We Not Me
Episode 61 - Turning a group into a team – Season 5 review
Show Notes
With the challenges of hybrid working and resource constraints, team leaders need to create a shared vision and a set of meaningful goals. By putting the team at the centre and leveraging the interdependencies between members, organisations can achieve greater improvements in performance and outcomes. In this first episode of the season 6, Dan and Pia look back on highlights from season 5, and what these conversations can teach us about collaboration.
Takeaways from Dan and Pia
Episodes to check out from season 5
- Leading teams of volunteers – episode 51 with Jim Goddard
- Purpose, people and football – episode 60 with Richard Giles
- Building communities: playgrounds for adults – episode 56 with Robin Hutchinson
- Can the four-day work week really work? – episode 50 with Joe Ryle
- What is the data telling us about psychological safety? – episode 57 with Juliet Hammond
- Why “culture fit” may not be what you want – episode 55 with Marsha Ramroop
- A boarding school on the water – episode 54 with Jens Lee
- Building a thriving culture from the outside in – episode 58 with Marcus Swalwell and Tom Wedge
- A team’s guide to Design Thinking – episode 59 with Adam Billing
Meet the guests
Pia Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of Squadify. Pia began her career as a teacher but has spent the past 30 years consulting in leadership to CEOs, governments and executive teams around the world. Pia loves making a difference and geeks out on team solutions, psychometric tools and assessment frameworks that helps teams to thrive. Oh, and did we mention she’s a great public speaker? Her team say she gives the best rallying cry. But mostly, she’s extremely good at growing businesses by championing the power of teams. Dan Hammond, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Squadify. Dan lives in Ilkley in the United Kingdom with his family and is obsessed with team effectiveness, having spent the past 20 years’ working with and training leaders and teams all around the world. He is obsessed with ‘balance’ and much of his free time is spent in the pursuit of being an earnest ‘but not very fast’ triathlete. From time to time, he also likes to channel his inner Louis Armstrong and blast the trumpet. Not giving you enough?