Honest Performance Conversations

Summary 13 Minutes

In this video, Neil explains that Leadership Development is one of the most powerful things an organisation can do to improve overall performance.

Unfortunately a lot of Leadership Training is expensive and not particularly impactful. This video is designed to help Learning and Development Professionals to design or commission highly effective, value for money leadership training.

Summary 16 Minutes

Speaking at Royal Russell School Croydon, Neil  describes how a pausing and allowing can be the key to resilience and success.

Summary 8 Minutes

Effective leaders get two things right: Connection and Direction. They connect with people, and they have a clear sense of direction.

In this simple Doodle video Neil Jurd OBE sums leadership up in 5 mins. If you only watch one leadership video, make this the one.

Summary 7 Minutes

A Q&A session with the Neil, the founder of Leader Connect and author of the Leadership Book.

Summary 7 Minutes

Leaders need to learn to be comfortable with silence. Silence allows leaders and teams to listen and reflect. Leaders who speak too much rarely get the best from their teams. Neil Jurd OBE explains how you can make use of silence in your leadership.

Summary 8 Minutes

Leadership is about achieving more by engaging people.

Neil Jurd OBE explains what leadership is, using the definition he explains in his best-selling ‘The Leadership Book’.

Neil discusses how leaders can achieve extraordinary results by engaging others intellectually and emotionally in pursuit of a clear and compelling purpose.

Summary 8 Minutes

Neil Jurd talks about the Foundations Model, and how hidden factors effect visible performance.

Summary 11 Minutes

High performing teams are focused on a clear purpose and have great culture.

In this talk Neil Jurd OBE explains what you need to know about creating great teams.

Summary 15 Minutes

Do you want to be a more powerful public speaker? Being impactful in your public speaking has a great impact on your career opportunities, professional and personal success. What’s more, public speaking is one of the most in demand communication skills of our current times.

Summary 10 Minutes

In this 10 minute talk embodied communication specialist Lucy Nicholson talks you through the principles, theory and practice of embodied facilitation and leadership and delves into the importance of developing communication from our whole selves. Lucy is a senior lecturer at The University of Lancashire, Somatic Movement Educator and Laban - Bartenieff Movement Analyst and she explains:

What embodied communication is.

Why it is an asset to your organisation or professional practice.

Some examples of how it can be used in different contexts .

A simple bodily awareness exercise to get you started.

Summary 6 Minutes

This video demonstrates how to approach conflict situations from a mediator's perspective, showing how to improve effective communication and achieve resolution to difficult cases

Summary 12 Minutes

In this talk global leadership and team coach Macarena Vergara explains how leaders can understand and harness an understanding of the human brain in order to create great teams.

Summary 8 Minutes

Voice and presence coach Kelly Anne Sharp talks through a breathing and grounding exercise ideal not only before performing any leadership task, but any task involving engagement with others.

Summary 7 Minutes

Voice and presence coach Kelly Anne Sharp talks through the general confidence required to be a leader, along with how communication skills and understanding of emotions can benefit leadership

Summary 7 Minutes

Effective leaders build strong, positive and trusting relationships with and throughout their teams. Neil Jurd OBE uses the John Powell communication pyramid to show you how to build honest and meaningful relationships.

Summary 9 Minutes

It is so easy to get people wrong – to create division and friction. But you can avoid these pitfalls easily enough following the SCARF model by David Rock, explained in this short video by leadership expert and writer Neil Jurd OBE.

This video will provide you with the information to create a safe environment within your teams and organisations.