Resources: Talks
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Les facilitates workshops with senior leadership teams to:
- clarify their business ambition
- set stretching goals and objectives
- define and align their strategy
- address cultural change by creating the conditions for success
- sustain energy levels to deliver the results
Below are some of the resources which are used and recommended
Talks
- Brené Brown – The power of vulnerability
- Clay Christensen – How will you measure your life?
- Jim Collins – Level 5 leadership
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Flow
- Susan David – The gift and power of emotional courage
- Stephen Duneier – How to achieve your most ambitious goals
- Carol Dweck – The power of believing that you can improve
- Tim Ferriss – Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
- Atul Gawande – The importance and value of the check list
- Adam Grant – Are you a giver or a taker
- Adam Grant – The surprising habits of original thinkers
- Ben Hunt – Will it make the boat go faster
- Patrick Lencioni – Five dysfunctions of a team
- Patrick Lencioni – The law of thirds
- Kim Malone Scott – How to be a kickass boss without losing your humanity or crushing your team
- David Marquet – Greatness
- Michael Nugent – Understanding the blue ocean strategy
- Daniel Pink – The puzzle of motivation
- Andy Puddicombe – All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
- Matt Ridley – When ideas have sex
- Elif Shafak – The revolutionary power of diverse thought
- Simon Sinek – Do you love your wife?
- Derek Sivers – How to start a movement
- Michael Tabirade – How to use Johari window
- Team Europe Motivational Video – 2018 Ryder cup
- Tim Urban – Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
- Robert Waldinger – What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
- Matt Walker – Sleep is your superpower
- Gino Wickman – Effective level 10 meeting for entrepreneurial leadership teams
- Benjamin Zander – The transformative power of classical music
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Testimonials
“Les is fantastic and impeccably organised. He is a really wise coach who shares his experience, and points of view, in ways which are extremely helpful to how my business and personal life are developing”
Victoria Sylvester - Managing Director
“Les’s pace, listening skills, clarity of communications, and attention to detail are all impressive and come dressed in high quality dry humour. Les demonstrated high integrity, empathetic style, great insights and gravitas. His work with our team to manage a challenging programme was excellent and exceeded expectations”
Todd Navin - General Manager Finance & Administration
“Les has been a source of wisdom for me as we work our way forward building a new team, restructuring operations, and build for the future. He has an assured manner which combines support and challenge as a good critical friend should. In my 1-2-1s with Les I have been struck by his knowledge and insight, sharp and perceptive questioning, as well as his appetite for holding my feet to the fire!”
Stephen Nickson - Owner & Managing Director
“Les worked with us during a very difficult and challenging time for the dentistry profession. He provided an invaluable sounding board as a strategic advisor “thinking ahead” across a number of different projects.
I value his advice on major decisions. An indispensable member of the team.”
Prof Paul Tipton
“Les gave us a fun filled day and it was only obvious he had worked us hard when we stood back and looked at all the output we had achieved as a team. He got the best from every person in the room with his direct and engaging style that blends sharp wit with very serious subject matter. Absolutely brilliant. An exceptional day”
Nick Taylor - Chief Executive
“A 1-2-1 with Les is the equivalent of an excellent non-executive director who, with an understanding of the business, can “stand back” and give informed, impartial, and very practical advice”
Michael Jefferies - Managing Director
“Les works at pace, professionally, and with minimum fuss to quickly deliver results. He exudes a natural authority and earns respect from those he comes into contact with his sharp mind and warm heart”
Mark Papworth - Group CEO
“Les exhibits a willingness to lead teams on a “new adventure” with good humour, clear thinking, and that all important ingredient – humility. Pure magic”
Lyn Rees - Group CEO
“Les runs a fantastic workshop. Engaging, fun, great stories, practical insights and all delivered in a way which drives engagement and gets the creative juices flowing. Les is the go to guy for making the complex simple, the difficult easy, and putting a smile on people’s faces – exceptional”
Kelvin Coyle - Managing Director
“Our engagement with Les was incredibly fruitful. He engaged with the team, exploring and challenging patterns of work to identify improvement opportunities which we are now implementing that will result in a significantly more effective organisation in future”
Gavin Huxtable - Steam Business Development Director
“The 1-2-1s with Les are very open as well as being very detailed. Les always follows through on each point and goes the extra mile to assist and help. His experience in business and life really resonate with me and have helped me in many areas in business as well as personally”
Dale Heathcote - Managing Director
“The growth workshop with senior management was excellent. Les provided thought provoking challenges with good humour in a well structured day. Highly guaranteed to provide the spark for a breakthrough and fresh thinking“
Anthony Attard - Group CEO
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