by Andy Hedge | Dec 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the words of that renowned management thinker, Tina Turner, ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ I think quite a lot potentially. I watched the final of the cricket T20 World Cup last month. After the match, a TV interviewer asked the victorious Australian batter,...
by Andy Hedge | Dec 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
The season of goodwill is nearly here again. Unlike last year in the UK, it’s not expected that there will be restrictions on families coming together over the festive period. That’s great news, right? Well yes, but perhaps not for every family. In this age of culture...
by Andy Hedge | Dec 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is a great exercise for getting a team unstuck and for getting new ideas or perspectives onto the table to help push a solution forward. Experience suggests you need a team of at least 10-12 to make it work, but as a process, it also scales to a group of dozens...
by Andy Hedge | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sometimes you’ve just got to go deeper to resolve a deadlock. This method works well for individuals or teams trying to move beyond a dilemma. Cartesian questions, credited to the logic of French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596 – 1650), help the...
by Andy Hedge | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
In my work with teams, I’ll often use the framework below as the basis for a diagnostic assessment. Devised by Phil Sandahl, it looks at productivity (the things a team needs to do to deliver results) and positivity (the atmosphere that informs how they go about what...
by Andy Hedge | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the past few years, everybody seems to have been talking about psychological safety. It gets mentioned in just about every meeting I attend and is certainly a topic in every team coaching assignment I undertake. Everyone agrees it’s important. But strangely, in my...
