Our Thinking in Video Form
Equipping Leaders to become People of Influence
HOW TO AVOID YOUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKING MELTDOWN
A few years ago Samsung paid Hollywood director Michael Bay to speak at one of their events. The presentation was a catastrophe. In this video we break down what went wrong. We then share a practical strategy you can use to never find yourself in this situation. A strategy Ricky Gervais uses every time he performs his stand up comedy.
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HOW LEADERS CAN INFLUENCE EFFORTLESSLY
A leader delivers a compelling presentation. A finance professional is persuasive in a meeting. In both cases the audience says “Let’s do it!” And then, with time, nothing happens. The audience takes no action. Why? That’s what we explore in our latest video.
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A CLASSIC TEAM MISTAKE
Episode #4 of our series ‘Build an Extraordinary Team (in less than 60 seconds)’ with Shaun Kenny.
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WHY YOU NEED TO ‘LEAD FROM THE FRONT’
Episode #2 of our series ‘Become an Inspirational Leader’ (in less than 60 seconds)’ with Michelle Rushton.
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THE NEUROSCIENCE OF TRUST
Episode #3 of our series ‘Build an Extraordinary Team (in less than 60 seconds)’ with Shaun Kenny.
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THE MOST UNDERESTIMATED LEADERSHIP QUALITY
Episode #1 of our series ‘Become an Inspirational Leader’ (in less than 60 seconds)’ with Michelle Rushton.
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DESIGN YOUR NEXT TEAM OFFSITE
Episode #2 of our series ‘Build an Extraordinary Team (in less than 60 seconds)’ with Shaun Kenny.
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TEAMS THAT LAUGH TOGETHER, WIN TOGETHER
Episode #1 of our series ‘Build an Extraordinary Team (in less than 60 seconds)’ with Shaun Kenny.
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HOW TO GENERATE BILLION DOLLAR IDEAS
Have you ever wondered how to generate billion dollar ideas? In this video Shaun Kenny tells the story of how Proctor & Gamble did just that. From this story emerges a simple, repeatable methodology you can use to generate your own billion dollar ideas. Or more realistically, that you and your team can use to innovatively solve difficult problems at work.
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HOW LEADERS AND TEAMS CAN THRIVE IN ADVERSITY
Adversity is inevitable. The key differentiator for leaders and teams is how they respond. Do they crumble under pressure? Do they get stressed? Or do they rise to the occasion and show up as their very best selves? In this video Michelle Rushton explores how leaders & teams can thrive in adversity by adopting an Antifragile Mindset.
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HOW TO HAVE UNSHAKEABLE CONFIDENCE AT WORK
Have you ever met or worked with one of those people who appear to have a deep, unshakeable confidence? This quality gives them tremendous power in the world because people are drawn to it. They are the sort of leader people follow. In this video Michelle Rushton explores how to have unshakeable confidence by applying a concept we call The Prizing Principle.
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HOW TO END THE YEAR STRONG IF YOUR TEAM IS EXHAUSTED
For over a decade we’ve been consulting with clients, working closely with teams and leaders, and we’ve never seen such a pervasive feeling of exhaustion as we are seeing in late 2021. One of the risks you face if you lead a team, is that your people will re-consider their employment over the Christmas break (maybe this will be you!). Shaun Kenny explores how you can end the year so that people actually want to return! P.S. Did they all come back?
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WHY YOUR JOB AS A LEADER IS TO BE LIKED
Many leaders will say “leadership is not a popularity contest”. But then they make the jump to claim “it doesn’t matter if people like you as their leader”. We humbly disagree. In this video Shaun Kenny presents evidence to support this perspective. You may disagree with this one. Many leaders do. We just hope you still like us anyway!
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TWO STEPS TO CHANGE TEAM CULTURE
Your team’s culture can make or break the results the team achieves. For better or worse, your team’s culture (its behavioural norms or embedded patterns of behaviour) is very sticky. Change is possible though. In this video Michelle Rushton shows how, by elaborating on the famous Monkeys on the Ladder Experiment.
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HOW TO INFLUENCE OTHERS (NO ONE IS DOING THIS)
There is a simple yet profound strategy for influencing others that leaders in the workplace rarely use. We learned this approach from studying advertising campaigns for wrist watches. We noticed almost all watch ads used the same formula, except for one brand. Their approach is entirely different, incredibly powerful and simple to use. Shaun Kenny reveals what the strategy is.
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MR BEAST: HOW HE LEADS 100 MILLION FOLLOWERS
MrBeast is a success story if there ever was one. But aside from his millions of subscribers and massive wealth, MrBeast is a prime example of leadership. In this video, we explore exactly how he’s been displaying leadership with his latest, absurdly ambitious, philanthropic effort.
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USING JARGON MAY BE CAREER-LIMITING FOR YOU
Have you noticed that some people really hate corporate buzzwords and business jargon? Maybe you are one of these people. In this video Michelle Rushton explores if using corporate jargon is actually a problem. New research shows that using corporate jargon actually reveals something rather deep about you as a person and may be holding you back in your career.
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HE TOLD EVERYONE HIS BUSINESS WOULD FAIL
Jeff Bezos predicted that his business would fail. He told this to everyone, including potential investors. They still gave him their money. Why? That’s what we answer in this video. We also touch on two powerful concepts: the difference between Epistemic Confidence and Social Confidence.
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DON’T START WITH WHY. APOLOGIES SIMON SINEK!
Do you ever struggle with creating a message that cuts through? That engages and motivates others to take action? One piece of advice is to ‘Start with Why’. In this video Shaun Kenny suggests an alternative. He shares the story of how Satya Nadella (as Microsoft’s new CEO in 2014) did an incredible job of re-engaging, aligning and inspiring his colleagues globally.
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WHY LEADERS FAIL AT BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
Behaviour change is hard, particularly if you want to change behaviour at scale, across an organisation. Most attempts to do this fail. Why is this? Michelle Rushton gives her nuanced answer. By the way, the guy in this thumbnail is the saddest person we’ve ever seen. And why is his calculator so large?
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THE #1 BARRIER TO LEADERS INNOVATING
Effective leaders innovate, but there is an obstacle getting in the way of innovation that we are seeing now in workplaces more than ever before. Overcoming this obstacle is simple, but it is far from easy. Join Shaun Kenny and his close friends Isaac Newton and Archimedes to discover how.
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WHY LEADERS NEED TO BE CORPORATE ATHLETES
With so much talk about employee wellbeing, burn out, the blurred line between work/home, it’s challenging for leaders to know whether to push for better results or take the foot off the accelerator. What we need is to help our people (and ourselves) become Corporate Athletes. Michelle Rushton shares what that is in this video.
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3 RULES OF INFLUENCE GREAT LEADERS KNOW
There are great people who have created messages that have lasted for generations, and if we can deconstruct their method we may be able to recreate their magic. In this video, Shaun Kenny deconstructs arguably the greatest speech in the history of Western civilisation to reveal three rules of influence we can all implement immediately.
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THE TWO THINGS YOU NEED TO BE A GREAT LEADER
The question “What is great leadership?” is something we have researched with clients for over a decade and in this video Michelle Rushton shares our results. Despite the question’s simplicity, the answer is not immediately obvious. Ask 1,000 leaders or 1,000 leadership experts and you’ll get 2,000 different responses. This is our take.
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THE #1 SECRET TO GETTING STANDING OVATIONS
In this video Shaun Kenny shows how understanding the science of standing ovations is a game changer for anyone who wants to have impact and influence in presentations or conversations (whether virtual or face to face).
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5 STEPS TO BUILD A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM
In this video Michelle Rushton summarises the five keys to building not just a high performing team, but what we call an Extraordinary Team.
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BEHAVIOUR CHANGE MADE SHOCKINGLY EASY
Given how hard behaviour change is, in this video Shaun Kenny ponders ‘What if there was a strategy that made it effortless to start a behavior and stick with a behaviour, and that required no ongoing motivation or willpower?’ There is an answer!
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8 WAYS FOR LEADERS TO BUILD TRUST IN TEAMS
In this video Michelle Rushton shares eight practical strategies (proven by neuroscience) for leaders to build trust in teams and in organisations.
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HOW LEADERS CAN BUILD TRUST – A RISKY STRATEGY
In this video Shaun Kenny shares a rather surprising and counter-intuitive method for building trust with others. A method you can implement immediately.
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TRAILER FOR OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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SEE US IN ACTION
For a glimpse into our sessions (face-to-face, virtual or a hybrid of the two) and a taste of how Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny work, check out our showreel…
Video type: Sneak peek – Our showreel!
IS RESILIENCE ENOUGH?
In these COVID times everyone is talking about the need for resilience. But we ask, is resilience actually enough? Find out our answer here…
Video type: Learn & sneak peek – Preview of The Antifragility Advantage™ program
JOIN SHAUN KENNY AS HE GOES BACK ON THE ROAD,
FACE TO FACE WITH CLIENTS…WHAT A NOVELTY!
Video type: Sneak peek – Behind the scenes of a hybrid event (virtual & face-to-face)
WHAT DOES ANTIFRAGILITY LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE?
Video type: Learn – What does antifragility look like in real life?
Themes: Antifragility, resilience, grit, growth mindset
WHY YOUR NEXT CONFERENCE
SHOULD BE LIKE A HOLLYWOOD FILM
Video type: Learn – How to design a conference, offsite or event
3 STEPS TO DESIGN AN AMAZING CONFERENCE OR EVENT –
ONLINE OR IN-PERSON
Join Shaun on the road to learn practical tips and the 3 key steps to designing an engaging event.
Video type: Learn – How to design a conference, offsite or event
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO BECOME ANTIFRAGILE?
Perhaps it is almost impossible…
Video type: Learn – What is antifragility?
Themes: Antifragility, resilience, grit, growth mindset
WARTIME WORKLOADS
Video type: Learn – Managing an epic workload
Themes: Productivity, prioritisation, rest & recovery, high performance habits
A MOTTO FOR THRIVING IN THESE TIMES
Video type: Learn / Inspire – Words of wisdom…
HOW TO PLAN AND BALANCE YOUR L&D BUDGET –
A STRATEGIC APPROACH
Do you have budget to develop your people? Have you thought about how to plan and balance that spend?
Video type: Learn – A guide for balancing your L&D budget
Watch the video on LinkedIn here.
3 KEY STEPS TO PLAN YOUR L&D STRATEGY
This is for anyone who is planning their L&D for 2021, thinking about how they should/could develop their people, but not sure where to start…
Video type: Learn – A 3-step approach to planning your L&D strategy
Watch the video on LinkedIn here.