The Noggin Podcast - people in good places do good sh*t Ben Houghton, Michael Wood

Special guest Caroline Flin shares her journey through matrescence and how she goes about supporting and helping other women through the challenges of this pivotal time.

Continuing on from our our previous episode on the 4 Promises of Leadership, today we dive deeper into the Leadership Circle Profile. Together with Ben and Darren, we’ll be sharing some of our own insights and reflections from the profile experience to give you a sense of what this tool is about and how it can support leaders to focus on the competencies that improve leadership effectiveness and drive business results.

Joined by our new associate Darren Hilton, and together with Ben, in this episode we'll be exploring the 4 universal promises of leadership set out by Bob Anderson and Bill Adams. You'll hear us discuss how leaders – and organisations – succeed or fail depending on whether or not leaders clarify their roles and goals, understand the impact implicit expectations have on their perceived effectiveness, and keep their promises.

We are back!! After a long absence from the podcast Ben has joined forces again with Leadership Consultant Pete Morris and top Noggin Coach Tom Answer to explore all things leadership and engagement.

In this episode Ben and Michael explore the research and ideas of Marcus Buckingham. Using his book, Nine Lies at Work (2019), we share our responses and experiences to the 8 factors of engagement:
1. I am really enthusiastic about the mission of my company.
2. At work, I clearly understand what is expected of me.
3. In my team, I am surrounded by people who share my values.
4. I have the chance to use my strengths every day at work.
5. My teammates have my back.
6. I know I will be recognised for excellent work.
7. I have great confidence in my company’s future.
8. In my work, I am always challenged to grow.

Today we are joined by our colleague Caroline where she invites us to explore some BIG questions. What holds you back from the truth? What do you really want? What's your purpose? What are you going to do to really make the most of your life? And quickly we realise how difficult these questions are to answer.