Sheep Dip with Raising the Baa

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Provocative perhaps?  In this episode a couple of the themes beginning with P might seem a little negative in relation to building a strong team.  As with so many aspects of team dynamics however it's about balance. Yin and yan if you like. So long as a potentially negative theme is recognised, action can be taken to redress it to create a pos...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? O...MG, there's so many!  From Observing through Outstanding to Opinions, plus a few others too. How can each of these help to develop a team into a baa-rilliantly collaborative and super successful one? Each episode of our A-Z series of team building aims to help. Expect plenty of analogies from the world of sheep and dogs from Head Shepherd...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Into the 2nd half of the alphabet now with our A-Z series of all things team building, so we figured we'd celebrate with a competition. And there will be opportunities to win EVERY month!  More on this further on... This podcast series continues to reflect on themes cited by our clients in their reviewing sessions, following their experience o...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Mountains?  Er, not specifically.  Though they are the reason we took a week's break half-way through this A-Z series of Team Building.  Raising the Baa co-founders Chris Farnsworth and Caroline Palmer, alongside a team of 5 entrepreneurial folk, clambered a marathon up and down mountains in the French Alps.  Why?  To raise much needed funds f...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Love!  Who'd have thought?  Yep, this is the theme we first discuss in this episode.  But in what sense?  Possibly not what you might expect... This podcast series picks up on all the themes that have been fed back to us by our clients in their reviewing sessions, following their experience of team building with sheep.  And more topics of our...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? King.  What else for the time of releasing this episode (2 days after the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II)? King Charles III has HUGE shoes to fill and without his team, more commonly called his entourage, around him, he would be the first to admit his role would be totally impossible. In the words of his dearest mother, our late and much rever...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Just the Job?  Subtle difference to Just a Job.  An effective team around you really is 'Just the Job'. An individual working alone can't fully achieve greatness on their own.  And that's why we hear so often when someone leaves a role - "it's the people I'll miss most". Your team, be it physically or virtual...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Interested?  Tune in and find out. Our aim as ever is to help you take your team to the next level - and this podcast series picks up on all the themes that have been fed back to us by our clients in their reviewing sessions. Each episode of our A-Z series of team building lasts around 10 minutes - just right for a (sheep)dip into each of the topic...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Hoorah!? It's another episode of SheepDip after all! Some really thought-provoking insights this week, possibly from a couple of less common H-words too.    Our aim as ever is to help you take your team to the next level - and this podcast series picks up on all the themes that have been fed back to us by our clients in their reviewing session...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Good or Great? Our aim is always to help teams go from good to great.  Teams discover for themselves just how great they can be once they've faced the challenge of herding a pesky flock of sheep. Many lessons are revealed and this podcast series picks up on all the themes that have been fed back to us by our clients in their reviewing sessions...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?  ... Flock (as we call our team)? Yes, but no in this instance. From all the f.... [oops nearly gave one of them away!] learnings our clients have told us about, we've taken just 4 of the F-words (steady...) The first is an unavoidable benefit of the exercise our clients undertake Another has been called 'the breakfast of champions'...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Expectations?  What would you expect E to stand in association with team building? Tune in to this 5th episode of our A-Z series and find out. Each episode is just 10 minutes or so long, perfect to listen to whilst walking the dog or waiting for a train. Expect plenty of lively sheep/shepherd/dog references from Head Shepherd and Founder of Raising...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? D is for Dog - well in the shepherding world the dog is an essential part of the team. What else would it be for though, in the wider, more corporate sense of team building? Tune in to the 4th episode of our A-Z series and find out. Each episode is just 10 minutes or so long, perfect to listen to during that coffee break or waiting for the bus! Exp...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? A spot of team building trivia to kick off - when curating the content for this series of our podcast, C provided the highest number of words.   This episode should therefore be the longest in the series.  We were given strict instructions by the director (Top Dog Caroline) though and we're sticking with our approx 10 minute duration. How many...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? B is for Baa - obviously! What else would it be for though, in the world of team building? Tune in to the second episode of our A-Z series and find out. Each episode is just 10 minutes or so long, perfect to listen to during that coffee break or waiting for the bus! Expect plenty of lively sheep/shepherd/dog references from Head Shepherd and Founde...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Baa-aaa! (that’s Hoorah in ovine language) - SheepDip is back! This 6th series is quite simply entitled the A-Z of team building. After running our very first team building programme over 10 years ago we were excited and delighted to hear how much our clients had learnt from their experience of herding sheep. Ever since, as soon as they come off th...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? In the 5th and final part of our series on Compassionate Leadership, our expert guest Manley Hopkinson talks about Balance. Manley believes that to be a Compassionate Leader "you must balance the needs between achieving the task, building the team and developing the individual". His philosophy is based on the British academic and leadersh...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Continuing our series on Compassionate Leadership, our expert guest Manley Hopkinson explores power and, or perhaps versus, influence. It follows perfectly on from the last episode in which we discussed the difference and the merits of committed as opposed to compliant teams.    Firstly Manley reviews our answers to the 3 questions he set as our ho...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? How did you get on with the exercise our series guest Manley Hopkinson set for us at the end of the last episode? We found it fascinating as you will find out when Manley gets us to share our efforts at the beginning of this week's show. And if you're curious to know why he set us the exercise, and how it can help you to become a Compassi...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? How are you feeling after following the top tip at the end of last week's show? It has certainly affected us in a most positive way.  If you haven't done it or you don't know what we're referring to, check out the first of this new season of SheepDip podcasts.  The series is all about Compassionate Leadership.  And we are being...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? This series of SheepDip is dedicated to the topic of #compassionateleadership and we're delighted that the global leader on this topic, Manley Hopkinson , is our guest throughout. Whilst Manley wrote his book on the subject in 2014 followed by his Academy in 2015, the practice of Compassionate Leadership really came to the fore when the first...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?   We've been serialising the book over the last few weeks and the final chapter concludes with 10 qualities of an outstanding team building event. In our humble opinion naturally. The 10 tips are available as a free download from the pop-up on our website and in our podcast we delve into each one a little deeper.  Numbers 1 to 5 were discussed...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? The final chapter of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'   concludes with 10 qualities of an outstanding team building event. In our humble opinion naturally. The 10 tips are available as a free download from the pop-up on our website and in our podcast we delve into each one a littl...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Chapter 8 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You'   is the final one.  And appropriately the book culminates in final thoughts on building that extraordinary team. The analogies continue between shepherding and the corporate business world, with a focus on how teams usually celebrate...

What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? Chapter 7 of our Head Shepherd's book 'Sheep Shepherd Dog - Building a Magnificent Team Around You' delves a little further into the relationship between dogs and sheep. Why is that something so comparatively small can have such an impact on not just one but a whole flock of sheep?  What are the different ways that a sheep reacts and...