Jim Bennett - HOT Leadership

Human and Organisational Factors (HOF) on one level are 'straigtforward' on another, they are pretty complex with many factors 'in play' simultaneously. The key elements involved are: Leadership Designing for People Health and Safety Culture Fitness for Work Staffing and Workload Useable procedures Maintenance, Inspecting and testing error Training and Competence Safety-critical Communications Org...

This is an introduction to a series of podcasts on a  Field Guide to Human and Organisational Factors that introduces, in a practical manner, the key principles and techniques to make our organisations and communities Stronger, Smarter and Safer. These insights are from a career of 4 decades spanning the Globe from the Artic Circle to Auastralasia within the Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Aviation,...

Let's explore resilient organisational cultures - my research and experience has identified ‘signalling channels’ that  people use to pick up clues, cues, signs, and signals to determine ‘ the way we do things round here’. (our culure) These are 'leading performance indicators' that allow us to pick up through each of the  channels if the organisational clues, cues, signs, and signals that we pick...

Alone time in solitude can boost our weelbeing. This can be from relaxing and recharging to problem solving and emotional regulation. Solitude can benefit personal growth, contentment, creativity and our relationships with ourselves and others.  Learning what makes us better at spending time alone can help us move to our best possible selves... It's about being in the NOW... Supporting Links TED t...

Here are some peak perfromance insights Ive jotted down from my global Leadership coaching over many years.... Hope it helps - have fun exploring! HOT Leadership

Let's explore the challenge of the so called 'Monkey Mind' and its relationship to Meditation. Some years ago I was curious about meditation and how to silence my 'manic maind' that was "all over the place".  My initial 'foray' into meditation was quite a revelation - I had no control over my 'Monkey Mind'. In fact, meditaion appreared to make it worse! Let's explore my insights after many peacefu...

Let's explore increasing our safe operating zone, some would call this their safe zone so that we can reach new heights. By taking little daily steps that feel a littel scary we can get stronger and stronger taking 'more risks' that once seemed unsurmountable... Motivational Resource Real risk takers: https://youtu.be/T4HwVrK2vRE?si=1DdjQ64CmytIoNRX HOT Leadership

Building a brand isn’t about being a fake. It’s about showing people the real you. That should always be enough. You need to be authentic if you want to build a brand that lasts. Don’t try to create a fake persona, and pretend you’re someone you’re not, as eventually people will see through that. Worth a Look Designing a Purposeful Personal Brand... https://youtu.be/Alqt7pIbp_o?si=PgR84R64fauwnQlG...

It’s important to celebrate your successes, and you should acknowledge to yourself that you’ve achieved your goals. But you need to be careful that how you celebrate success so that it doesn’t damage your long-term ambition or become destructive to your life. It's OK to feel relief rather than joy when you accmplish a goal.. Motivational Success Stories https://www.yescoachlisa.com/blog/true-motiv...

Be curious - it'll give you power.  I’m a level beyond curious - I’m inquisitive. I’ll keep asking questions because I want to know everything. The more information you have, the more opportunites there are to ethically increase your knowledge and power to grow and transform - increasing your 'operating envelope....' That’s true inside and outside public and private life.... For furhter exploratio...

You'e probably hearf the expression "fake it until you make it!"  Yes, it can sort off work in the short term - in my expereince, not in the long term. People waste a lot of time thinking about their body language when they should be working on how they really feel on the inside and then their body language will reflect that. It’s tempting to pretend to yourself and to others that you’re OK. You d...

How do you prepare for the punches that are going to come your way in life? Like anything, it takes practice. If you’re going to succeed at anything, you have to practise, and you have to practise how you want to perform. That means bringing the same level of intensity and focus to your preparations that you’re going to want when you’re performing. Resource: Achieving Peak Performance: A Conversat...

Whatever you’re doing, try to use fear as a positive force in your life. It can be the fuel that makes you work harder than ever before. When you’re preparing, feel scared that you’re not going to achieve your dreams. But when the day comes, you mustn’t allow fear to cloud your judgement as you can’t think clearly when you’re afraid. If you’ve done enough preparation, you don’t need to be afraid....

Positive energy goes a long way: everyone responds better to positive energy than to negativity, and to being around optimists rather than pessimists. In life, having a sunny outlook goes a long way. I would like to think I’m an upbeat person. I’m happy with who I am and what I’m doing with my life and that allows me to have a positive energy. Have a think about how you might come across to other...

If you want to change your life, and push yourself to new heights, you're going to have to take some risks. Playing it safe gets you nowhere in life. At best, you’ll stay where you are today. More likely, you’ll drift backwards as others will rush past you.  Ultimately, if you don’t take any risks, you can’t expect to enjoy different results and new, bigger rewards. If you only stick to what you k...

Whatever you’re trying to accomplish in your life, it's a good idea to have 'numbers' that allow you to track your progress. This is the era of data – you should be able to find a way, maybe even an app, of quantifying the progress you’re making. I've founf, over the years, that it's preferable to have targets that are measurable. Numbers put everything in black and white. Numbers mean you can’t l...

You’ve figured out how you want to transform your life - now you need to start thinking about how you’re going to create that change. You can’t rely on luck – you can be sure you won’t get far without a strategy and without having measurable goals to work towards. When someone calls you lucky, it devalues all the hard work and sacrifice that have gone into achieving your dreams. HOT Leadership

Can impatience be a Dream Killer? People today are more impatient than ever. Our celebrity culture is damaging because it creates the impression that overnight success is most people’s experience, that you usually don’t have to be patient and persevere. We understand people don’t want to work for years. They want to go directly to being successful, skipping out the tough part in-between. But that’...

Problem Solving by Writing it Down Over the years I've discovered,that sometimes, there's nothing more powerful than a pen and paper. When I’m going through a hard time, or feeling low, I’ve learned that one way to deal with my problems is to write them down. Often the best and the quickest therapy is scribbling my concerns on a piece of paper. Getting it out of my 'scrambled brain' and connecting...

Don't waste precious energy being jealous of others. Jealousy gets us nowhere. Actually, it’s much worse than that -jealousy pulls you back and drags you down. Jealousy means you’ve allowed yourself to be distracted from the person you should be focusing on: yourself. We have an opportunity to take reponsibility for our lives and decide where our life is heading. HOT Leadership

If you’re going to be successful in whatever you do, the belief and confidence has to come from you, not from strangers who don’t know you. And you certainly shouldn’t allow strangers on the internet to negatively affect how you feel about yourself and your ambitions. If you’re comfortable with yourself, and have a strong sense of who you are and what you’re hoping to achieve, it won’t matter what...

If you’re going to change your life, or do anything meaningful, you have to truly believe. You can’t do anything half-heartedly. You’ve got to keep on telling yourself: "I can do this, I can really do this, I can see, hear and feel it." Sometimes you’ll know where you want to get to, but you don’t know how you’re going to get there. If you truly believe, you’ll eventually find a way to make that d...

The challenge for many prople in the 'adventure world' is  that threir ambition lies on the reaching of a single goal. Then to be 'met' with a profound emptiness once it has been reached. " Where to now?" jumps up!  For me it's about keeping dreams alive - Big, Bold and Beautiful ones. It's about re-setting our compass once we've achived our first 'Biggie".... HOT Leadership

I've heard that the way to achieve your gols is to imagine in great detail all the different ways success will affect your life. perhaps in some istances this will work. However, I am inclined to believe that's not as necessarily true. Rarely there is only one single reason for what we do. While some motives aren't easy to identify, I believe there are some that are behind almost every journey. Mo...

Don't chase happiness, let it find you... Have you ever wondered properly why you are happy? Although I've felt I was happpy when I asked that question of myself I beagn to doubt myself. A good life is about using your senses, seeking knowledge, living in companionship with others and being engaged in striving. Does contenment come from someone who is content? Let's explore furhter... HOT Leadersh...