Sheep Dip with Raising the Baa

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

Baa-aaa! (that’s Hoorah in ovine language) - SheepDip is back!

This 6th series is quite simply entitled the A-Z of team building.

After running our very first team building programme over 10 years ago we were excited and delighted to hear how much our clients had learnt from their experience of herding sheep.

Ever since, as soon as they come off the field everyone is offered a lovely piece of cake (they’ve jolly well earned it!), a brew and a Reflection sheet.  This features two key questions.

We ask them to reflect on which one learning they feel will be most useful in their work.  So it's their immediate feeling and finding.  

Inevitably certain learnings recur time and time again.  

It is these themes, plus a few more, which have provided the content for this series, the A-Z of team building.

And naturally analogies with the shepherding world are brought to life by Founder of Raising the Baa, Chris Farnsworth, in these short and lively conversations with Paul Warriner, our Chief Facilitator.

Enjoy - and thank ewe for listening :-)

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FREE resource:
Sheep, Shepherd or Dog - which one are ewe? Take our personality quiz and find out.

Connect with the Speakers via LinkedIn:
Paul Warriner - The Recognition Coach and Chief Facilitator, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and Co-Founder, Raising the Baa

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

In the 5th and final part of our series on Compassionate Leadership, our expert guest Manley Hopkinson talks about Balance.

Manley believes that to be a Compassionate Leader "you must balance the needs between achieving the task, building the team and developing the individual".

His philosophy is based on the British academic and leadership theorist John Adair's model of 'Action Centred Leadership', often referred to as the Three Circles Model.

In listening to this episode you will gain an understanding of this model as usual illustrated well with one of Manley's adventure stories.

Manley's parting exercise is based on Adair's three circles, inviting us to see how balanced our time and focus is across task, team and individual.  Enlightening stuff!

We hope you've enjoyed this series on Compassionate Leadership with Manley Hopkinson. If you're intrigued to delve far deeper into the subject and apply it to your role in your organisation, large or small, take a serious look at the modular Academy as Manley mentions.

Enjoy and thank ewe for listening :-)

Helpful links:
Manley's website - portal for the Compassionate Leadership Academy and to book him as a speaker

Sheep, Shepherd or Dog - which one are ewe? Take our personality quiz and find out.

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'
Manley Hopkinson - author, adventurer, senior business advisor, professional speaker and founder of the Compassionate Leadership Academy  

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

Continuing our series on Compassionate Leadership, our expert guest Manley Hopkinson explores power and, or perhaps versus, influence.

It follows perfectly on from the last episode in which we discussed the difference and the merits of committed as opposed to compliant teams.   

Firstly Manley reviews our answers to the 3 questions he set as our home-play at the end of the last episode.  He interprets our responses to demonstrate how they reveal our individual needs.  These findings would give any leader a huge clue how to engage and motivate us, making us feel special and committed to the task at hand.  Fascinating stuff.

Equally enlightening is Manley's explanation of the 5 bases of power, as identified by two eminent social psychologists back in the 50s, French and Raven.   Each type is easily recognised thanks to Manley's illustrations, including for the Expert base a reference to an old war movie Flight of the Phoenix.  See links below on how to view it.

So is it true that a leader gets the team he or she deserves?  Tune in and find out.

Oh, and don't forget this week's home-play.  Manley strongly suggests you reflect on a relationship where you're struggling to influence, either at home or work.  Park your ego then ask yourself:
- what power base have I earned?
- what power base has that person given me?
And if the answer is none, what power base could I gain? 

This exercise is especially relevant if you're wishing to influence teenagers, says Manley!

Enjoy and thank ewe for listening :-)

Helpful links:
Manley's website - portal for the Compassionate Leadership Academy and to book him as a speaker
Flight of the Phoenix film - the original 1965 version on YouTube or the 2004 re-make on Disney+

Sheep, Shepherd or Dog - which one are ewe? Take our personality quiz and find out.

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'
Manley Hopkinson - author, adventurer, senior business advisor, professional speaker and founder of the Compassionate Leadership Academy

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

How did you get on with the exercise our series guest Manley Hopkinson set for us at the end of the last episode?

We found it fascinating as you will find out when Manley gets us to share our efforts at the beginning of this week's show.

And if you're curious to know why he set us the exercise, and how it can help you to become a Compassionate Leader, hit the back button and listen to Episode 2 (and 1 as well ideally) first.

Meanwhile here we are at Episode 3 of our series on Compassionate Leadership already.

The outcome of Compassionate, or indeed any, leadership is surely to get the task done.  To do so, is it best to have a 'committed' or a 'compliant' team? 

How do you feel when asked to do something?  What makes the difference between your being committed to the task or compliantly achieving it?

And as a leader, have you created a committed or a compliant team?  Be honest! And if in doubt, ask them.

Manley finds McLellands' 3 Needs Theory particularly helpful, especially during his more adventurous leadership roles such as skippering a 50% amateur crew around the world the 'wrong' way.   Find out about the theory and how Manley applied it practically in his extraordinary story in this episode.

Be enrapt by this tale and imagine how you would handle the situation he describes.
Then immerse yourself in the homeplay Manley sets for us at the end. 

It will really get you thinking.  In fact why not ask all your team to tune in and do the exercise - and find out next week how Manley suggests we benefit from our responses.  The questions are below, though you need to listen to Manley's introductory briefing for them to make sense.

1) What is it you want to take away just for yourself?  What is your selfish takeaway?
2) How are we going to work together?  What's important to you in this respect?
3) What is important to you about what we achieve on this challenge?

Enjoy and thank ewe for listening :-)

Helpful links:
Manley's website - portal for the Compassionate Leadership Academy and to book him as a speaker

Sheep, Shepherd or Dog - which one are ewe? Take our personality quiz and find out.

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'
Manley Hopkinson - author, adventurer, senior business advisor, professional speaker and founder of the Compassionate Leadership Academy.

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

How are you feeling after following the top tip at the end of last week's show?

It has certainly affected us in a most positive way.  If you haven't done it or you don't know what we're referring to, check out the first of this new season of SheepDip podcasts. 

The series is all about Compassionate Leadership.  And we are being guided through the concept by THE expert, adventurer, author and thoroughly engaging speaker Manley Hopkinson.

Episode 2 might remind you of an Abba song - Knowing me, knowing you, knowing us (OK without the last part).

We explore:
- why it's so important to know more about 'me' first (before attempting to lead)
- how we should strive to understand 'you' (those you wish to lead)
- creating an environment which permits and encourages 'us' (the whole team) to flourish

At the end of each show Manley suggests a piece of homework - or 'homeplay' as we prefer to call it.  Each one will help you to master the art of becoming a compassionate leader. 

This week's is a really fascinating one - we'd LOVE to know how you get on with it!

Thank ewe for listening :-)

Helpful links:
Manley's website - portal for the Compassionate Leadership Academy and to book him as a speaker

Sheep, Shepherd or Dog - which one are ewe? Take our personality quiz and find out.

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'
Manley Hopkinson - author, adventurer, senior business advisor, professional speaker and founder of the Compassionate Leadership Academy.

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

This series of SheepDip is dedicated to the topic of #compassionateleadership and we're delighted that the global leader on this topic, Manley Hopkinson, is our guest throughout.

Whilst Manley wrote his book on the subject in 2014 followed by his Academy in 2015, the practice of Compassionate Leadership really came to the fore when the first lockdown hit - though it should not have taken a pandemic to do so.

We urge you to tune in to this series. Manley is a thoroughly engaging speaker, illustrating the theory of compassionate leadership with stories from his adventurous and multi-faceted life and career.

At the end of each show Manley suggests a piece of homework - or 'homeplay' as we prefer to call it.  Each one will help you to master the art of becoming a compassionate leader.

Thank ewe for listening :-)

Helpful links:
Manley's website - portal for the Compassionate Leadership Academy and to book him as a speaker

Sheep, Shepherd or Dog - which one are ewe? Take our personality quiz and find out.

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'
Manley Hopkinson - author, adventurer, senior business advisor, professional speaker and founder of the Compassionate Leadership Academy.

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

 
We've been serialising the book over the last few weeks and the final chapter concludes with 10 qualities of an outstanding team building event.

In our humble opinion naturally.

The 10 tips are available as a free download from the pop-up on our website and in our podcast we delve into each one a little deeper.  Numbers 1 to 5 were discussed in last week's episode.  And here are the final 5!

So when planning your next team building programme, cross reference it against our 10 Qualities checklist.  And if you tick off less than 10, you might like to consider herding sheep with Raising the Baa instead ;-)

If these thoughts prompt any questions, Tweet us or email [email protected] and we'll ensure it is answered in a future episode.

Enjoy - and thank ewe for listening :-)

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

The final chapter of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'  concludes with 10 qualities of an outstanding team building event.

In our humble opinion naturally.

The 10 tips are available as a free download from the pop-up on our website and in our podcast we delve into each one a little deeper.  Numbers 1 to 5 are discussed in this episode.  The final 5 will be covered in the following show.

If these thoughts prompt any questions, Tweet us or email [email protected] and we'll ensure it is answered in a future episode.

Enjoy - and thank ewe for listening :-)

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

Chapter 8 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'  is the final one.  And appropriately the book culminates in final thoughts on building that extraordinary team.

The analogies continue between shepherding and the corporate business world, with a focus on how teams usually celebrate the festive season.  At the release date of this episode of December 2021, most business leaders are treating team gatherings differently than before the pandemic.

In this series of conversations with the author, and veteran shepherd, Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book.

His stories from the farming world and our experience from corporate teams undertaking Raising the Baa's team building programmes bring the theory to life in an engaging and often humorous way.   

If this episode prompts any questions, Tweet us or email [email protected] and we'll ensure it is answered in a future episode.

Enjoy - and thank ewe for listening :-)

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?

Chapter 7 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' delves a little further into the relationship between dogs and sheep.

Why is that something so comparatively small can have such an impact on not just one but a whole flock of sheep?  What are the different ways that a sheep reacts and why?

And how does this relationship reflect the way we as people act within teams or as a leader?
 
In this series of conversations with the author, and veteran shepherd, Chris Farnsworth this is not just an audio book.

His stories from the farming world and our experience from corporate teams undertaking Raising the Baa's team building programmes bring the theory to life in an engaging and often humorous way.   

If this episode prompts any questions, Tweet us or email [email protected] and we'll ensure it is answered in a future episode.

Enjoy - and thank ewe for listening :-)

Connect with the speakers via LinkedIn:
Caroline Palmer - Top Dog and co-founder, Raising the Baa
Chris Farnsworth - Head Shepherd and co-founder, Raising the Baa & author of 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'

What are your main team challenges and desires?  Maybe we can help?
Book in a 15-minute Exploratory Call now and let's see.