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Leadership Development with Jetstar Graduates

We have recently enjoyed working with an elite cohort of graduates within Jetstar as a component of their leadership development curriculum. Individual and team Belbin profiles and reports provided a valuable foundation for the sessions that explored behavioural strengths and weaknesses. Tailored approaches were then crafted to help participants explore the impact that these behavioural factors have upon teamwork, leadership and project management. With reliable self-assessm

A Model Too Far?

Having recently attended several major HR and L&D events it began to strike me just how many new models are popping up each year. My mind then gravitated to the title of that great old war movie (and true story), “A Bridge Too Far”, where unnecessary complexity and then the associated over-stretch of physical and cerebral capacity lead to eventual chaos and disaster. So the term “A Model Too Far” came to mind when pondering just how chronically overloaded people are becoming

Team and Leadership DNA add lasting value

Team and Leadership DNA programmes are unique and powerful approaches for team and leadership development. They blend individual and team profiling with tailored high-level workshop and experiential content carefully selected from Sabre’s extensive repertoire. We aim to understand the needs of each client, and then by using the Belbin profiles and reports, have valuable diagnostic information from which to identify key areas to work on during the programmes themselves. The g

Battlespace business game for Toyota leadership programme

Sabre has recently delivered a high-end version of our military themed business game / simulation ‘Battlespace’ as part of a Toyota leadership development programme for managers from across Australia. The tailored Battlespace session was delivered at the Noosa Blue Resort as a component of an intensive multi-day programme. After a surprise and comedic commando recruiting raid, participants were issued cammo uniforms and briefed on some relevant insights and techniques selecte

The Neuroscience of Leadership Behaviour at Work

Working with the brain in mind helps us to build better leaders, teams and relationships. Emerging neuroscience is exploring the impacts of leadership behavior upon team and organizational performance. Rigorous studies are offering better insights into how practices such as authenticity in leadership, open communication and understanding really do enhance trust, teamwork and motivation. Importantly, it also points to how dramatically inauthentic leadership with poor empathy,

ALDI Team Building and Leadership with 'Battlespace'

Sabre recently had the exciting opportunity to work with some very effective leaders from ALDI. The business game 'Battlespace' was used to help highlight some important team, leadership and business themes. This tabletop business game is far more than just a straight team building challenge or simplistic military themed "run around" activity. It's a highly sophisticated journey into how to survive and thrive in a complex and competitive environment. It explores teamwork, l

From The Brain to the Team

Sabre's MD Talan Miller has just had this article on how neuroscience can better inform team development published in the UK Training Journal. When cutting edge neuroscience is partnered with a tool that serves the needs of the social brain it’s a potent combination. Research in neuroscience, and more specifically into the social systems of the brain, is delivering wonderful insight into how the “emotional fuel” that each person brings to any situation drives teams, leaders a

Behaviour is our Frenemy.

Our workplace behaviour serves as a window into our strengths and weaknesses as a leader or team member. There are valuable strengths and positive contributions that we will all make when interacting with others. There are also countervailing weaknesses that whilst often quite the natural ‘flip-side’ to our strengths, can definitely serve to undermine our impact or effectiveness at work. Hence the use of the word “Frenemy”, described here from Wikipedia (drawing upon Oxford a

What Cheeses Me Off?

Better understanding of self and others for team effectiveness. Like most Australians of my generation I enjoyed watching the classic TV show “Hey Hey It’s Saturday” on a Saturday evening. In particular I always found Daryl Summers “What Cheeses Me Off?” segments to be a good laugh, but also quite a nice window into what made other people tick. To refresh the memory a little, and for those non-Aussies (or Aussies who were living under a rock in the 80’s and 90’s) the “What Ch

The Several Habits of The Red Squirrel Who Ate My Cheese

A plea for simplicity from those who have been exposed to one too many team and leadership models. As a leader, do you follow the way of the Goose, or the way of the Mongoose? Have you ever been perplexed by the synergistics circumplex? Do you have a predominantly red or yellow brain? Who hid your cheese? Are you a high D, or even an ENTJ? Would you like to hear the wisdom of the Red Squirrel? In the course of our work with clients worldwide we are hearing from people that th

2 Day Leadership DNA Programme for Anglicare

Earlier this week Sabre had the pleasure of working with some senior leaders and managers from Anglicare during a two day Leadership DNA programme. Already an effective leadership team, it was an opportunity for them to further hone their skills and gain valuable insights into one-another's unique operating styles. We deployed a blend of Belbin profiles and reports with tailored workshops and experiential learning approaches (such as the Picture Perfect project). Far from bei

Leadership DNA for Leadership Team Building

Tailored programmes for leadership teams Leadership teams will often engage external providers to work with the teams that report to them, but what about the dynamics of the leadership team itself? Recently we have worked with a large number of leadership teams who have been keen to explore their own team dynamic and to accelerate the team development process. Whilst a leadership team will naturally experience the same development stages and challenges that will impact any te

Team DNA and Leadership DNA

Team and Leadership DNA is all about developing practical insights into what makes teams and leaders tick. The behavioural strengths and weaknesses that each team member and leader projects in their real world interactions (particularly when under pressure) are what we nickname "Team and Leadership DNA". Just like biological DNA these insights can be measured and just as instructive for designing strategies to help make the "organism" that is a team far stronger. Far from bei