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19 12, 2024

Innovative Performance Coaching: A Day with Silent Disco King

By Ellie Blakeley|2024-12-19T11:05:17+00:00December 19th, 2024|Coaching Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Goal Setting, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Happiness, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Innovative Performance Coaching: A Day with Silent Disco King

A Day of Performance Coaching with Silent Disco King I recently had the pleasure of attending a performance coaching workshop with Silent Disco King in Southampton. It was a sunny Monday morning, and the energy in the room was already buzzing when Ric and I arrived to meet the engaged group of delegates. The atmosphere was relaxed yet focused, and throughout the day, we had an opportunity to dig deep into some really thought-provoking topics, share insights, and have plenty of fun along the way. A Discussion to Kickstart the Day We began the day by diving into the concept [...]

7 08, 2018

Performance, What does good look like? Do you really know?

By RicHayden|2023-09-21T12:53:44+01:00August 7th, 2018|Management, Belief, Business, Goal Setting, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Organisational Culture, Organisational Performance, SMART Goals|Comments Off on Performance, What does good look like? Do you really know?

Organisations the world over are only as good as the team of people working within that business. The success of the business is driven by the performance everyone. Ultimately the managers that drive that performance are responsible. However, many of the conversations I have with managers on development programmes are about how they can put in to context “What good looks like?”. They seem to fall in to a trap of not delegating soon enough and hindering the development of within teams. Recently when working with a great group of aspiring managers taking part in a “Stepping in to Managment” [...]

5 03, 2018

Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 10 – Problem Solving

By RicHayden|2025-02-26T10:47:15+00:00March 5th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Goal Setting, Happiness, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Happiness, Organisational Performance, Problem Solving|Comments Off on Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 10 – Problem Solving

This blog is part of a series of blogs exploring Emotional Intelligence. Looking at ways to be able to develop and enhance our own perceived levels of Emotional Intelligence. What is Emotional Intelligence? To gain a greater understanding you can read a previous blog What is Emotional Intelligence and How Can I develop it, for more detail. However, Emotional intelligence is all about how well you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others, and the ability to identify and manage them. Emotional Intelligence, also known as “Ei” or “EQ”, is now a well established set of “Competencies” [...]

29 01, 2018

Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 6 – Independence

By RicHayden|2025-02-26T10:34:10+00:00January 29th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Belief, Business, Engagement, Goal Setting, High Performance Culture, Independence, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Happiness, Organisational Performance, Passion, Success|Comments Off on Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 6 – Independence

This blog is part of a series of blogs where we explore Emotional Intelligence. We will look at ways to be able to develop and enhance our own perceived levels of Emotional Intelligence. What is Emotional Intelligence? To gain a greater understanding you can read a previous blog What is Emotional Intelligence and How Can I develop it, for more detail. However, Emotional intelligence is all about how well you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others, and the ability to identify and manage them. Emotional Intelligence, also known as “Ei” or “EQ”, is now a well [...]

15 01, 2018

Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 4 – Emotion Expression

By RicHayden|2025-02-26T10:28:55+00:00January 15th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Belief, Business, Emotion Expression, Engagement, Goal Setting, Happiness, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Happiness, Organisational Performance, Passion, Success|Comments Off on Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 4 – Emotion Expression

This blog is part of a series of blogs where we explore Emotional Intelligence. We will look at ways to be able to develop and enhance our own perceived levels of Emotional Intelligence. What is Emotional Intelligence? To gain a greater understanding you can read a previous blog What is Emotional Intelligence and How Can I develop it, for more detail. Here’s a little detail to get this blog going. Emotional intelligence is all about how well you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others, and the ability to identify and manage them. Emotional Intelligence, also known [...]

8 01, 2018

Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 3 – Emotional Self Awareness

By RicHayden|2025-02-26T10:23:13+00:00January 8th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Belief, Business, Emotional Self Awareness, Engagement, Goal Setting, Happiness, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Happiness, Organisational Performance|Comments Off on Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 3 – Emotional Self Awareness

This blog is part of a series of blogs where we explore Emotional Intelligence. We will look at ways to be able to develop and enhance our own perceived levels of Emotional Intelligence. What is Emotional Intelligence? Take a look at our previous blog What is Emotional Intelligence and How Can I develop it, for more detail. A quick update, Emotional intelligence is all about how well you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others, and the ability to identify and manage them. Emotional Intelligence, also known as “Ei” or “EQ”, is now a well established set [...]

2 01, 2018

Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 2 – Self Actualisation

By RicHayden|2025-02-26T10:19:27+00:00January 2nd, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Belief, Engagement, Goal Setting, Happiness, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Happiness, Organisational Performance, Passion, Self Actualisation, Success|Comments Off on Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 2 – Self Actualisation

This blog is part of a series of blogs where we explore Emotional Intelligence. We will look at ways to be able to develop and enhance our own perceived levels of Emotional Intelligence. What is Emotional Intelligence? Well, you can take a look at our previous blog What is Emotional Intelligence and How Can I Develop it, to find out some more. Emotional intelligence is all about how well you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others, and the ability to identify and manage them. Emotional Intelligence, also known as “Ei” or “EQ”, is now a well [...]

14 12, 2017

Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 1 – Self Regard

By RicHayden|2025-02-26T10:15:18+00:00December 14th, 2017|Emotional Intelligence, Belief, Engagement, Goal Setting, Happiness, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Happiness, Organisational Performance, Passion, Self Regard, Success|Comments Off on Developing Emotional Intelligence – Part 1 – Self Regard

This blog is part of a series of blogs where we explore Emotional Intelligence. We will look at ways to be able to develop and enhance our own perceived levels of Emotional Intelligence. What is Emotional Intelligence? Well, you can take a look at our previous blog What is Emotional Intelligence and How Can I develop it, to find out some more. Emotional intelligence is all about how well you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others, and the ability to identify and manage them. Emotional Intelligence, also known as “Ei” or “EQ”, is now a well [...]

4 09, 2017

Accountability, supporting the development of High Performing Teams

By RicHayden|2023-09-21T12:43:48+01:00September 4th, 2017|Business, Emotional Intelligence, Goal Setting, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Performance, SMART Goals, Success, Uncategorised|Comments Off on Accountability, supporting the development of High Performing Teams

It is hard work managing a team, made even harder by everyone’s different levels of ability and speed to be able to complete tasks. For any team to be a High Performing Team the leader needs to know everyone’s ability. The leader needs to be able to drive them forward to work autonomously and foster accountability. There is a tendency within a wide population of leaders to be disablers rather than enablers. This is done with the best of intentions. Two of the biggest disablers in organisations are: I can do it myself. Have you ever heard yourself say, or [...]

4 07, 2017

Me, You, Everyone – Knowing the impact you have using 360 degree feedback

By RicHayden|2023-01-04T12:40:42+00:00July 4th, 2017|Articles, Business, Emotional Intelligence, Goal Setting, High Performance Culture, Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture, Organisational Performance, Reviews, Sales Performance, SMART Goals|Comments Off on Me, You, Everyone – Knowing the impact you have using 360 degree feedback

There is no doubt about it, managing people is hard! No matter how much aptitude you have for leadership, and despite how much you might enjoy leading a team (or not), aligning employees to contribute in a way that is meaningful to your business is a challenging job. The complexity and difficulty of this grows with the size of the team and the impact of their contribution on the businesses strategy and goals, and ultimately it’s up to you to supervise, guide, coach and develop individuals for high performance in this setting. Managing their technical contribution is often straightforward, [...]