

OrgDev with Distinction
Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch
The Org Dev podcast is all about Organisational Development, a practice that has the power to transform organisations, shape cultures, and empower individuals. Yet, it's often shrouded in mystery and misunderstood. But fear not, because on this podcast, we pull back the curtain to reveal the inner workings of Organisation Development. We demystify the concepts, unravel the strategies, and delve into the real-life experiences of professionals who are driving real and significant change and innovation within organisations.
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Jul 9, 2021 • 53min
How to Achieve Hybrid Working Success
We'd love to hear from you so send us a message!How do we make the right #decision for our organisations and our people?Our latest #Distinction podcast is all about the essential and intensely topical subject of #Hybridworking. Hybrid is a once in a life time opportunity to reimagine the way we work. If we can approach this with intention, We can transform the effectiveness of our organisations and improve the lives of our employees. However at this very moment, organisations are sleep walking into itIn this highly practical session, we share the steps you need to take and the skills you need to develop to make the hybrid decision and to manage your hybrid team. Dani and Garin have been working extremely hard to collate, curate and break down the latest research into practical strategies you can take immediately to make the right decision for your organisation. As consultants helping clients navigate hybrid everyday we understand the real challenges that organisations are facing. You can access our 2 playbooks which support the session: Download Your Free "How to Make the Hybrid Decision Playbook" here:https://distinction.live/designing-fo... Down Your Free "How to Manage Your Hybrid Team" Playbook here:https://distinction.live/managing-a-h... Benchmark Your Decision-Making Skills Here:Wish you had a handy recap of the episode? So did we. That’s why each week in our Next Step to Better newsletter, we’re sharing From Pod to Practice – a 2-page visual summary of each episode designed to help you take the learning from the podcast and into your work. You’ll get: ■ Key insights from the episode ■ A reflection prompt ■ A suggested action Sign up now to get From Pod to Practice delivered to your inbox each week: https://distinction.live/keep-in-touch/ About Us We’re Dani and Garin – Organisation Development (OD) practitioners who help leaders and people professionals tackle the messiness of organisational life. We focus on building leadership capability, strengthening team effectiveness, and designing practical, systemic development programmes that help you deliver on your team and organisational goals. We also offer coaching to support individual growth and change. Find out more at www.distinction.live We'd love to connect with you on Linked In:linkedin.com/in/danibacon478https://www.linkedin.com/in/garinrouch

Mar 3, 2021 • 57min
4 Steps to Effective Decision making
We'd love to hear from you so send us a message!Today, making decisions has been elevated to an art and a science. There are thousands of academic journals and books on decision making and hundreds of frameworks to choose from. Many people have made their whole careers out of studying the topic and teaching others how to make better decisions. That’s a lot of resources but most organisations don’t have the time or manpower to make use of them all. While having all those resources is great for every day, it can make it challenging to decide where to start when you need to improve your decision making process. We took on the challenge of distilling everything down into something that would work for almost every organisation — and we've shared it with you in this Podcast. It's highly practical and you apply it in your work immediately. We'll also be busting some of the myths surrounding decision makingThis is one of 4 sessions we're running in this series (Youtube links below):1: Leadership and remote work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26Re... 2: Optimising team performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ18v... 3: 4 Steps to Effective Decision Making4: WellbeingWish you had a handy recap of the episode? So did we. That’s why each week in our Next Step to Better newsletter, we’re sharing From Pod to Practice – a 2-page visual summary of each episode designed to help you take the learning from the podcast and into your work. You’ll get: ■ Key insights from the episode ■ A reflection prompt ■ A suggested action Sign up now to get From Pod to Practice delivered to your inbox each week: https://distinction.live/keep-in-touch/ About Us We’re Dani and Garin – Organisation Development (OD) practitioners who help leaders and people professionals tackle the messiness of organisational life. We focus on building leadership capability, strengthening team effectiveness, and designing practical, systemic development programmes that help you deliver on your team and organisational goals. We also offer coaching to support individual growth and change. Find out more at www.distinction.live We'd love to connect with you on Linked In:linkedin.com/in/danibacon478https://www.linkedin.com/in/garinrouch

Feb 13, 2021 • 53min
How to create a high performance team
We'd love to hear from you so send us a message!The Distinction Podcasts are all about about bridging the gap between academic research and leadership practice. Your hosts, Garin Rouch and Dani Bacon, have read an extensive amount of academic papers and identified the 5 keys areas that high quality research shows you should focus on as a leader of a remote team. There is so much quality research that managers could benefit from implementing into their daily routines and approach. We want to bridge the gap between research & management practice. We'll also be producing infographics to accompany the sessions so follow us on Linked and Twitter. . We want to equip managers and the HR practitioners who support them with strategies and tactics you can implement immediately to optimise performance (and bust a few management myths along the way!). Build and maintain trustReduce your team’s cognitive load Facilitate Social CohesionLeverage the collective IQ of your teamDevelop conflict resolution skillsWish you had a handy recap of the episode? So did we. That’s why each week in our Next Step to Better newsletter, we’re sharing From Pod to Practice – a 2-page visual summary of each episode designed to help you take the learning from the podcast and into your work. You’ll get: ■ Key insights from the episode ■ A reflection prompt ■ A suggested action Sign up now to get From Pod to Practice delivered to your inbox each week: https://distinction.live/keep-in-touch/ About Us We’re Dani and Garin – Organisation Development (OD) practitioners who help leaders and people professionals tackle the messiness of organisational life. We focus on building leadership capability, strengthening team effectiveness, and designing practical, systemic development programmes that help you deliver on your team and organisational goals. We also offer coaching to support individual growth and change. Find out more at www.distinction.live We'd love to connect with you on Linked In:linkedin.com/in/danibacon478https://www.linkedin.com/in/garinrouch

Feb 13, 2021 • 35min
Leaders and Remote Teams
We'd love to hear from you so send us a message!The Distinction Podcasts are all about about bridging the gap between academic research and leadership practice. Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch, are your hosts and have read an extensive amount of academic papers and identified the 5 keys areas that high quality research shows you should focus on as a leader of a remote team. There is so much quality research that managers could benefit from implementing into their daily routines and approach. We want to bridge the gap between research & management practice. We'll also be producing infographics to accompany the sessions so follow us on Linked and Twitter. . We want to equip managers and the HR practitioners who support them with strategies and tactics you can implement immediately to optimise performance (and bust a few management myths along the way!). In this podcast we cover:The challenges of remote working Hedonic Adaptation and how it impacts remote workWhy you should set expectations for your teamWhy leaders should be available and responsiveWhat leadership research is saying about the quality of communication and remote workWhy Leaders should be transparent The importance of a leader as a network broker How to adapt how you manage the performance of remote teams Wish you had a handy recap of the episode? So did we. That’s why each week in our Next Step to Better newsletter, we’re sharing From Pod to Practice – a 2-page visual summary of each episode designed to help you take the learning from the podcast and into your work. You’ll get: ■ Key insights from the episode ■ A reflection prompt ■ A suggested action Sign up now to get From Pod to Practice delivered to your inbox each week: https://distinction.live/keep-in-touch/ About Us We’re Dani and Garin – Organisation Development (OD) practitioners who help leaders and people professionals tackle the messiness of organisational life. We focus on building leadership capability, strengthening team effectiveness, and designing practical, systemic development programmes that help you deliver on your team and organisational goals. We also offer coaching to support individual growth and change. Find out more at www.distinction.live We'd love to connect with you on Linked In:linkedin.com/in/danibacon478https://www.linkedin.com/in/garinrouch