Why HR could be doing so much more for you.

Keith Hatter
A few weeks ago I was chatting to a HRD preparing a talk about the role of HR. Their theme was that HR shouldn’t exist.  The idea that when it comes to people stuff, expertise should sit with functional leaders in the organisation isn't new. I get that in many…
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Does the performance coaching industry have a racism problem?

Keith Hatter
I’m going to start with some assertions that I think are uncontroversial. If you disagree, then the rest of this article isn't for you. Just walk on by. Here are the assertions. To be a performance coach worthy of the name you: 1. Believe in fulfilling the potential of all…
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Discipline is so sexy

Keith Hatter
There are some powerful concepts that get talked about a lot in the work I do as part of the team PlanetK2. They are often spoken of with passion and intensity. If we ever did one of those word cloud things, I suspect the following would appear in quite big letters: Performance.…
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Teamoxypro™

Keith Hatter
Please note: This is a performance enhancing substance. It’s 100% legal. You can’t overdose on it. You need to take it at regular intervals. It has several side effects, all of which are epic. Included amongst these are: The high likelihood that high performance will spread to other teams who…
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Fairy dust is not enough

Keith Hatter
There are few better ways to spend time than listening to extraordinary people in conversation and if you haven’t watched it yet, Pretend it’s a City is wonderful. It’s basically Martin Scorcese chatting with Fran Leibowitz and it’s a beautiful, funny, enlightening and thought-provoking series of conversations. In one episode,…
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What if you just surrendered?

Keith Hatter
Being on a team can be hard. Being on a proper team is really hard, which is why most people have never had that experience. The real reason why it’s hard is seldom discussed and definitely isn’t solved by doing ridiculous team building activities. Otherwise all you’d have to do…
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Most people haven’t been on a proper team

Keith Hatter
Calling something high performance, doesn’t make it high performance. Be really clear on what you need. Leaders say they want high performance teams however, “performance” is a word that’s widely misused and therefore widely misunderstood. People often label things “high performance” that aren’t and until there’s complete clarity over the…
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Change and uncertainty – your favourite conditions

Keith Hatter
Leaders. Now is the time. The people you have the privilege and responsibility of leading need you. This is a leadership moment like we haven’t seen in a long time. Rapid change, uncertainty where it’s all headed and when conditions will return to what we call normal. There’s lots of…
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