How could going for a walk with your team be good for business? What's the best preparation for a difficult conversation or meeting? How can you build resilience one step and one breath at a time?

Highly Relational

Season 3 - Episode 5

Walk of Life - Resilience and the Great Outdoors

with Anise Bullimore

Anise Bullimore is a coach and consultant who specialises in resilience and walking! With a previous background in educational technology and teaching leadership development, Anise’s work now looks at the physical and mental side of coaching - using our environment and breath to have those difficult to face conversations. Anise has come to understand that building resilience and ‘walkshops’ are the key to solving problems, managing stress and finding the space to combat our potentially overwhelming thoughts. In today's conversation we explore why developing resilience together is a terrific way for teams to develop not only the skills to survive, but the ability to thrive. 

Anise Bullimore:

www.linkedin.com/in/anise

www.walkcoachlearn.co.uk

Robert Digings:

www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Audio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Meghan Thomas   

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

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How do we turn our passive learning into something more active? Why is reflecting on past events not necessarily the best form of reflection? Who could be our learning partner and what value might we get from finding one?

Highly Relational

Season 3 - Episode 4

School's Out - Active Learning

with Andrew Gibbons

Andrew Gibbons is a coach and consultant who is fascinated by LEARNING - in our businesses, in our teams and as individuals. Andrew has over four decades of working in the coaching industry, is a podcast host, and the creator of the Learning Locker Group. He is of course also committed to his own learning having kept a handwritten learning log since 1987 - 1.5 million words and counting! Andrew certainly believes that ‘everyday is a school day’ and that we all have the ability to continuously learn, grow and develop - his work is all about the HOW. In today's conversation we explore why ACTIVE LEARNING and rewarding those who commit to it, should be the new norm - and that this is the true key to creating exceptional leaders. 

Andrew Gibbons:

www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gibbons-fcipd-10707317

www.andrewgibbons.co.uk

Robert Digings:

www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Studio Manager at Nozzle Media - Richard Lannen

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

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What part does self-awareness play in effective leadership? How can we intentionally develop our capacity for it and what might the benefits be? What responsibility do we really have for another person's experience of us?

Highly Relational

Season 3 - Episode 3

Knowing Me, Knowing You - Raising Awareness of Awareness

with Nia Thomas

Nia Thomas is a charity director, fellow podcaster and author of ‘The Self-Awareness Superhighway’. Her doctoral research at the University of South Wales Business School explored the links between SELF-AWARENESS and LEADER EFFECTIVENESS. Previously Nia has worked in the NHS, local government and civil service in England and Wales. She is passionate - evangelical even - about raising awareness of awareness, because of the myriad benefits it can bring to our lives. In today's conversation we explore the crucial part self-aware leadership plays in creating generative working environments that meet the needs of our workforce, now and in the future.

Nia Thomas:

www.linkedin.com/in/nia-d-thomas

www.knowingselfknowingothers.co.uk

Robert Digings:

www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Audio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Meghan Thomas   

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

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What can intact teams learn from the way creative project teams come together? How can you experiment in a working environment where you only get one chance to get it right? What are the leadership challenges of large-scale live event production?

Highly Relational

Season 3 - Episode 2

Better Together - Delivering Successful Live Events

with Karen Edwards

Karen Edwards is a senior events specialist, Level Up mentor and founder of Bright Events - a done-for-you event management company. With 15 years’ experience of event production, Karen now partners with all sorts of clients, stakeholders and suppliers to realise large, complex live events. In today's conversation Karen shares the unique people and leadership challenges of live event production, and reveals how she creates short-term projects teams that are set up for success. There’s much intact teams can learn from diverse creative project teams that are required to get to know each other quickly, work together under considerable stress and get it right first-time once the audience turns up.

Karen Edwards:

www.linkedin.com/in/karen-edwards-events

www.brighteventsltd.com

Robert Digings:

www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Audio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Meghan Thomas   

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

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If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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Could leadership be an act of creativity or perhaps even love? Could the highest goal of leadership be to create community? What part might The Muse play in inspiring us, if only we were open to it?

Highly Relational

Season 3 - Episode 1

The Calling - Inspirational Leadership

with Nick Williams

Nick Williams is a coach, speaker, entrepreneur and best-selling author of 19 books, including ‘The Work We Were Born To Do’, ‘How To Be Inspired’ and ‘Powerful Beyond Measure’. He has over 3 decades’ experience in the coaching industry and has worked with clients ranging from Olympians to Golden Globe award winners. In today's conversation Nick argues that leadership isn’t just a skill to be developed - or a role that comes with direct reports - but can be an innate calling, which comes with its own responsibilities and an openness to inspiration, whatever the source - including the possibility of insights coming from ‘The Muse’.

Nick Williams:

www.linkedin.com/in/iamnickwilliams

www.iamnickwilliams.com

Books by Nick include:

‘The Work We Were Born To Do’

‘How To Be Inspired'

'Powerful Beyond Measure'

and 16 others

Robert Digings:

www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Audio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Meghan Thomas   

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

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If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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We’re back for a third series of Highly Relational! 

We have 12 excellent guests lined up for this series, including:

• PENNY MALLORY - former champion rally driver and now international keynote speaker on mental toughness
• NICK WILLIAMS - coach, speaker, entrepreneur and best-selling author of 19 books, including ‘The Work We Were Born To Do’
• WILL GLENDINNING - business owner, entrepreneur, author, creator and adventurer
• And ‘leader effectiveness’ expert - DR NIA THOMAS - Charity Director, fellow podcaster and author of ‘The Self-Awareness Superhighway’

Tune in every Wednesday on your favourite podcasting app or YouTube to listen to our guest’s stories, tips and insights on how to create amazing teams at work. 

And don’t forget, whether you’re new or fancy another listen we have two previous series available for you to catch up on - just scroll down!

Your host is Robert Digings and the conversation focuses on relationships, teamwork and all the joys and messiness of human collaboration. 

Do please subscribe - and consider writing a review - wherever you’re listening or watching!

To join in the online conversation follow Robert on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/

Enjoy!

Production credits:

Studio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Freddie Scragg

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

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In this bonus episode Robert reflects on the second half of the series, sharing his personal thoughts about the conversations he's had and the stand out themes of LISTENING and VULNERABILITY. He thanks the guests and listeners, asks for topic suggestions and guest recommendations and provides a Brucey Bonus!

Listen here to find out more.

If you enjoyed Robert's reflections and want to hear more try the mid-season reflection episode (BONUS #1: MID-SEASON REFLECTIONS - RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP) or if a particular clip drew you in listen to the full episode on Apple Podcast, Spotify or watch on YouTube.

Honourable Mentions -

Jill Clancy - S02 E07

Best Behaviour - Effective Collaboration

Philippa White - S02 E10

Everything Is Broken - Leadership and Humanity

Colin Smith - S02 E08

Hear You Me - Listening To Connect

Steve Hearsum - S02 E09

Silver Bullet - The Myth of Fixability

Simon Cavicchia - S02 E12

Shame Shame - Embracing Our Vulnerability

Kate Trafford - S02 E11

Born This Way - Authentic Success

Craig Goldblatt - S02 E03

It Only Takes A Minute - Being on Purpose

Robert Digings -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits -

Studio Manager at Spiritland Studio Kings Cross - Ed Gill

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

Find Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube

If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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How easy to you find it to say ‘I don’t know’? How does our childhood shame and anxiety shape us as leaders? Why do our beliefs about vulnerabilities impact the way we work together? 

Highly Relational Season 2 - Episode 12

Shame Shame – Embracing our Vulnerability with Simon Cavicchia  

Simon Cavicchia is an executive coach and consultant whose work focuses on making vulnerability more ordinary and bringing our feelings of shame and anxiety into everyday conversations. 

With a background of working with national charities, the media and social care and as a member at Hult Ashbridge Business School Simon is here today to share his journey with shame and anxiety as a consultant and a human himself. Simon discusses how our childhood experiences and perceived truths, grown from ideas mirrored to us by society, schools and sometimes our parents can impact us as leaders, team members and colleagues.

Topics Covered:

• Developing ideas of self-image
• Self-awareness
• What is self-image?
• Living up to ideals 
• Shame and vulnerability 
• Uncertainty
• Narcissism
• Simon's work with organisations
• Human connection
• Embracing difference

Honourable Mentions:

• Brene Brown, Website
• Gestalt, Gestalt Centre Website
• Narcissistic Process and Corporate Decay: The Theory of the Organisational Ideal by Howard Schwartz, Amazon

Simon Cavicchia:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-cavicchia-1a6a521/

https://www.simoncavicchia.com/

‘The Theory and Practice of Relational Coaching: Complexity, Paradox and Integration’, Amazon

‘Gestalt Counselling In Action’, Amazon

Robert Digings:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Studio Manager at Voxpod Studios – Gemma Chester   

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

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If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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What is success? Why is authenticity the key to joyful productivity? How do we turn the 20% of the job we love into 80%?

Highly Relational

Season 2 - Episode 11

Born This Way – Authentic Success

with Kate Trafford   

Kate Trafford has dedicated her career to helping people reach their authentic success and become joyfully productive. Kate draws on her years of working with teams, leaders and organisations to help us navigate our careers, jobs and team roles so that we are getting the most satisfaction out of our jobs by tapping into our authentic selves. 

Kate is here today to talk about loving the journey to success as much as the success itself and that sometimes we need to strip back all the ‘talents’ and ‘skills’ we’ve developed along the way and do some self-reflection, and re-niching to remind ourselves who we truly are and what we’re naturally best at. 

Topics Covered:

• Kate’s own journey of success 
• Reflection and self-discovery as the place to start 
• Authenticity and belonging
• How to find your authentic self in the role you already do 
• How do job descriptions play into changing the tasks within a team
• The importance of curiosity in a leader
• Can this culture change happen bottom up or only top down?
• What research exits in this area?
• Wellbeing – that it is more than just not getting sick
• Goal with Soul 

Honourable Mentions:

• ‘Finding Your Element: How To Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life’ Sir Ken Robinson, Amazon

Kate Trafford:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katetrafford/

https://www.katetrafford.com/

‘Get There, Love Here: The Busy Professionals Guide to Authentic Enjoyable Success’, Amazon  

Robert Digings:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Studio Manager at Spiritland Studio Kings Cross - Rich Andrews

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

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If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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How many companies can you name that you love working with? Why is business broken? What human assets are we lacking on our organisations?

Highly Relational

Season 2 - Episode 10

Everything is Broken – Leadership and Humanity

with Philippa White  

As founder and CEO of TIE Leadership Philippa is here to help us understand why business is broken and what we can do to fix it. Philippa is a global citizen, with links to Canada, Britain, Brazil and many other countries who advocates for everyone, but especially leaders, to leave the comfort of the ‘known’ and open up to other opportunities. 

We are more creative and innovative when we are happy, challenged and can learn from our mistakes. Philippa discusses the impact leaders can have on businesses and our world if they became more resilient, more self-aware and more willing to say ‘I don’t know, but I do know who to speak to’. As a keynote speaker, global-trailblazer and now author there is no one better to help us understand how to bring humanity back to business.

Topics Covered:

• Why is business broken?
• How human relationship create companies and their cultures
• Human assets; vulnerability, self-awareness, resilience
• This movement is bottom up
• Accepting and learning from failure
• Do we have the businesses we deserve?
• 21st century businesses 
• Philippa’s experiential work with TIE leadership
• Philippa’s own inspiration 
• Bursting our echo-chamber bubble of perspectives and opinions

Philippa White:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippajanewhite/

https://tieleadership.com

‘Return on Humanity: Leadership Lessons From All Corners of The World’, Amazon

Robert Digings:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/

Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. 

He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.

In this new business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.

Production credits:

Studio Manager at Voxpod Studios – Gemma Chester   

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Ella Halsall

© 2024 Highly Relational Limited

Find Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube

If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!

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