Let's Talk People Development with Luke & Danny

A slight change to the format on this weeks episode. Danny is playing the role of "chat show host" and his guests are Luke and his business partner Kate Bowers. It's a special week for them both as they celebrate 1 year of owning Pti Worldwide and Danny has prepared a number of questions for them to answer that will give you insights into the highs, the lows and the learns of buying a business the year the world changed forever.

Luke and Danny continue their exploration of Leadership in the virtual world and as promised on part 1 of this subject, they have both taken some time to think about what they will keep, get rid of or explore further. They wanted to build a structure to their analysis of Virtual Leadership and decided to evolve an existing model from the Pti Worldwide 'Connected Leader Programme'. During this episode Danny and Luke use the 'Curiosity Map' to make some really important decisions for themselves and their business moving forward.

If you would like a copy of the 'Curiosity Model' please email the team at [email protected] 

As the world approaches a year of the global pandemic, Luke and Danny take time to reflect on what they have learnt about virtual leadership, the benefits they have seen, the things they would never go back too and the things they can't wait to have back. As the title suggests, this is part 1 of 2 for this subject as there's so much to discuss with both Danny and Luke taking away an action to begin planning their virtual leadership future. 

For those of you who are aware of or follow the NFL, it’s Super Bowl week. For those of you who don’t, it’s one of the biggest sporting events in the world, watched by an average of 100 million people every year. And why would a person from Leamington and another from Guisborough in the UK be talking about this? Well, if Danny had his choice, they wouldn’t, but Luke on the other hand is a huge NFL fan and having listened to an NFL Podcast recently by two former players, something they spoke about really grabbed his attention.

This podcast was inspired by the following ‘Jason and Osi’ episode: 

 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-jason-osi-podcast/id1331898228?i=1000504421309 

This conversation started in December and didn't get anywhere near a conclusion and at the end of the episode Danny and Luke decided they needed help!
 
 "Part 1" of this subject focused on the Leaders role but it ended with them discussing the environment businesses create for their people and ultimately the culture! 
 
 So who better to have as their first guest and discuss this subject than Leanne Hamley, Director of Culture Creator!

We are surrounded by new ideas, tools, strategies, models, frameworks and learning every single day. The questions that Luke and Danny discuss in this episode are; if it's new does that mean it's great? What should you do with new ideas? Are they better than what you’re already doing? Do they mean what you’re doing is wrong? 

As always this conversation was stimulated by a debate (or in this case a disagreement) they both had earlier in the week and although they don’t come with the answers, they ask a lot of interesting questions of each other that you could all take away and ask yourselves.

During a private messaging conversation with a friend this week, Luke was taken aback by how some of the words he used and his views on a situation had failed to meet the expectations of his friend. From this Luke has been taking some time to reflect on how something as simple as a few words can carry so much meaning and have such an impact. 

In this episode whilst using this personal example, Luke and Danny explore the responsibilities that come with being a Leader and Manager but also the reality that we are all human and therefore are not infallible.

In this episode, Luke and Danny explain why they called their podcast ‘STOP! Your people need you’. They reveal the original name they were going to use and the important reasons why they chose the title they have. It has so much meaning and purpose for everyone listening, not just the podcast itself but the messages behind the words in its title.

January is a great time as a Leader to communicate your objectives, targets, expectations and goals for the year. In this episode Danny and Luke play a game (which you can play too) inspired by Danny’s favourite radio station, Absolute Radio, which highlights how people receive and interpret your messages/communication or in this case, just one simple word! Also as promised in an earlier episode they share with you the ‘4 things’ they want to add to their CV by the end of 2021.

As Leaders Luke and Danny are on a journey of self-discovery and reflecting on moments in their career where they have potentially misused the term “Discretionary Effort”. In this episode they throw up a number of questions that they are searching for the answers too, so much so they need a ‘Part 2’ to this episode. So enjoy this episode and part 2 will follow with a special guest in January 2021.