The Working Week: Sue Cheshire of North and Beyond
In this week’s Working Week, Wayne Turmel is joined from the UK by Sue Cheshire of North and Beyond, an organisation that works with business leaders to help them develop their potential to the full.
Sue’s expertise is in building self-organizing communities of learning for CEOs and business leaders where every participant can be made aware of his or her own programming in order to identify patterns of thought, language and behaviour that may hold them back from being the best they can truly be. She is also a contributor to the recently published book, “Leadership is Global”.
45 secs - Worker Alienation emerges as a hot topic of the week as highlighted by this blog by Bryan Alasapa about how are increasingly likely to post negative comments about places they have worked.
1.20 – Wayne moves onto a piece of research on employee dissatisfaction - New job, new T-shirt which argues that the way people are treated in the first few days is critical for their long-term engagement with an organization.
2.15 - Sue Cheshire – Interview starts with Sue Cheshire of North and Beyond and author of a chapter in a new book entitled “Leadership is Global”. Sue has decided to talk about some of the issues raised in a provocative piece by by Max McEwan called Psychopaths and Sycophants.
4.00 - A look at the behavioural patterns of controllers and pleasers and the impact that people with these personality traits can have on an organisation.
5. 00 – Why voracious learning and curiosity are two of the most powerful traits in a true business leader.
6.00 – How gaps in personal growth and a lack of awareness about themselves and the impact of their behaviour can prevent business leaders from reaching their own potential.
7.40 – Breakfast of the Gods or the importance of feedback. If people can really listen to feedback and not be defensive about learning then anything is possible.
9.15 – Finally, get your week off to an inspiring and creative start by reading Jurgen Wolff’s latest monthly Brainstorm.
