How’s your team performing? You think you're clear on expectations and yet something isn’t clicking. Maybe, you have a team of individuals and experts but when working together, they are not able to run as effectively as a team and meet those expectations? Is it time to consider what’s going on under the surface? Where’s the disconnection? What needs to happen to move things forward and realise the full potential of your team? Have you recognised that it’s time to talk and s

The clash between Gen Z’s ‘work boundaries’ and Boomers/Gen X’s ‘work ethics’ is alive and kicking!

I had the pleasure of working with this lovely team over the last month. After talking to my client, I developed and agreed a bespoke programme that targeted making sure time in meetings was time well spent, one-touch and with productive energy throughout! Building Effective Meeting Skills Through Team Development A key focus was on maximising individual and team effectiveness in meetings as part of their team development. Basically, my client wanted their team to be sharp an

Coach Experience Video I’m Sean Fitzgerald, your ally in leadership development and performance. For over 35 years I led high performing teams in Waitrose and for over 20 of those years I combined that with coaching. I bring all of that experience to my coaching to help people like you make a real impact in their working day. Leadership today is tough. Balancing innovation, stability and performance, whilst inspiring your team, isn't easy but that's where I come in. My appro

Lego EMEA Supply Chain Superstars & Peter Parker Recently, I facilitated a team day for the EMEA supply chain team for LEGO. Even if I say so myself, it was a really good day with lots of fun! And yes, there was a huge amount of LEGO built around the offices :) It was also International, with two attendees flying in from Czech Republic and one joining us virtually from LEGO HQ Billund, Denmark. Improving Team Effectiveness and Performance The aim of these days is to improve

LEGO Serious Play can accelerate discussion and surface opportunities to move forward on a personal and team level.

How was your bank holiday? For those of you who weren't working, I hope you got some good rest and relaxation and maybe some ice cream in...

The person I was talking to was telling me how they celebrate success with their team. It was an enjoyable discussion with some good ideas and certainly would get their team focused on achieving and recognising their results.

Connecting with your team and understanding more about them as individuals will release multiple benefits for team engagement and...

Hi, I’m Sean, My motivational value system (MVS) is HUB I am motivated by flexibility and adapting to others or situations and I have a...

Is "Imposter Syndrome" kicking in, with other leaders? Some thoughts from me: Recognise that it is happening and it's time to move...

3 Rs for Resilience - Reflect. Recognise. Reward. Reflect - Take time out to reflect on how you are doing. Think about what you have done...

Let's remove the 'Difficult" out of " Difficult Conversations"! Reframe! Set your mindset as 'just a conversation that needs to be had' Practise! Would you run a marathon without practise, training and building your skills? Develop, flex and stretch those conversation skills! Practise to make difficult less significant in your conversation stream Don't let the uncertainty build of how the conversation will go as frankly, you won't really know until you start. You can listen

Comfort zone to growth zone... are you ready to move forward?!

The stages from your comfort zone, through the fear zone to growth zone explained in just over a minute https://youtu.be/nCTGXQ9gORg