Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Mini-Series - Episode #1/6

Hosted by Anni Townend with guest Robert Digings

In this first episode of our special mini-series, Highly Relational Team, we begin with the first half of the model: the Personal Process - how each individual shows up in the team - as a human, colleague and leader.

Guest host Anni Townend interviews Robert Digings about the three core elements at the heart of the Personal Process: Awareness, Congruency and Contribution - exploring how these practices shape presence, deepen relationship and transform the quality of leadership.

In this conversation, Robert shares:

• The foundational value of Awareness to all personal and leadership development

• How the inner work of Congruency supports insight into ourselves and others

• Why Contribution is more about offering yourself than offering expertise

• That being is more important than doing in all developmental work

• How the present moment is full of possibility, awe and mystery

You’ll also hear how the double overlaps - Insight (Awareness + Congruency) and Immediacy (Awareness + Contribution) — support the development of Presence, the outcome of the Personal Process and the basis of relational leadership.

To close, Robert offers a simple practice to begin strengthening your own presence this week: Give a third of your attention back to yourself - to breath, body and inner experience.

In the next episode we move from self to system, exploring the Team Process and how Belonging, Connection and Commitment weave the fabric of Unity.

🎙️ Coming soon:

A roundtable discussion with four experienced practitioners on what really makes teams come to life, a look ahead to next year, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.

Guest Host - Anni Townend:

www.linkedin.com/in/anni-townend-leadership

www.annitownend.com

www.collaborationequation.com

Leadership Coach, Partner and Executive Mentor to C-Suite, Senior Teams and Boards

Co-founder of the Collaboration Equation

Podcast Host - Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend

Robert Digings:

www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings

www.highlyrelational.com

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 three-part mini-series Robert explains how the 25 elements of the Highly Relational Team fit together to create a powerful team development model.

Production credits:

Audio Engineer at Brown Bear Studios - Tom Dalton

Post Production - Shaun Lawson

Series Producer - Julie Allen

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