In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to telecoms industry disruptor, Alex West, CEO of Swoop, on being the calm in the chaos, trust and vulnerability, and building a high-performing culture through metrics. Alex is currently the CEO of Swoop, a telecommunications company backed by Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang, and which has had […]
READ MOREWorking at level with the Chief Maker Mini-MBA
G’day Chiefs This is a special minisode where we get to discuss some of the themes that I’ve encountered from running the Chief Maker Mini-MBA in Leading High-Performance Teams. One of the most common reasons why people take up the Mini-MBA is one that I hear repeatedly before we kick off the sessions, and that […]
READ MOREHP Teams Strategy on a Page – The Silver Bullet
G’day Chiefs This week, we’re going to be talking all about the silver bullet story, and what you can do, what your own silver bullet might be in order to change the game in your work. I’m going to share with you a story from one of my most important clients in the transformation he’s […]
READ MOREHigh Performance Teams – Part 21 – Operating Rhythm
Our High Performance teams series now enters the final HP Teams pillar: Execution. So far the pillars we’ve covered are Mission, People, Culture and Tools, and so now we delve into where it can all go pear-shaped and the wheels can come off. So, in this episode we cover part 1 of this pillar, Operating […]
READ MOREHigh Performance Teams – Part 11 – Automate Pursuit of Excellence
Our High performance teams series now enters part 11 and we shift into the 5 key elements that drive a high performance culture, the first of which is using a high performance lifecycle to create the environment and space for high performance to flourish. So, in this episode, we cover the power of high performance […]
READ MOREHigh Performance Teams – Part 3 – Strategy and Tactics
In our first two minisodes on leading high performance teams, we built your vision and purpose. So your team now knows where they should be in two to three years and also why (their purpose). The next logical question is, therefore, “How?” And this means pulling the right levers to make the biggest and most […]
READ MOREHigh Performance Teams – Part 2 – Purpose
In this episode, we dive into finding and incorporating your team purpose into its mission. It is episode 2 of our 25-part series on building high performance teams. In the last minisode, we spoke about creating a team vision, which is ‘what’ you’re going to achieve; the destination in vivid detail. Purpose, on the other […]
READ MOREHigh Performance Teams – Part 1 – Vision
Over the next 25 weeks, I’m going to share the 25 elements that form the Chief Maker HP Teams – Tx Model, starting with creating a team vision. The aim is that every Monday I’ll introduce one element so you can spend the week focusing on improving it. Even just getting 5 or 10% which […]
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