In this episode I talk with Richard Colley. Richard is a performance coach and an organisational development consultant. He is passionate about high performing teams and leadership. He established Sladen Consulting 15 years ago to focus on creating and conducting global performance enhancement and change efforts with individuals, groups, and teams. He facilitates design and delivery of creative, high-quality learning experiences, strategic team events, process and organisation development consultation and coaching. He is the CEO of ‘Sladen consulting’, married and a father to 3 children.
In the episode we talk about:
- Richards Story through childhood, Navy, Tesco’s and leadership experiences, into present day.
- Richards biggest revelations in leadership from failure
- The fundamentals in leading self - comfort zones, slow down to speed up, emotional regulation, mindsets.
- The fundamentals in leading individuals - feedback tools, listening skills, visual imagery for influence, difficult conversations.
- The fundamentals in leading teams – power of agreement, outcome thinking and influence in meetings, ascending the trust hierarchy.
- The origin of a high performing teams and how we get there.
- Institutional Pattern Interruption (IPI)
- The Amygdala hijack - how we de-escalate self and others.
- Reflections over 15 years (Richard of now Vs Richard of 15 years ago)
I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed speaking with Richard. You can find more on Richard's company 'Sladen Consulting' here:
https://sladenconsulting.com
