Dolly Waddell, Founder, The People Performance Consultancy
- Dolly is the founder of The People Performance Consultancy.
- She is an expert in leadership and team performance.
Podcast
Overview
In this episode of The Brand Called You, Dolly Waddell, the founder of The People Performance Consultancy, shares her expertise on leadership and fostering high-performing teams. She recounts her unique journey from running voluntary organizations to becoming an executive coach, driven by a desire to merge her business acumen with insights from those experiences. Dolly articulates a modern view of leadership as an orchestrator elevating others through emotional intelligence and humility. She provides tangible strategies for overcoming disconnected leadership, embracing diversity of thought, encouraging innovation, and maintaining team motivation through challenges. Her “5-4-3-2-1” mindfulness exercise exemplifies practical tools for developing presence and connection as a leader.
00:32- About Dolly Waddell
- Dolly is the founder of The People Performance Consultancy.
- She is an expert in leadership and team performance.
- She is a keynote speaker, a podcaster, a consultant and an executive coach.
08:52- How do you approach the concept of disconnected leaders? And what solutions do you advocate for bridging this gap?
- We are so busy being busy we don’t switch off and we’re not relationally connected like we were 40 years ago.
- Execs often can’t state their three biggest priorities in life and why, indicating a disconnection from themselves.
- The “5-4-3-2-1” exercise (noting 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can touch, 2 things you can smell, 1 thing you can taste) can help ground you, lower adrenaline/cortisol, and enable presence and connection with yourself and others.
21:49- What advice would you have for teams to maintain momentum and motivation in the face of setbacks or challenges?
- When there are setbacks, it’s about checking in with people about what’s hurt, what’s been hard, so that they feel heard – and it’s from when people feel heard, they’re able to lay things to rest.
- We need to debrief difficult setbacks well to lay them to rest to come together.
- Often we’re so fast-moving, that we just need to have a reference for some people who get stuck with a setback that will pull a whole team down, so mopping up well is important.
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- Dolly is the founder of The People Performance Consultancy.
- She is an expert in leadership and team performance.
- She is a keynote speaker, a podcaster, a consultant and an executive coach.
