If I Knew Then What I Know Now

In this episode Roger is in conversation with Nic Devlin. 

In this episode Roger is in conversation with Paul who takes a look back at whether the development he received helped as much as it might have done.

We discuss:

• Going beyond mechanistic thinking
• The unintended consequence that is tick-box mentalities
• The power of insight vs skills
• The danger of jumping to assumptions and conclusions
• Why our view of time can have us going round in circles
• The difference between development that's useful vs transformative
• Looking inside to find answers not defaulting to looking outside ourselves. 

In this episode Roger interviews Amaranatho - a former Buddhist Monk and now executive coach.

We touch on many fascinating topics:

Mudslides!

Insight - what it is, what it's not, how it arises and its long-term impact.

Looking at shoulds and oughts through new lenses.

What being illegal feels like.

The culture shock we experience when starting a new role.

How universality relates to the language of different faiths. 

Experiences of Christmas.

And much more.

As a mindfulness-based executive, agile, mindset coach and scrum master; Amaranatho supports executives, leaders, and teams to stay calm and connected in complex situations using the PlayfulMonk approach he developed.  He was a Buddhist monk for 15 years, has a degree in AI and is currently accrediting to be a coaching supervisor with the EMCC.

In this episode Paul interviews Roger about some of the insights he has had regarding:

• The limited thinking it's easy for us all to live from.
• The real nature of humankind.
• The downside of meritocracy.
• What makes for a world-class team culture.
• What's often missing in the way we think about developing leaders.
• The simple way our inner world shapes our response to the outer world.
• Why awareness of our inner worlds is critical in the new context we're all now in.

In this episode Roger Martin - one of the Co-Founders of The Mindset Difference - appears as a guest on the Coaching Conversations Podcast.

He was asked about what got him into leadership development and coaching. The conversation covered:

• The impact working in a toxic culture had.
• A difficult home life and an insight that led him to what he does today. 
• Therapy.
• Different ideas about change in organisations.
• The role mindsets play in self-generated behaviour change. 
• And much more.   

In this episode Kevin Parry, a senior leader of programmes tells his compelling story is of strained client and team relationships on a vitally important project he led in war-torn Sri Lanka. The conversation covered:

• Attracting a team to work in a war zone.
• Handling a disappointed client whose expectations, compared to those of the project team varied widely. 
• The role team safety and wellbeing play when crunch points arise.
• Celebrating successes along the way.
• And much more.

In this episode Roger interviews Martin Dennys from NHS Digital. The conversation covers:

• How boundaries get blurred at a time of crisis: in this case the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Getting people's attention when they've little time and are under pressure.
• Thinking fast but also taking time to think slow and decide what's really going to make a difference.
• Culture and how necessary it is to speak one's mind in the name of brevity and clarity when double-quick actions are needed.
• And much more. 

Listen to Roger and Paul share their hopes and intentions for their new podcast.