This week, Lucinda is joined by special guest, Jo Owen, the author of 'Smart Work: The Ultimate Handbook for Remote and Hybrid Teams', to talk about this fantastic new resource, as well as why the concept of managers needs to change, and how we can better motivate people through a new way of viewing leadership.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'If you can re-engage teachers, you're going to succeed'
'Instead of telling managers to be motivational, all you can do is put in place the conditions where the team will rediscover their intrinsic motivation'
'You've linked both mastery and growth with very supportive relationships'
'The first person to discover how to motivate via email will make a fortune!'
About The Guest, Jo Owen
Jo is one of the leading social entrepreneurs in the UK. He founded Teach First which is the largest graduate recruiter in the UK. He is the founder or co-founder of seven other NGOs in education and re-offending. His charities have a combined turnover in excess of £100 million annually.
Jo is also a multi-award winning author and speaker who practices what he preaches about leadership. He is the only person to win the CMI Gold Award four times for his books which have been published in over 100 editions globally. His titles include How to Lead, Tribal Business School, Mindset of Success and Global Teams published by the Financial Times. His current book is Smart Work, on hybrid working, published by Bloomsbury in September.
He was previously a partner at Accenture, and started his career at P&G in brand management.
Lastly, his career highlights include getting sued for $12 billion; building a business in Japan; starting a bank; becoming the best nappy salesman in Birmingham and putting the blue speckle in Daz.
Some relevant links:
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher
The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group
How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising)
How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney
HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/
Smart Work by Jo Owen - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Work-Ultimate-Handbook-Remote/dp/1472992520
Jo Owen Twitter - https://twitter.com/joleadguru
Jo Owen - https://www.ilead.guru
ABOUT THE HOST
Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.
“If you look up, you rise up”
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