Allowing your team to analyse what is working well for them and what could be better creates more ownership and responsibility, so the idea of getting people to personally reflect is so important.

When we do this in business or sports, and everyone shares what they feel is going well, what they have contributed or what could have been better, everybody starts to relax a little. 

With this episode, learn how to implement a thorough review process so that you and your team can assess what is working well and what isn't, resulting in the ability to fail fast and learn quick.

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In my experience, it's impossible to grow a business without identifying a group of people who can support and challenge you, who can help you grow your business and can be the people who maintain the culture and have shared values and beliefs in what you're doing. 

Grow and scale your team by using this simple method to create future leaders that will help align your business' values and goals.

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It is a common belief that many leaders think they need to have all the answers, that they need to be a fountain of knowledge to be able to be put on the spot and be able to put a fire out and deal with problems immediately, and if they don't then they think they will be seen as weak. But actually, it's the complete opposite. 

Ask these three questions to inspire action, increase engagement, increase buy-in and improve productivity within your team.4

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The idea of embracing failure and recognising that something is going on at a neurological level, is hardwired in all of us as human beings.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to compose yourself under pressure and manage the fight or flight response. The brain doesn't differentiate from one threat to another, it just responds.

It doesn't care whether it's a sabre-tooth tiger, a keynote speech or if you're putting to win the championship on the 18th hole, it doesn't care.

It's just going to respond.

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I think one of the most essential skills that any player-coach, leader, or business owner can develop is the ability to mentor people and see it as a real skill.

I think that sometimes when we're having these conversations with people, and when I talk about mentoring, I'm talking about sitting down, having a one-to-one and having a conversation that doesn't mention KPIs or results, but just a real conversation.

The ability to ask questions that make people think and feel challenged, but get them to think through their challenges to help them get creative, to help them think about where they are now and what's getting in their way and how to help them get unstuck, to help them think through what their actions could be and what options they've got to solve that problem and ultimately achieve their goal, then that's our role as a mentor.

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One of the things I see in the player-coach and leaders of all levels is a need to fix people. They see a problem, and I suppose maybe it's hard-wired in our DNA to see threats, that when we see a threat, we want to deal with it, and I think that as coaches, we often see the gaps in people.

We must remember that we can't change people, we can only help them reflect on change, and this has to be self-directed.  

So, have these conversations where you can get your team to think and reflect on their performance, but always start with the highlights and the strengths of what's working well and then help them build on the areas they need to develop.

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You've got to have a game plan. You need to know where you're going, where you are now and how you will get there. It seems slightly obvious to say have a game plan, and it might be something that you struggle with. It might be something that, when you think about what you truly want in your business and where you're going, it might not be that easy to articulate or get clear about. 

I'm going to share with you some information through this program that will not only help you shape that game plan but also make sure it gets implemented, works, and is successful. 

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Humans have evolved in remarkable and countless ways. From Stonehenge to putting a man on the moon. From the Bayeux Tapestry to the Industrial Revolution, to air travel to being able to FaceTime your parents, even though they keep holding their phone to their ear during the conversation.

You have to admit we've gained a lot of knowledge since that time we were supposedly all fish. And we're not afraid to use it. 

Understanding, embracing and mastering technology allows us to reach people in more ways and in less time than ever before. When it comes to success, technology has a lot to answer for. But it is also the cause of a lot of failures. 

The problem with remote management is it can allow managers to be able to manage without knowing their team at all. And that's where I think this advancement of technology has gone too far.

My name is Andrew Sillitoe, and today we are discussing how to future-proof your business and your career as a manager. Welcome to the Player-Coach Podcast.

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Balancing is not that easy to picture, and I think that’s because it is even harder to achieve.

As a player-coach, it can be challenging to see what balance looks like, but it doesn’t have to be difficult to achieve. With a few simple changes, in this podcast I will help you not only imagine what balance looks like but also help achieve it. 

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It’s a tale as old as time. You’re all sitting around the boardroom table, sipping the last of the water in your glass, and staring through the empty communal water jugs, as five o’clock turns to half five, which turns to six.

You start composing another apology message to your partner in your head so you can rattle it off quickly as you leave the meeting and rush towards the later half of rush hour. 

You shift uncomfortably in your seat, which has now been beneath you for so many hours it is essentially a plaster cast of your own behind.

And as six o’clock turns to seven and another page of the flip chart is revealed. There are almost inaudible sighs and groans, and you, naturally, start plotting your colleagues’ quick and painful murder.

No? Just me then. 

This podcast is not about how I have escaped prison. In fact, I am happy to say I now rarely plan anything other than making sure I have dinner with my family, but that is because I now know how to solve problems with, and within, my team. 

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