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With his vast experience at iconic companies like IBM, Microsoft and VMware we are delighted  to have  David Parry-Jones (DPJ) now VP of EMEA & APAC at Twilio Inc,  join the Get Amplified team to share his experience of building a high-performance team that can scale at a rate to match its growth and why it is important that Twilio’s new hires feel like they belong and oh ...so much more....!

You can access the report DPJ refers to related to on how COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation here:
https://www.twilio.com/covid-19-digital-engagement-report

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Jane Rimmer,  renowned IT vet, who played an instrumental part in the early success of behemoths of the industry such as Citrix and was employee #2 at VMware EMEA and now founder of hiviz-marketing,  shares with us the importance of leading from the front and how to make the extraordinary happen.

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Former President of Insight and CDW,  and now CEO of Quantiq, Stuart Fenton shares his story of how he has learnt to become the leader he is today, building Quantiq a company that he would want to work at.

Stuart shares how putting your people first, ensures you retain incredible talent who pull together to undoubtedly deliver extraordinary (and sustainable) results.

Learn more about the Five Behaviors of a Team here: Meet #fivebehaviors - Amplified Group

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In the last episode of series one, the Get Amplified team are joined by Paul Burke, SVP of Product Marketing at Glasswall and client of the Amplified Group. 

We explore why clarity is needed at every level of the organisations and how lack of it can paralyse individuals and teams and cause silos in organisations.

Drawing on 20+ years in product management, Paul shares how clarity operates at three critical levels: individual, team, and external communication. 

From turning ideas into revenue streams to ensuring scarce engineering resources are focused on the right priorities, he explains that without clarity, even great ideas fail. 

The conversation also explores how clarity impacts accountability. Referencing frameworks like First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, the group discuss how accountability often breaks down not because of lack of commitment, but because expectations were never clearly defined in the first place. 

A key insight is that different personalities require different levels of clarity. What feels clear to one leader may feel ambiguous to another team member.

Paul closes by framing clarity in three tiers:

1. Personal clarity – Know what’s expected of you and communicate it.
2. Team clarity – Align around shared objectives to unlock accountability and results.
3. External clarity – Be crystal clear about what your organisation does and why it matters, or customers won’t engage.

The core message: clarity isn’t micromanagement, it’s direction. And without it, teams stall, silos form, and performance suffers.

You can find the Team Alignment Assessment we talk about that will help you assess where you are as a team and enable you to start the conversation here: Team Speed Check Get Started
 

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Jonathan Alexander, Former Director of Cloud Management Sales at VMWare EMEA joins the Get Amplified Team in our penultimate session of the series to share his wealth of experience of working with remote teams. This topic was recorded pre COVID-19 but with remote working becoming a much more accepted way of working for the future is even more relevant than ever!

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The team are joined by Andy Bacon, Strategic Marketing Consultant, Mentor and Speaker to discuss the challenges when sales and marketing are not aligned.

Andy shares how account based marketing (ABM) can be a catalyst to unite them as one team.

Amplified Sales and Marketing Alignment - Take your Team Speed Check 

Link to Andy’s enlightening article
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andybacon_abm-accountbasedmarketing-b2bmarketing-activity-6631482396912955392-DxBp

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In our last bite-sized episode in mental health awareness week the team wrap up our discussions with Chris where he stresses the importance of making mental health a part of your discussions at work.

The check that Sia refers to
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

Interesting HR Analyst article that Vic refers to
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6661883214933692416/

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As we continue  our discussions around good mental health awareness at work, this is the fourth bite-sized episode where the team have a great discussion about how giving feedback with care is the kindest thing. It’s better to have feedback, good or bad, than not to know.  

Here is the link to the radical candor video we refer to.

https://youtu.be/yj9GLeNCgm4

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Our third bite-sized episode of Get Amplified supporting mental health awareness week, the Get Amplified team along with Chris Collett discuss the importance of everybody on the team having a voice and how gaining clarity can help with good mental health.   

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In our second bite-sized episode the Get Amplified team are joined again by Chris Collett mental health first aid trainer to discuss how organisations can provide a safe space, where opinions are sought, offered and heard, where disagreements can be aired and overcome through positive conflict. Most importantly -  why this is good for your mental health!

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