Totem Talks

Episode 72: Well that's all Folks!

This is it everyone, the final Totem Talk.  After 72 episodes and 3 years, we're finally calling time on our podcasting adventure.  It's been a fascinating journey made entirely possible by you, our listeners.  We can't begin to express our gratitude to all of you who have supported, encouraged, contributed and listened to Totem Talks over the years. In this final conversation, Mark Smith & Helen Frewin review the year, some difficult decisions and our hopes for the future. As we mentioned in the conversation, Totem's marketing will look distinctly different next year and the best place to keep up to date with the shenanigans at Totem will be via our newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: https://www.totem-consulting.com/about-us/mailing-list/ And as a final hurrah, Mark has even double checked that the other link mentioned in the podcast is correct and present.   https://www.fastcompany.com/90814937/follow-these-4-steps-to-create-psychological-safety-in-your-teams As always, we hope and pray that you have a fabulous day!

Episode 71: Facilitation Skills are the Best!

The penultimate Totem Talks!  Next month is a wrap up special and will be a little different content wise, so we had to end our podcast on something dear to both of us, and the one thing that could benefit so, so many people. This month we talk exclusively about facilitation skills, how do we get people to talk to one another?  Hear one another?  And understand one another?  We cover a few top tips including "Rounds" as well as the evergreen Six Thinking Hats - courtesy of the legend De Bono. As always, you can find loads of free resources on our website or Pay as You Go tutorials in our online store: http://www.totem-consulting.com/ [http://www.totem-consulting.com/] http://www.totem-consulting.com/online-learning-store/ [http://www.totem-consulting.com/online-learning-store/]

Episode 70: Positive Psychology with Sarah Creevey

In this month's Totem Talks we have a very special guest.  Helen Frewin welcomes the fabulous Sarah Creevey to the show, and gets well and truly stuck into the nuts and bolts of Positive Psychology - a phrase loaded with connotations - some bad and some er... positive. If you love what you hear and would like to connect with Sarah directly, this is the best place: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcreevey As always, you can find loads of free resources on our website or Pay as You Go tutorials in our online store: http://www.totem-consulting.com/ [http://www.totem-consulting.com/] http://www.totem-consulting.com/online-learning-store/ [http://www.totem-consulting.com/online-learning-store/] Have a great day everybody!

Episode 69: Hybrid Working (sighs*)

In the latest episode of Totem Talks, Mark Smith and Helen Frewin review the latest, greatest and inspirational in the Hybrid Working landscape.  And we come to a difficult conclusion about the New Normal* of working. We also have additional input from the research of our very own facilitator Cat Pugh, who gives us the 4 C's of effective Hybrid Working - Care, Connect, Communicate & Clarify. Links to some of the things we natter about are below! https://www.gallup.com/workplace/397751/returning-office-current-preferred-future-state-remote-work.aspx [https://www.gallup.com/workplace/397751/returning-office-current-preferred-future-state-remote-work.aspx] https://www.inc.com/kelly-main/amazon-tested-a-simple-3-pronged-work-from-home-policy-a-year-later-its-best-strategy-yet.html [https://www.inc.com/kelly-main/amazon-tested-a-simple-3-pronged-work-from-home-policy-a-year-later-its-best-strategy-yet.html] *It's not the new normal.  There's nothing new about it.  It's just normal.

Episode 68: How do you Build Commercial Awareness

We wanted to get an expert on this subject to bring a sales perspective to the conversation, so welcome Sales Leadership Guru Andy Buchanan to Totem Talks! In this conversation, Andy and Helen discuss what it means to be commercially aware and how we can all do better at this – in sales, in HR, in any role. Highlights include: • We need to think about why someone would want something, rather than how we can sell it.  • Focus on the person we want to influence and their problems or needs. • Speak the language of the person you want to influence – talk about their business, their market, their challenges. • And to do all of that, you’ll need to do your research! You can find Andy at the links below and take advantage of his sales training and sales leadership coaching!  Which we highly recommend you do! https://www.linkedin.com/in/sales-strategist-andrew-buchanan/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sales-strategist-andrew-buchanan/] https://www.futureconsulting.io/ [https://www.futureconsulting.io/]