Useful Videos

The following is a list of useful videos we have often used in training material.

Coaching

• Why Coaching is Important – Sir John Whitmore
• What makes a Good Coach – Sir John Whitmore
• What Works Best for You – Sir John Whitmore
• Coaching Employees: 5 Coaching Power Words
• GROW Model (A short overview of the GROW model)
• GROW Model in Action (7:08) (Somewhat painful, but it challenges a busy manager’s mindset of ‘do it now’!)

Communication

• Assert yourself (1:42) (Kris Marshall introduces the basic behaviours)
• Assert yourself (aggressive) (1:13) (Kris Marshall)
• Assertiveness – tips for being assertive and saying ‘No’ (7:12)
• Being assertive (3:48) (mindset, body language, rehearsal, do)
• Four Candles  – The Ronnie Sketch (6:50)
• Reflecting back & paraphrasing (1:22)
• Six Step Communication Process (2:56) – stick with the video to the end

Delegation

• Two Elements For Effective Delegation: Coaching For Leaders  (Marshall Goldsmith)

Empathy

• Rene Brown on Empathy (2:53) – this is excellent and a must watch

Feedback

• The Science of Receiving Feedback: Mentor Workshop Introduction (5:15) – Excellent summary of available research on the importance of receiving feedback
• The Psychology of Happiness & Feedback;  (3:32) (Base line, how sensitive to feedback? How do you give feedback? How to dismantle the distortions (error thinking)).
• The Art of Feedback:  (4:38) (how to be assertive regarding other’s feedback)

Leadership

• Are Leaders Born or Made?
• Five Levels of Leadership – John Maxwell (27m)

Psychology

   Positive Psychology

• Flow: Happiness in Super Focus (stop at 4:48)
• See our article: How to be happy at work (FLOW)

  Transactional Analysis

• Introduction to Transactional Analysis – article and videos

Teams

• Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development – Coach Carter Style (7:18)
• Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development Videos – Return of the Titans (Coach Boom) (various, excellent)
• Steve Jobs – The Lost Interview – on a team who believe in what they do – see from 37:10 to 44:14

Vision, Values and Strategy

• Steve Jobs on “Think Different” – Internal Meeting, weeks after rejoining company 1997. A great video on using values to drive focus – setting Apple to become what it has become.
• Simon Sinek TED Golden Circles – defining your why, how and what.

Random Collection

• Sales, never celebrate until the deal is done – football penalty