The Unified Team

Stories are inspiring and they can teach us lessons about what works. But they also have their limitations. Stories have specific characters and are bound within a context. Someone in a different situation with a different style might not be able to replicate that. Maths is the language of purity. An equation abstracts what is universally true. As soon as it doesn't work in a given context, it is...

How do you unlock the potential in your people? The basic constraint in your business is in your people. When you can unlock that potential, you turn your team into an elite team. The million dollar question is how to unlock that potential. Saieed Sadeghzadeh has some interesting thoughts on how to unlock that potential. As someone who grew up in the UK to Iranian parents, Saieed experienced two c...

Is it possible to manage people? If not, how do Managers hold people accountable and manage projects? How do we distinguish between Leaders and Managers? These were some of the questions Matthew Ward helped me to clarify my thinking on in this fascinating hour long podcast episode.

Have you ever listened to a piano that was off-key? The Pianist could be trying their best. Yet, whatever they do it won't sound right. Until the piano gets re-tuned it was always be that bit out. Sometimes people are a little off-key. There's something that isn't working. We can all know it. But how do you get them tuned back in? When a leader is off-key it affects them and their team. In this ep...

How do we perform under match pressure in the moments that matter most? That's what I discussed with Tony Walmsley - Performance Specialist in the first episode of the relaunched Unified Team Podcast. I've often shared ideas and examples of how football managers unify their teams. So I was thrilled to have the chance from someone who's spent 30 years working at the top level of football. Tony's gr...

This episode is a call to arms for a new type of relationship. Relationships for many people have been frustrating, confusing and often disappointing. This is because relationships are typically built on a bedrock of blaming, gaming and shaming. The result is unsatisfying relationships that do not meet the emotional needs of the modern world. There is a better way. Modern relationships have to go...

The relationships that have most impact on our lives is the family we are born into. How our parents treat us, the dynamics with our siblings will carry into all our other relationships. So we discussed relationships and the difficulty of breaking out of familiar patterns as we changed.

Almost everyone has had a difficult boss, colleague or employee. Here's why work relationships can be difficult and what makes them harder to work with.

Whatever our life looks like in the future is down to how we play the game of life. Every game has limitations and a strategy of how we play the game. In this episode we looked at primary and secondary currencies and how clarity on these can get us what we really want.

How we relate to the world is how we relate to others. In this episode we discussed the six different ways we relate to the reality of our circumstances and others.

Everything we want in life comes through other people. The ability to have good conversations is how we share who we are, understand others and develop connection. In this episode we talked about the elements of state and structure that lead to better conversations.

Every problem we ever face is when we are out of alignment. In this episode we discussed what alignment is and the main levels we want to align.

Last week we complained about everything that is wrong in dating. In this episode we talked about what would be the perfect dating to start a relationship that lasts.

Dating should be so simple. There's almost nothing more natural than one human connecting with another. For all of human history our species's survival has depended on it. Yet, when technology seems to have solved the problem, it's created different problems. In this episode we talk about people's experiences in dating and what they dislike.

There are certain things that are always with us in life. Fear, desire, disappointment and conflict are all things that we have to navigate around. In this episode we talked about dealing with conflict.

This episode is a year from our first Meetups in these groups. We've covered so much ground, from breakups, to dating and so many different aspects of relationships. This was a chance to look back and reflect on what we learned and what's changed for us

Relationships can seem overwhelming. There's so many moving parts, so how can you get all of them right? The truth is we don't need to be perfect. We don't have to do everything right. Yet if we do nothing we never get the relationships we want. Our existing relationships will end up stagnating. So the solution is to get a little better every day. Here's our conversation...

Co-operation is the super-power of humans. We're not the strongest, fastest or most adaptive species. Yet we've dominated the ecosystem. Trust is the glue that enables us to co-operate. Trust is what makes a relationship safe and secure. But how do we build it? How do we lose it? When should we trust? When shouldn't we? In this episode we explored the nature of trust.

Dating and relationships is often filled with questions and confusion. This episode was a chance to air those questions and get answers.

Much of dating advice for men is based on the premise that being an alpha male gets you the girls. Some of the female dating advice is on how to bag an alpha. But is an Alpha really the key to relationship success?

After our 5 Day Get Relationship Clarity Sprint we looked at what's the next step. How do you go to confidence from clarity.

Sex and money are the taboo subjects. that few people are comfortable talking about. In this episode we discussed the way we look at sex and the problems it causes for us.

What makes relationships so difficult for most people? We took a different perspective on answering the perennial question and had a deep and fascinating conversation.

What are the most common relationship challenges and problems women face in their relationships? In this episode we talked to women about their experiences and men about their perceptions. Here's what they said...

Men and women have different challenges and experiences in relationships. Here we spoke about some of the big challenges for a man in navigating relationships and how women perceive these.