Helping People Perform

Success drives success. And losing a race that you had no real chance of winning in the first place can be demotivating. Which is why it's important to set yourself up to Win Your Own Race.

In this week's episode I talk about the importance of setting targets that motivate, whilst avoiding setting yourself up for inevitable failure. Challenging yet realistic. Achievable yet a stretch.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Drop me a line via www.paulteasdale.co.uk 

It's fairly simple when you think about it: 

"You can't win if you don't finish. And you can't finish if you don't start"

In this week's episode I discuss this simple yet powerful phrase that helps me remember to try new things, get them started, and get them over the line.

Reach out to me via www.paulteasdale.co.uk to share your thoughts and questions on this

Life is 3 things:

From school drop-out and gang member to award-winning student, through to pharmaceutical executive and then founder of his own commodities business. Pradeep's life is full of lessons about reflection, application and focus.

Connect with Pradeep via https://www.linkedin.com/in/pksacitharan/

Carrying on from last week's episode on "Don't get bitter, get better", this week I focus on another saying that helps you achieve that very thing - "Control the controllables"

Recognising and documenting what is in and out of your control is a very empowering thing.

Try it for yourself, and let me know how you get on via www.paulteasdale.co.uk 

"Leadership is simple. It's not easy, but it is simple."

Just one of the amazing insights from this week's guest, Peter Anderton. 

Peter is a speaker, coach and leadership expert who firmly believes in simplicity. We get into detail on Rule 1 of great leadership - "It's not about you". For details on Rule 2, make sure to check out his amazing TEDx talk via this link: https://youtu.be/oDsMlmfLjd4?si=5CqpNGxDMKZamCYi

And for insights into how inspirational and inspired a leader you are, take his free test at https://theinspirometer.com/ 

Find out more, including details on his 2 day programme 'Original Leadership' via https://peteranderton.com/ and connect with Peter on LinkedIn via https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-anderton/ 

When you're hit by those unexpected moments in life, you've got a choice as to how you can react. My favourite piece of advice:

"Don't get bitter, get better!"

Where are decisions made in your organisation?

One of the key phrases that I picked up in my time in F1 was 'decisions at the point of most knowledge'.

In this week's episode I discuss what this means, and how you might apply it for your own performance

A phrase that's credited to special forces (I believe the Navy Seals) came to my attention recently*:

"Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast"

This really resonated with me, and aligned to a lot of the experiences I've had in the high performance world of F1 - if you want to move with pace, slow yourself down, get the details right and then build up the speed.

Think of playing a tune on the piano - learn the notes first, and play at half speed, then build in the speed and the feeling once you've got the basics right.

This is the same in F1 - those sub-2-second pit stops that you see are practiced at walking pace. The team get a feel for the 'flow' of the activity before building in the pace.

Think about how this might apply to your business, team or personal performance. How can you put this principle into practice for yourself to see awesome results?

As always, drop me a message through www.paulteasdale.co.uk to let me know how you're accelerating your career, and let's talk about any support I can give

* I heard this quote from Clarke Dodd - find out more about the work he does via https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkedodd/

Having the right tools and frameworks along with engaging stories can be hugely valuable to any organisation. But if you don't have the skills to apply those tools and stories then it all comes to naught.

Facilitation is the art of taking people through a process to get them to a desired outcome. This is the core skill required to put the tools, frameworks and stories into application, so that they drive your high performance.