Teams That Swear

Every senior leader eventually hits the point of thinking, “I can’t keep working with this person.” Maybe commitments get missed, updates do not come unless you chase them, and too much work starts landing back on your...

In Part 2 of my conversation with one of the most successful coaches in Australian cricket history, John Buchanan, we getinto the team dynamics behind high performance. John shares what it was like coaching Shane Warne...

If you’re leading at a senior level, pressure is unavoidable, but what matters is where it lands, because when it leaks through tone instead of clarity your team starts guessing, second-guessing, and carrying weight...

What do you do when you step into a leadership role and the room is already full of talent, experience and strong opinions? In this episode of Teams That Swear, Adrian Baillargeon speaks with John Buchanan, one of the...

You have inherited a team. On paper, they are capable. The meetings happen. The work gets done. The results may even look fine. And yet, something still feels off. In this episode of Teams That Swear, Adrian Baillargeon...

What can leaders learn from working 25 straight days at the Olympic Games? In this episode of Teams That Swear , Adrian Baillargeon sits down with Vanessa Lee, Director of Communications and Media Relations for the...

<p>Before July, most teams review performance, budgets and strategy. But very few review how they are actually working together.</p><p>Before July, your team will probably review its performance, financials, strategy...

<p>Silence is not alignment. This episode puts a commercial cost on assuming your leadership team is fine without properly checking.</p><p><br></p><p>The team that worries Adrian most is not the one that is struggling...

<p>Your people might be performing. But is your team actually working well together? This episode helps leaders spot the quiet gaps that individual performance can hide.Most leaders have a view of how their team is...

<p>What team analytics expert Ben Darwin teaches leaders about talent, growth and shared understanding.</p><p><br></p><p>A Formula One engineer was poisoned by the wrong coffee machine, and the wrong tyres started going...

<p>Personality profiles can help you understand your people and the differencesin strengths, weaknesses, initial reactions, and natural tendencies. But theydo not always show you the gaps in how your team actually works...

<p>If you lead a team, you will recognise this moment when the result falls short and the energy in the room shifts. I recently sat down with Michael Crooks, who helped prepare TeamAustralia for the World Baseball...

<p>I don't know about you, but to me, it feels like the world is going crazy. </p><p><br></p><p>Crazy wars. Crazy petrol prices. AI impacts and AI stories. Crazy increases in the cost of living. And craziness on ice...

<p>Pressure doesn’t usually create bad leadership. It simply exposes habits we haven’t refined yet.</p><p>That was one of the biggest takeaways from my conversation with Glenn Flood on the Teams That Swear...

<p>If you’re a senior leader stuck in the tug of war between “include everyone” and “just make the call”, this Teams That Swear episode is for you.</p><p>Because here’s what I’m seeing alot of: pressure from above to...