Effective collaboration is the key to being able to leverage the skills, knowledge, wisdom, energy and effort of others.  Aristotle said "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts" and never is that more true than when you collaborate effectively with a group of like minded (and like-hearted) individuals.

In this episode you'll hear how Gill Tiney stumbled upon the power of effective collaboration and how she now uses it to help make a difference to people, to their business, to their family and to their communities.  She also shares how effective collaboration will send your productivity "through the roof".

About Gill Tiney

Gill Tiney is a successful speaker, author, coach and entrepreneur who has herself been in business for over 30 years and who has been developing business leaders through her Steps To Success coaching practice for nearly 15 years.

Describing herself as a collaboration catalyst, she is the Author of the book "Making of A Movement - the BeCollaboration Story" which describes her purpose to inspire and enable the world to collaborate more and chronicles her journey along the way so far.

Her dream is to spread the impact of collaboration by creating BeCollaboration groups in every village, town and city because Her belief is that collaboration can empower individuals to be the change the world needs to see.

[WARNING - in the introduction, Michael says the the full title of Steve's new book which does contain profanity]

Self limiting beliefs will definitely get in the way of you developing your productivity.  If you don’t deal with them then they’ll also prevent you from achieving peak performance.  This episode covers what a self limiting belief is, where they come from and what you can do about them.

Hear how award winning international motivational speaker and personal development funny man Steve McDermott has navigated the tricky waters of beliefs for himself and how he helps others do the same too. 

About Steve Mcdermott

Steve McDermott is a former Ad Agency Creative director turned motivational speaker who recently celebrated his 26.2 years as a professional speaker by delivering 26.2 live shows lasting 26.2 minutes for 26 consecutive nights before then running a 26.2 mile solo marathon for charity.

An expert in communication, his presentation coaching through his company the Confident Club has been described as the most powerful in the world.   

Not surprising from someone who has been voted European Motivational Speaker of the year a staggering 3 times with an impressive client list that reads like the FTSE 100.

His approach, that has been described as half business guru, half stand up comedian regularly receives fantastic reviews.   

Although the feedback he is most proud of was from legendary football player and world cup winner Jack Charlton who told him as a boy that he can't pass but he could tackle.

Proud of his Yorkshire roots, he once taught the topic "Yorkshire" in Sheffield, his no nonsense, straight talking and humorous approach to his work runs through every page of the latest edition of his best selling book called "How to Be a Complete and Utter F**k Up - 47 1/2 Steps To Lasting Underachievement"

Episode Summary

Forming Productive Habits is a key skill to develop if you want to up your game and get more done.   There’s a lot of folklore and old wives tales about what you need to do and how long it takes to form any habit.

However a growing body of behavioural and neuroscience research has helped us understand what happens when we form a habit.  This research is also showing us how we can take control of that process by choice.

In this episode, neuro-enthusiast Steve Marriott dissects the anatomy of a habit and how it is formed in our brain.  His insights will help you when forming productive habits.

About Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott is a behavioural specialist with over 25 years of experience in the people development space.

The author of two books, he is a prolific facilitator, speaker and performance coach and has worked in some of the toughest and most regulated industries in the world

He has majored in leadership development focusing on the practical intersection of neuroscience and performance psychology to create a cutting edge approach to working with teams and their leaders. 

A brilliant presenter and insightful facilitator, his ability to manage, engage and stimulate learning with even the toughest of audiences is impressive to say the least.

I was really excited about having Steve on the show for two reasons.  

The first was because of his depth of knowledge of neuroscience and the amount of preparation I know he did for the interview,  even though I told him not to.  

But secondly because I have personally worked with and alongside him for the last 10 and have seen first hand how brilliant his insights are. 

So it was a real joy and a privilege to have such a great friend and valued colleague on the show.