host of the Behind Blue Lines Podcast. 

You will hear:

03:00 the world of policing needs me to show up as strong

06:00 sacrificing who I was or who I thought I should be 

10:00 daring greatly and entering the world of Brene Brown

13:00 Behind Blue Lines podcast

14:00 stop calling us superheroes

15:00 the curse of the strong

20:00 vulnerability is our greatest measure of courage

28:00 playful leadership

36:00 the perfectionism gremlin

38:00 healthy striving

48:00 take brave risks

So what would you do if you were 10 per cent braver?

Please be sure to join us at www.facebook.com/groups/weareabty to join our worldwide community for likeminded people who believe in developing themselves and others. If that's you, we'd love to have you be part of our community.

If you would like to apply for our MasterHeart and Mind Group Coaching Programme please head to www.RyanHartley.co.uk or Whatsapp me on +44 07970339936 for more details.

Thank you for listening and please do share it with the one person in your network who you feel would benefit from hearing today's episode.

I would also like to thank our sponsors. The Interview Sessions is sponsored by our friends at WebCreation Group. For stunning websites at sensible prices, head to www.webcreationgroup.com

Much love and keep leading

Ryan

Connect with Gareth:

Website:https://thebravestpath.com/

Podcast: https://www.behindbluelines.co.uk/the-podcast/

Instagram: @thebravestpath

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-bravest-path/

In the police, leaders would ask; what keeps you up at night? They would ask this as a way of trying to understand what people were prioritising, whether they were focusing on the right things, and subconsciously making a judgment as to whether they care enough about what needs to be done. 

Well. Might I suggest we ask a different question?

Instead of what keep you up at night, ask you people, what must absolutely go right for this to be a success?

See what difference that makes. 

Much love

Ryan 

This short episode was inspired by a conversation last night in our Master Heart and Mind Group Coaching programme. 

Rather than look at others and compare yourself, just seek to understand where you are right now. 

Are you;

PREPARING - yourself for success?

PRACTICING - to make progress?

PERFORMANCE - and getting results?

REFLECTING - on how to improve?

Much love

Ryan 

In this short episode I share with you my inspiration from off loading half a tonne of garden rubble at the recycling centre. 

Hope it helps in some way.

Much love

Ryan  

I want to share with you what I learned from being with Senior Leaders at Royal Air Force (RAF) Cranwell back in 2015.

It serves as a constant reminder as to what leadership really is all about.

#leadership #peoplepeoplepeople

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My guest this week is Jon Gordon, author of 20 books, many of which are best sellers such as The Energy Bus, Training Camp and the Power of Positive Leadership. 

Jon has been ranked the 11th best keynote speaker in the world and regularly coaches and consults leaders and teams from businesses, NFL NBA and NBA teams, schools and hospitals.

In this episode you will here:

05:34 why Jon had to change

06:49 coming to faith

10:14 faith doesn't make life easier, it makes you stronger

11:14 be missional

11:54 discovering your gifts

13:54 the coffee bean

15:49 who would ever choose to have a negative thought?

18:34 love wins

19:49 it's all about heart Georgie

21:34 one person at a time mentality

22:54 don't be a fifty per cent-er

24:54 not naturally positive

26:49 better than yesterday

28:34 love tough

32:04 positive people shine most through adversity

I hope this interview with Jon, a mentor of mine for many years, serves you well. 

Please be sure to join us at www.facebook.com/groups/weareabty to join our worldwide community for likeminded people who believe in developing themselves and others. If that's you, we'd love to have you be part of our community.

If you would like to apply for our MasterHeart and Mind Group Coaching Programme please head to www.RyanHartley.co.uk or Whatsapp me on +44 07970339936 for more details. 

Thank you for listening and please do share it with the one person in your network who you feel would benefit from hearing today's episode. 

I would also like to thank our sponsors. The Interview Sessions is sponsored by our friends at WebCreation Group. For stunning websites at sensible prices, head to www.webcreationgroup.com 

Much love and keep leading

Ryan 

Connect with Jon:

Website: www.JonGordon.com

IG: @JonGordon11

Twitter: @JonGordon11

Jon's Books Referred to in the Interview:

The Carpenter - a story about the greatest success principles of all

The Coffee Bean - a simple lesson to create positive change

The Garden (available for pre-order) - a spiritual fable about ways to overcome fear, anxiety and stress

The Energy Bus - 10 ways to fuel your life, work and team with positive energy

The Energy Bus for Kids

The Power of Positive Leadership - how and why positive leaders transform teams and organisations and change the world

Training Camp - what the best do better than everyone else

My guest this week is Nik Hanson, High Performance Speaker, Trainer and Positive Psychologist. 

In this episode you will hear:

02:00 high performer burns out

06:00 getting out of bed after 4 months

07:10 when it's ok to quit

09:40 positive psychology - the science of flourishing

14:45 being the guinea pig

15:15 visualise your best possible self

18:45 go and google growth mindset

22:00 breaking generational beliefs

23:20 learning to show vulnerabilities

25:45 what to say when someone asks if you are ok...

30:00 only your now's create your future

I hope this helps you or someone in your network in someway be a bit more positive than yesterday. 

Much love 

Ryan 

www.ryanhartley.co.uk - apply here to join our mastermind for heart centred leaders

Connect with Nik

Website: www.NikHanson.com

Facebook: Nik Hanson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhanson

On my birthday we watched Cars 3. 

Here's  a little take-away to inspire you to keep showing up today. 

Ka-chow

Much love 

Ryan 

They can measure the size of your feet but they'll never be able to measure the size of your heart. 

Show them. 

Much love

Ryan 

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What do leaders need to know about one of the most famous social psychology studies?

That EVERYTHING rises and falls on leadership.

Here’s why.

The Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo 1972) found that when ordinary people assumed roles of either prisoner or guard, their behaviour changed in line with the expectations and stereotypes of those positions.

In 2014, leaders at Wiltshire Police were brave enough to look under the stone of their culture following a heavily target driven regime.

They found that good people often did unethical things because of the pressures and expectations placed upon them.

When people show up to workplaces, they do so with positive intentions. No one sets out to be unethical.

But when leaders create cultures that rewards target delivery over values based leadership, over time you naturally see more behaviours that exist purely to hit those targets, some of which will become unethical and the results will be rewarded.

This means, leaders not only ignore the behaviour, they condone it.

Culture is so important for humans in the workplace. As social creatures, we have an innate desire to belong. So we look to those around us for clues on how to behave, to not only fit in but also to grow and progress.

Great leaders show focus on values based cultures that stand for something, are seeking to make the lives of others better through their product or services and have this delivered by teams who are connected and focused on we rather me.

Leaders should reward effort and behaviour, values based leadership, courage and grit rather than simply results.

Because if we purely value results without caring HOW they are achieved, your culture will crumble from the inside.

And THIS, is the responsibility of leadership.

Thrive or crumble through your culture.

You, your team and your organisation will rise or fall based on your leadership.

Think perverse behaviours “will never happen here”?

Being a small force, Wiltshire Police could have thought that too. But they had the courage to look. They found. Then did something about it.

Over to you.

Much love

www.alwaysbetterthanyesterday.co.uk - connect with us here to see how we can help with your leadership, mindset, culture and performance.