It's about your people,
not about the speaker.
People don’t want to hear one more dry concept or one
more story from the life of someone they’ve just met.
They need the speaker to come into their world, to help
them see their own stories in a new light, they’d like to
hear ideas they can relate to and that they can
act on right away.
That’s what Octavian is providing in speeches
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Leading Virtual Teams
The way leaders lead has to change in this new context. It has to change a lot. Many of the old practices of “supervising” are obsolete. Monitoring time – whether it’s office time or screen time – is not only not effective but it kills engagement. Managing goals and performance quarterly or twice a year, giving feedback almost exclusively in formal settings, and so many other things that managers used to do simply don’t work anymore.
Leaders must be inspired to embrace change and flexibility, to fundamentally challenge almost everything they do, to accept more uncertainty, to empower their people more.
You rely on your leaders to navigate the company through these times. Make sure they are equipped well for the challenge.
Mindset Change
There’s no “going back to normal”. Nature never goes back. Does this mean there will be no forest again where a wild fire turned everything to ashes? Of course there will be, but it will not be the same forest. It will look very different.
The sooner your people accept that covid has irreversibly changed the way we work and produce results, the better for everyone. Once we gain clarity, stress goes down. Once we understand what must be done, drama (almost) disappears and action settles in.
Selling is different, customer interactions are different, the whole world is different. Surely we must think differently, too.
Expose your people to thought-provoking ideas that will help them move faster in the right direction. No company can afford another year of just “we’ll see”.
Productivity at Work, Wherever Work Is
This is the change of our generation, so far. No other event in the last 30-50 years has changed the way most of us work more than this pandemic. The changes that the technology and internet brought were gradual. We got computers, we got connected, but we were still in the office. The move to open space offices was another change, but not even closely as big as the one we go through now.
Can employees be expected to just “figure it out” by themselves? They must be helped. Both on the How and on the Why.
Provide your people with ideas on how to be more productive, on how to disconnect at the end of the day, on how to balance work and life outside work in a way that keeps them engaged in both worlds.
Lessons from Aviation
There is almost literally a treasure of know-how in aviation. On communication, on leadership, on being in control all the time. With the stakes so high, nothing is left to chance. Aviation continues to be the safest way to get from A to B and companies would be so much more efficient, profitable and admired if they applied even half of what aviation has to teach them.
Your people would be less stressed and more productive if they behaved like captains when they pilot their projects, their changes or their teams.
Provide a forum for your people to hear some of the principles and stories from aviation and to reflect on them and you’ll see results the next day.
Online is Great!
Let’s look at online as an opportunity. No uncomfortable shoes, no long security lines in airports, no big costs in getting everyone together. It’s easy to convene for just a few hours and provide people with useful insights.
Get in Touch With Octavian
How do we work?
Get in touch with our team to discuss what you’d like to do, what your people’s needs are and what you’re looking for. We’ll gladly set up a video call with Octavian so you can explore together the possible solutions.
Once the main things are in place, Octavian would like to find out more about your context, so he can customise the session. We’ll even choose together with you the right session title. Then we can also help you market the event internally.
On the technical side for online sessions, we’ll work on your preferred platform and make sure everything is well taken care of in advance.
Get in Touch With Octavian
How do we work?
Get in touch with our team to discuss what you’d like to do, what your people’s needs are and what you’re looking for. We’ll gladly set up a video call with Octavian so you can explore together the possible solutions.
Once the main things are in place, Octavian would like to find out more about your context, so he can customise the session. We’ll even choose together with you the right session title. Then we can also help you market the event internally.
On the technical side for online sessions, we’ll work on your preferred platform and make sure everything is well taken care of in advance.