FEBRUARY '24 UPDATE
We’re back!
Tune in every Wednesday to hear what stories, tips and insights our guests have to help you create amazing teams at work.
JANUARY '24 UPDATE
Season Two will be launching next month - 12 brilliant guests sharing stories and insights to help you create terrific teams where you work.
DECEMBER '23 UPDATE
Season Two is now in production and we will be launching in the New Year. Yay!
NOVEMBER '23 UPDATE
We're sad to say that Season Two of Highly Relational has had to be delayed due to Robert's health. He is keen to get back in the studio as soon as possible.
Do you want to unlock the secrets of successful teamwork and bring your people together in a way that realises their full potential?
Highly Relational is a brand new podcast for business leaders, HR professionals, coaches, consultants and trainers, looking to create, lead and develop great teams at work.
Join executive coach and team development consultant Robert Digings each week, as he speaks to some of the most accomplished CEOs, executives, coaches, authors and all-round brilliant minds in the business world.
Highly Relational is a podcast teeming with actionable advice and no-nonsense tips that will inspire you to connect and collaborate more deeply.
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FEBRUARY '24 UPDATE
We’re back!
Tune in every Wednesday to hear what stories, tips and insights our guests have to help you create amazing teams at work.
JANUARY '24 UPDATE
Season Two will be launching next month - 12 brilliant guests sharing stories and insights to help you create terrific teams where you work.
DECEMBER '23 UPDATE
Season Two is now in production and we will be launching in the New Year. Yay!
NOVEMBER '23 UPDATE
We're sad to say that Season Two of Highly Relational has had to be delayed due to Robert's health. He is keen to get back in the studio as soon as possible.
Do you want to unlock the secrets of successful teamwork and bring your people together in a way that realises their full potential?
Highly Relational is a brand new podcast for business leaders, HR professionals, coaches, consultants and trainers, looking to create, lead and develop great teams at work.
Join executive coach and team development consultant Robert Digings each week, as he speaks to some of the most accomplished CEOs, executives, coaches, authors and all-round brilliant minds in the business world.
Highly Relational is a podcast teeming with actionable advice and no-nonsense tips that will inspire you to connect and collaborate more deeply.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Mini-Series - Episode #2/6
Hosted by Anni Townend with guest Robert Digings
In this second episode of our special mini-series for launch week, we move from self to system - exploring the Team Process at the heart of the Highly Relational Team.
Guest host Anni Townend interviews Robert Digings about the three core elements that shape how individuals join in together: Belonging, Connection and Commitment - exploring how these practices create unity, through deeper connection, commitment and belief in each other.
In this conversation, Robert shares:
• Why the destination of team development is not performance - but community
• Why belonging must be co-created, never imposed
• How connection deepens when teams embrace vulnerability and difference
• Why commitment is ultimately about committing to each other, not just the task
• Why intimacy in teams is not romantic, but profoundly human - and essential
You’ll hear how the double overlaps — Intimacy (Belonging + Connection) and Identity (Belonging + Commitment) - build towards Unity, the outcome of the Team Process and the basis of collaborative working.
To close, Robert offers one practical step for leaders this week: Make time for your team to simply be together. Eat, laugh, share stories - to build the fabric of community.
In our final episode, we bring everything together: the complete Highly Relational Team model, the enablers that support it, and the adventure that help teams grow, mature and achieve together.
🎙️ Coming soon:
A roundtable discussion with four experienced practitioners on what really makes teams come to life, a look ahead to next year, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.
Guest Host - Anni Townend:
www.linkedin.com/in/anni-townend-leadership
Leadership Coach, Partner and Executive Mentor to C-Suite, Senior Teams and Boards
Co-founder of the Collaboration Equation
Podcast Host - Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend
Robert Digings:
www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings
Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach
Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years.
He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.
In this three-part mini-series Robert explains how the 25 elements of the Highly Relational Team fit together to create a powerful team development model.
Production credits:
Audio Engineer at Brown Bear Studios - Tom Dalton
Post Production - Shaun Lawson
Series Producer - Julie Allen
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