The Unified Team
Copyright 2024 Rob McPhillips1
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SubscribersIn this episode, join Rob and Sarah as they delve into the life, philosophy, and leadership of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. They explore his humble beginnings, his profound stoic teachings, and how ...
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£2 trillion was wiped from the world's stock markets last week.Economist's estimate that the cost of Donald Trump's tariffs will be $1 trillion. If you ever believe you alone can't make a difference,...
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"Once more and I'm going to deck him".Do you love or hate open plan offices?I tried working at a co-working space at my local Uni. It was quiet when I got in, but once the Uni staff got in, they woul...
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Is it fair?Toddlers in pre-school cry that it's unfair.. Elon Musk and Donald Trump are doing much the same. Your team will too.There's a deep human need for things to feel fair.Yet, there is no sig...
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Who do you listen to?Your Mentor, Guide or Inspiration is the limit to your potential. The depth of wisdom behind their words is the limitation in how profound their impact is.We often live in a worl...
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What if your team's differences were it's greatest strength?There's a belief held by many that the 9/11 Twin Towers wasn't seen because of a lack of diversity in the CIA. The CIA argued that it neede...
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There's been a lot of talk recently about quiet quitting and burnout.Tony Walmsley talks about something he's made me think a lot about... the cost of adapting.For starters we work in a world that is ...
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What is the key task of a leader?Ask 100 people and you’ll get 100 answers. When you abstract at the most universal truth of leadership. The key is to connect people to the reality of their situation....
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What's the opposite of fragile?Most people would say something robust. But Nassim Nicholas Taleb says that's a mistake. He argues that the opposite is something antifragile.Something which gains fro...
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Is a referee a leader or manager?Often today we use the term referee or leader interchangeably. This dilutes the difference those roles have. Which poses the question... is a sports referee a leader...
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Who do you serve?How do you serve them? Why? And what are the boundaries of that service?The answers to these questions go a long way to clarifying our work. They help define the contexts of our re...
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How good are you at making decisions?How confident are you in your answer? The more aware you are of the way your mind works, the less sure you will be of your answer. Our decisions are fraught with...
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Clark, Tony and I discussed our ideas of leadership. We talked about how our own sense of identity and our psychology impacts our thinking and behaviour as a leader using examples from history and per...
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Want to really know someone?Get into a fight with them. Especially one that hits all their hot buttons. You’ll soon see the worst of them. Conflict does funny things to people.It is o...
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What did you want to be when you were a child?Before the world filled you with doubts. Before you learned to subjugate yourself to it's rules. What did you love to be?I loved @Michael's quote from G...
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In this episode, Clark Ray, Tony Walmsley and I talked about the power of authentic leadership.How do we know what's authentic? We discussed psychological safety, the pitfalls of social media's lack o...
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What is Leadership beyond the theories?This episode explores the core principles of effective leadership, emphasizing humility and the importance of values. Through the lens of experiences in sports a...
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Do you feel your work brings you purpose?In all my work with individuals, I've seen three core needs. The first two dominate our early career.To belong and feel part of a tribe.To gain status and val...
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In this episode, we talk about the implications of Blackbox Thinking (by Matthew Syed) for organisations. We talk about how differing companies such as Kodak, Google, and Amazon either learned or igno...
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In this episode, dive into Harit Bhasin's journey of becoming a successful Tech Leader. Learn the importance of embracing conflict and building trust, as well as the value of a 'can-do' attitude, cont...
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How do we lead conversations that engage people and create change?All change starts with a leader who can engage their team. True leaders open conversations that engage their teams. Leaders through ...
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What's the first question for every leader to answer?This is the question Romana Prochazkova answered in today's podcast. She explained the answer that is key for every leader. Especially those earl...
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How do we get to peak performance?In an ever more demanding world there are more and more demands on our time and energy. How do we ensure that we meet the demands of our work, home and family a...
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Why should someone choose you?For the job. The project. Or the contract.We live in a world of overwhelming choice and yet each of us is trying to stand out and be valued.The social media world has c...
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Whenever we introduce change we meet resistance.Every change involves loss of some sort for someone. That person is likely to be the person who most resists the change. How well we address their con...
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Why do we do this?Whenever we join together, there's a sacrifice. We give up time, resources or autonomy. So why would we join?Humans have always joined together because some goals we can only achie...
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How do I get people to do what I want?Change is notoriously difficult. So is leadership. But why?Because often the change we seek to make isn't for the greater good.It's for what I want. For my per...
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Everyone wants to feel good about themself.Our inner narrative is driven by this imperative. No-one wants to hate. We hate when we're empty. We need to find a scapegoat that explains why we're not ...
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Why are some people so much better than everyone else in a given field?What makes a Usain Bolt or Steve Jobs so successful? Is it nature or nurture? Outliers by Malcom Gladwell seeks to answer thes...
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The world is changed by those who can inspire and unite.Whether it's Martin Luther King giving a dream for the civil rights movement. Nelson Mandela uniting South Africans as a new nation. Or a team...
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Business wants to be scientific.Managers want to see data, facts and evidence to base decisions on. The last thing anyone wants to do is to put the company at risk. No-one wants to be blamed for bei...
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Every life has value and lessons.Hollywood and the mainstream media look for the blockbusters. But often the insights and lessons we need come from people like us. People living everyday lives who h...
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When we gather together, there's pressure to agree.Groups create norms. And belonging often means we have to conform. Challenging those norms threatens the group.And so it can put our belonging at r...
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If you had one shot...One opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted...Would you capture it or let it slip?We never know when an opportunity will fall to us. And often they fall when we're not p...
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Where does power come from?Does our authority come from our position? Or from our presence? Our belief will affect how we show up.People who see their power as their position will seek to build thei...
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250 years ago the founding fathers drew up the U.S constitution.They had been able to learn lessons from older nations and avoid some of their mistakes. This disparate union of states grew to become ...
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Do you like to read?I've always loved to read. It's the possibility of finding new ideas. Ideas are the building blocks I play with.When I read books I want new ideas.Ideas that change my thinking. Id...
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Most leadership is remedial.For me, a Leader has three key roles...1. To articulate the vision of what the collective is going to achieve. 2. Agreeing the strategic direction that everyone's going to ...
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If you failed at your job more than 50% of the time would you still have a job?Imagine a Surgeon who failed half the time. Or a pilot. Or a production line.Now look at the divorce statistics.More than...
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What does it take to lead?To lead others we have to be able to tap into something in them. We have to have the empathy and sensitivity to see how what we do impacts them. We have to have the self aw...
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How do we inspire others to achieve great things?Saurabh Debnath was on course to achieve his lifelong goal of representing India at cricket. That is to be one of 11 in a country with a 1.4bn populat...
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Do you remember the story of the three little pigs?They each built a house. But only one built one that was strong enough to withstand the big, bad wolf. That saved the day.When you build a house, y...
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The problem with men is...As a relationship coach I heard the problems of trying to date and relate to men. Sit in a coffee shop or a bar and you'll often hear women talking about men and their short...
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How do you answer what do you do?It's a question that many of us hate because we often don't have a concise answer. It might involve a label that limits us. And it doesn't cover the range of how we ...
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I have a dream...With those four words Martin Luther King focused a movement on a dream they could all commit to. Campaigners could unite around the idea of all being equal. It was the core premise ...
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Engage, empower and educate!That's Chris Cotter's strategy for getting teams to work together.Chris visited Japan as a Graduate and never returned. Working as a language teacher he ended up running a ...
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How can you support your team through change?Change is the norm now. Organisations are almost permanently making some change or another. It's an upheaval while still trying to keep business as norma...
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All of us have been sold a lie!Be a good boy or girl and do well at school. Put your head down at work. And then you'll get your reward and be happy.It isn't what happens.It's why we have mid-life c...
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Life exists in tension.Everything we do, is done along a spectrum of tension.Conflicting goals create tension. Leadership is about managing those tensions.Managers want to create a psychologically sa...
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Before teams can perform people have to be capable of performing.Burning out staff through stress or overload of work means the team will crash. Each individual is also facing personal challenges. N...
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How do we join with others to achieve, belong and connect more with less friction? Humans aren't the strongest or the fastest. Our superpower is working together. We are a social creature. We need to belong and be valued within our tribe. But we hit 3 main friction points in teams: 1. We lack trust because of a lack of integrity, suspicion and past resentments. 2. We don't communicate well because of fear, insecurity and feeling unsafe. 3. We have divided goals because of politics, power struggles and personality conflicts. A team is two or more people joined to achieve the same goal. It can be a marriage. Or a multinational organisation. The principles still apply Every team needs communication, resources and energy to flow to where we need it when we need it. The barrier is friction. How do we reduce friction and get teams to flow? That is the question we address in The Unified Team Podcast.
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