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The sideways route to success!

Chris Shambrook
Chris Voller, formerly AXA Insurance UK Claims Director and a PlanetK2 Hall of Famer. He’s always been committed to helping his people grow. People don’t normally associate ‘sideways moves’ with success. It’s usually seen more as an interruption on the pathway to greater things. Sometimes a sideways move might even…
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All present? Presenteeism in the workplace

Chris Shambrook
We were reading about presenteeism in the workplace this week. Presenteeism, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, is showing up for work without being productive, usually because you’re poorly or unfit to work in some way. Apparently it’s now viewed as more widespread and problematic by businesses than absenteeism. It’s an…
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Making high performance part of your business culture

Chris Shambrook
Jo Webb is an independent HR consultant who specialises in supporting businesses through culture change. Jo was formerly European HR Director at The Marketing Store where she led their high performance culture change programme. We had the privilege of working with Jo on this project, and for us, she’s someone…
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A meaningful purpose?

Chris Shambrook
We’ve recently started some exciting team performance programmes in Australia. Performance coach Katherine Bond shares a key performance take away from her time there. The power of a meaningful purpose It’s funny how there are times when the same issue or topic seems to come up repeatedly. Maybe it’s coincidence…
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Thinking about yourself or the greater good?

Chris Shambrook
The UK has just had a potentially life changing referendum about exiting the European Union. Voting decisions were about single issues or multiple factors. If you voted did you think about yourself, your family, the UK, Europe, the world or the greater good? The choices are similar when it comes…
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Water?

Chris Shambrook
Last week we asked a team what sprang to mind when they thought about team building. Do you know what they said? “Water!” Water! How have we got to a place where team building in business prompts thoughts of building rafts? We think we can do better than that. There…
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Dealing with Change

Chris Shambrook
In this week’s blog, Sophie Radcliffe, a K2 ambassador, athlete and adventurer shared her thoughts on change. We think we aren’t great at dealing with change and we don’t welcome it in our lives. Yet, not dissimilar to the eruption of a volcano, the initial mess can cause frantic behaviour…
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Impossible or I’m Possible?

Chris Shambrook
Gareth Jones is a PlanetK2 Hall of Famer. Not only is he a highly experienced business leader (he was CEO of Dunn and Bradstreet in Australia and New Zealand), but he’s a great example of someone who not just understands and talks about performance, but who lives and breathes high…
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Unconscious competence – the biggest risk of all

Chris Shambrook
If you can do something without thinking about it, congratulations but watch out. It’s the riskiest place of all. It’s great – because you can do it without much thought, but boy, be ready for a fall. Think learning to drive or learning to ski, when’s the greatest risk, of…
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A High Performance Diet

Chris Shambrook
We’re always scanning what’s going on in the world to see how we can connect it to simple, high performance thinking, and when Jim spotted some stuff about a new approach to food labelling, it got us thinking. Food producer Mars announced last week plans to label some of their…
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