Food 4 Thought Podcast

I look forward to seeing your comments below. 🙋Please get in touch to discuss how our unique approach to behaviour change motivates people to transform their performance with new mindsets, habits and behaviours. David@talent4performance.co.uk David Klaasen Talent4performance. -------------------------------SOCIAL------------------------------- 🌐 Website: https://www.talent4performance.co.uk/ 📝T...

I look forward to seeing your comments below. 🙋Please get in touch to discuss how our unique approach to behaviour change motivates people to transform their performance with new mindsets, habits and behaviours. David@talent4performance.co.uk David Klaasen Talent4performance. -------------------------------SOCIAL------------------------------- 🌐 Website: https://www.talent4performance.co.uk/ 📝T...

I look forward to seeing your comments below. 🙋Please get in touch to discuss how our unique approach to behaviour change motivates people to transform their performance with new mindsets, habits and behaviours. David@talent4performance.co.uk David Klaasen Talent4performance. -------------------------------SOCIAL------------------------------- 🌐 Website: https://www.talent4performance.co.uk/ 📝T...

I look forward to seeing your comments below. 🙋Please get in touch to discuss how our unique approach to behaviour change motivates people to transform their performance with new mindsets, habits and behaviours. David@talent4performance.co.uk David Klaasen Talent4performance. -------------------------------SOCIAL------------------------------- 🌐 Website: https://www.talent4performance.co.uk/ 📝T...

Are you ready to use brain chemistry to unlock performance? What if you could tap into the natural power of Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins (DOSE) to drive motivation, enhance trust, improve mood, and increase resilience within your team? 🌟 Discover the untapped potential of DOSE in my latest 150-second video, 'Unlocking Performance with DOSE'. 🌟 This quick watch is more th...

Our emotions can cause a roller-coaster of feelings and if they are not managed effectively they can cause a lot of problems. As a wise and effective leader or manager, it’s very important to be mindful of how you are feeling and how to appropriately manage your emotions. If we don’t manage our emotions we lose access to our Prefrontal Cortex, the part of our brain that helps us understand, memori...

Are you falling into the trap of Unconscious Competence? When we become highly proficient in a task, we can assume that it is easy. This is the trap of ‘unconscious competence’ and it can seriously undermine your ability to delegate. To delegate effectively you need to go back a step and help your people to know what they didn't know they need to know. Wise leaders and managers are aware of ho...

Our brains are fundamentally lazy. They are designed to conserve energy. This makes it very easy to make assumptions and jump to conclusions. There are always two sides to every story and as a leader or manager is it very important to check your assumptions and explore why other people see things very differently to you. A useful model for doing this is the Ladder of Inference. This short video gi...

Listening to critical feedback is tough. However, feedback is the breakfast of champions and the ability to respond to it effectively can help us develop and grow. If we can’t take feedback people will be less likely to receive our feedback. If you are defensive or reject critical feedback people won’t bother because it’s too much hard work. This can have a seriously detrimental impact on your lea...

Sustainable businesses and teams know how to fully utilise and exploit their strengths and resources while also making the effort to explore and innovate new ways of working. This short video provides an interesting metaphor and model for you to discuss with your team to ensure you don’t get caught out in the volatility of the current economic climate. Food for Thought: ❓What strengths can you ex...

According to the research of American social psychologist Roy Baumeister our brain's energy gets depleted quite easily. For example if we have to make a lot of decisions, are hungry or lacking in sleep. As a leader it’s very useful to be mindful of this, and what you can do about it. Especially if you have to make an important decision or deal with a challenging situation. This short video giv...

Your brain is far more adaptable than you may think. We can all continue to make new connections and even grow new brain cells, but only if you nurture your brain in the right way. Find out how in this short video. Food for Thought: ❓What do you need to do more of? ❓How can you help your people improve their brain power? I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about these behaviours....

Trust is a fundamental human need and there is a key neurochemical related to it that has a massive influence on how we feel about others. As a leader and manager, it is important to know about this neurochemical and how it can influence individual, team and organisational behaviour. This short video explains some of the key findings from the latest research. Food for Thought: ❓What do you need t...

Creating a Culture of Trust There is now plenty of robust research to show that high-trust companies (compared to low-trust companies) report: 74% less stress, 106% more energy at work, 50% higher productivity, 13% fewer sick days, 76% more engagement, 29% more satisfaction with their lives, 40% less burnout (source Dr. Paul J. Zak - HBR) How well are you keeping your best people? Are your competi...

There is currently a crises of trust in many areas of politics and business. Trust can take a long time to be earned and can be destroyed in an instant. So, as leaders and managers, it’s useful to be aware of what earns trust and what destroys it. The Trust Equation can help you to identify the key ingredients of trust and how they can be helped or hindered by your actions and behaviour. Watch thi...

Humans are hard-wired for taking advantage of immediate rewards as a survival strategy. This means that we feel rewards in the future are less valuable than the prospect of immediate gratification. Neuroscientists call this Temporal Discounting. As leaders and managers, it is important to understand how this bias can affect motivation or take appropriate action now to avoid danger in the future. W...

All teams go through four stages of development in order to get to a level where they can operate at optimum performance. Some of the stages can be frustrating and cause conflict or cliques to develop if they are not managed effectively. As a team leader, it is your responsibility to navigate these stages and help the team through them so they don’t get stuck at a sub-optimum stage. To learn more...

Could this be damaging your business?    Our brains are always jumping to conclusions about the behaviour of others and the Fundamental Attribution Error is one of the many cognitive biases that can damage relationships by undermining trust, teamwork and collaboration.    Cognitive biases are hardwired automatic responses that helped our ancestors survive back when life was very precarious for hum...

Back in 1908 two scientists popularised the concept of the impact of pressure on performance.    We all have a sweet spot where we achieve optimal performance, but that spot may be different for different people.    If we are out of the sweet spot, we may underperform due to a lack of pressure or because we have more than we can cope with.    Food for Thought:  ❓Where are you currently on the per...

How well are you managing your stress bucket?  It’s easy to notice when others are stressed, but it can be difficult to identify our own levels of stress because it tends to creep up on us and then one little thing can create an outburst or other stress response.  We all have a stress bucket, but they tend to be different sizes so therefore have different levels of capacity. This short v...

There are four fundamental intrinsic motivators that all humans share. If you want to be an effective leader, manager or mentor you need to be aware of how well you are helping your people fulfil them.   If these fundamental needs are not being met, they may start looking elsewhere to meet them.   This video explores the 4 motivators in just 150 seconds.  Food for Thought:...

While mistakes are painful and sometimes very expensive, they are a key way for the brain to learn and trigger a positive change in our behaviour.  When we can understand mistakes from a neuroscientific point of view it is easier to remain objective. This helps us develop a Growth Mindset and see the benefits of a mistake while avoiding negativity, upset and blame.   This video expl...

Are you trapped in your Comfort Zone?  It is quite common to get trapped in a comfort zone. It happens when we make the only alternative to the comfort zone the Fear Zone or the Danger Zone.  This makes the thought of stepping out of our comfort zone very uncomfortable, so we avoid it.  But there is an alternative zone to step into which creates very different feelings. This makes i...

There is a simple way to massively improve your memory and retention but very few people use it.   With just a little planning and effort you can ensure you get a significant return on investment from any learning activity and boost your success on many levels.    Check out this 150-second video to discover how you can overcome the forgetting curve and make a significant difference...

Are you getting a great return on investment from your training budget?  Businesses spend millions every year on training and development activity but few get a good return on investment.  Why?   Well, it’s often because the training is poorly designed and takes place in isolation. Learning is a process that needs to be supported at each step. We have developed a very robust learnin...