Lead Happy Masters Series

"The Sum Total of Everything"

This Masters explores a completely different way to understand and connect to the people around you. It will change the way your leaders, teams and people think, about themselves, others, how they communicate, how they operate - and because of that, it has the potential to not only change careers and teams but lives too.

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” Maya Angelou

"Channelling The Inner Lao Tzu"

Every leader is unique, as is every team. Yet in our 10 years of working with leaders and teams we have come to understand that there is both a formula and an art to leading brilliant teams. Using our unique and trademarked Lead Happy House, we explore what it truly means to be a part of a brilliant team and what it takes to lead one. It's an unforgettable piece of thinking that makes its way around organisations like wildfire.

“The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'” Lao Tzu

"The Illusion It's Been Achieved"

A dynamic, immersive, and enjoyable learning experience that promises to blow apart the very idea of communication, explore the art of communication that truly connects and revolutionise your peoples' approach to how they communicate with others. Redefining every participant's perspective on communication, it ushers in a transformation that extends beyond professional realms to touch every facet of life.

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard-Shaw

"All Things Are So Very Uncertain"

Change management is irrelevant in today's constantly changing world. As leaders, rather than focus on change management, we need to focus on cultivating teams that are nimble, agile, resilient, flexible and of course, happy and fulfilled. It's only then that the constant change that simply being alive in today's world brings becomes an opportunity to evolve (and be better) rather than an ongoing challenge to overcome. Bringing a core human and diversity perspective, this Masters is mind altering on the idea of change.

“All things are so very uncertain and that’s what makes me feel reassured.”Too-Ticky (Moomins) by Tove Jansson

"The Essence of The Beautiful"

Conversation and understanding difference, diversity and individuality is the foundation of most organisational challenges – including decision paralysis, low creativity, siloes, poor communication, undiverse thinking, low accountability and conflict. Reframing diversity in a way that leaders love, this Masters creates comfort, confidence and courage to embrace, celebrate and ignite the power of diverse teams.

"The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety." Felix Mendelssohn

"The Instant Vacation"

We’ve all been supplied with the ability to laugh, yet by the time we reach adulthood, we've laughing on average 17 times a day (versus 300 as a toddler). Laughter was a shared form of communication over 10 million years ago before language divided us - and still today it has the power to transcend cultural boundaries in a way that nothing else does. This Masters supports leaders to explore smiling, fun and laughter as a uniquely connective tool in their leadership approach when activated in a way that works for them.

"Laughter is an instant vacation." Milton Berle

"Good People & Possibility"

Possibility is created in teams when leaders take things like blame, criticism and micromanaging off the table. This can be particularly hard for leaders when there are different time zones, cultural attitudes and even language barriers involved. Working brilliantly in global teams is all about getting back to the basics of the only thing we all share, our humanity. Sounds like a cliche? Come and be utterly amazed.

"When you hand good people possibility, they do great things." Biz Stone

"Big Old World, Little Village"

In a world and workplace with more digital connection points than ever before, many of us are feeling more isolated and disconnected than ever. This Masters takes the idea of digital connection, works with leaders to understand deeply what is so exhausting, challenging and brilliant about it - before supporting leaders to create their own unique blueprint for how to build connective communities across their own unique teams and communities.

"I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village." Gina Bellman

"Exploding the Monologue"

You can tell an awful lot about a team simply by listening to the conversations they have (and don't have). Similarly, there are leaders who create team cultures rooted in great conversation and there are leaders who don't. Not every leader is a natural conversationalist - it's not really about that. A session that explores the history, art and impact of conversation and challenges leaders to find their own unique place in it for the good of their teams, their leadership and their lives.

"As far a playing jazz, no other art form, other from conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction." Stan Getz

"The Inevitable Conflict Question"

Every team needs some healthy conflict, doesn't it? Well, no, actually. Conflict is born out of low EI, a lack of understanding and people not appreciating the needs of others. Positive challenge is born out of trust, connection and psychological safety. A Masters that hones in on today's thinking about conflict and drills our unique 11 P's formula for a life-long leadership mindset around navigating conflict.

“When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.” Daisaku Ikeda

"Collaboration Has No Hierarchy"

And the prize for the top overused word with an unclear meaning in the modern corporate world is...collaboration! We all talk about it, we all want it but do we actually understand it? We're going to say, no. Siloes (the opposite of collaboration one might say) is a huge challenge for leaders, teams and organisations everywhere. This Masters gets under the bonnet of siloes, explores collaboration in an unexpected way and leaves leaders with a refreshing view on what's really needed to get teams and organisations singing like a choir.

"Collaboration has no hierarchy." Amit Ray

Avoiding The Petrol-Powered Pony

The irrational ideas and behaviours that our minds come up with aren’t meant to be perfect or even correct; the purpose of the unconscious mind is not to determine the truth of the world but to promote our survival as a species. We love this Alchemy perspective. Want fresh thinking and new ideas? Let's put in a process for them. Nooooooo! A Masters that unveils the holy grail of teams who ideate and innovate.

"The human mind does not run on logic any more than a horse runs on petrol." Rory Sutherland

"Conscience & Liberty"

Hearing leaders talk about the lack of accountability in their teams is a common occurrence. What's less common is leaders who truly understand how they are creating the conditions for that lack of accountability. Autonomy is not something that can be simply given (and even this part is a challenge for many leaders), it has to be something that is received too, which is born out of human experience, conversation and often, coaching. Come and become a Master of accountable teams.

"Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability." Wes Fessler