Catching Fire: How Teams Win

por Mohamed Hanbal

Unveiling Employee Disengagement: Factors Impacting Motivation and Productivity

In this Episode, we will try to answer a simple question '’If we have the technology, manpower, budget, and people with great knowledge and experience in a lot of big multinational corporations, then why is the performance of our employees going down? Why do they look so disengaged? And why should we always fight in the last few days of the fiscal year to achieve the company's financial goals?’’ Do you want to know the reasons for this? Then tune in and listen to this episode as we will mention one big reason followed by 9 sub-reasons.

E14

9 nov 2023

21:33

The Importance of Embracing Change: Lessons in Leadership from Failed Change Initiatives

Change is a must. In fact, the true value and essence of leadership is to draw visions and to drive consistent change. But based on my experience, this rarely happens. Or if it happens, it happens not in the best way inside companies. And this is for a lot of reasons. So, in relation to the story that I shared with you above, I want to share with you seven mistakes that leaders make that destroy change initiatives inside companies before they even start.

E13

26 oct 2023

22:40

From Vague to Vivid: How Clarity Can Transform Your Life and Work

In this Episode, we will speak about the power of clarity and its impact on your life and your career as a leader. We will also speak about 3 things that you can start doing immediately to gain more clarity. And clarity here means to know exactly the happy ending or the final picture and what you want to achieve. And when Clarity is there, most of the time it brings with it a burning desire and determination to succeed. And this is what a lot of people are missing. On the other hand, this is also why a ‘’lack of clarity’’ is sometimes tricky. Because in a lot of cases, what seems like laziness or procrastination is sometimes a lack of clarity, but we do not understand that it is a lack of clarity. And when people lack the clarity and direction needed to move forward, they freeze. And this is why ‘’Clarity’’ is the foundation of top performance. And as a rule, if you want to be a top performer in your field, you need clarity. If you want to become a better leader, you need clarity. And if you want to become happier in life, you need clarity. So tune-in to listen to this episode.

E12

12 oct 2023

16:54

Empowering Managers to Drive Organizational Growth: A Simplified Checklist Approach

In this Episode, we will speak about the findings of a brilliant research project conducted by two researchers, Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer, where they collaborated with different companies in different industries and recruited 238 people in 26 project teams in 7 companies in 3 industries. They told these 238 people that they would email everyone on the team a diary form DAILY that included several questions about the day. Most of these questions were about their perceptions, emotions, and motivations during the day. And that this process will last for around 4 months. After 4 months, Teresa and Steve could gather 12000 individual diary reports or feedback. We will discuss their findings, and we will also discuss how as leaders we can use these findings to create a checklist that helps us in driving organizational growth and increasing our influence as leaders inside the organization.

E11

28 sept 2023

18:03

The Illusion of Perfection: How Positive Illusion Causes Workplace Problems

In this Episode, we will talk about a specific psychological bias called the ''Positive Illusion'' and how it can negatively impact leadership and any change initiatives in the workplace. We will also speak about ways to reduce its impact on leadership.

E10

14 sept 2023

17:59

Leadership Uncensored with Mohamed & Jim: Building Lateral Influence and Trust- Advice for New Managers

Welcome to a new episode of ‘’Catching Fire: how teams win’’, and episode number 4 in the new series ‘’Leadership uncensored with Mohamed & Jim’’. In this episode, Mohamed & Jim discuss the first things new managers should do. The episode covers the importance of relationships and expanding influence within an organization, the unrealistic expectations placed on managers, team building tactics, and the importance of building trust with team members. Additionally, the episode features a segment on the influence game and the importance of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to achieving career goals. Another segment covers the importance of not just checking boxes but addressing root causes of issues, and the final segment covers the Goal Crazy 90 Day Planner and the importance of removing roadblocks for teams to gain their trust and confidence. Tune in for expert advice on effective leadership and team management.

14 jun 2023

1:08:10

Leadership Uncensored with Mohamed & Jim: Dealing with different generations at work

Welcome to a new episode of ‘’Catching Fire: how teams win’’, and episode number 3 in the new series ‘’Leadership uncensored with Mohamed & Jim’’. If you are leading a team, then most probably this team will contain a mix of people from different generations and backgrounds. And because the generations are different, their needs will be different and the way to deal with each one of them should be different. In summary, there is nothing called ''one size fits all''. So today in this episode we will speak about how to deal with the characters and the needs of different generations at work.

23 ene 2023

1:04:06

Leadership Uncensored with Mohamed & Jim: Goal-Setting

Welcome to a new episode of ‘’catching fire: how teams win’’, and episode number 2 in the new series ‘’Leadership uncensored with Mohamed & Jim’’. Today we will speak about a very important topic that causes pain to both employees and managers, which is ‘’Goals setting’’ and especially during the performance review meetings. Here are some of the topics that we will talk about: -Why do employees hate goal setting? -Did we-Mohamed and Jim-meet our goals this year or not? -How most of the managers conduct the review meetings vs what should happen. -How to conduct a truly effective goal-setting and performance review meeting? -When you fail to meet goals, is it on the Leader or the Team? -Tips to set up your team for success.

13 dic 2022

1:07:45

Leadership Uncensored with Mohamed & Jim: Quiet Quitting

This episode is different, because it is the start of a new series under the catching fire brand, and it is called ‘’Leadership uncensored with Mohamed & Jim’’. And if you remember Jim, he was a guest in one of the previous episodes. He lives in the USA, and he is a Project Consultant; Mentor, and Former Global Manager in the Procurement Department at Honeywell International Inc. This new series will be released once per month, and as it is clear from the name, there will be no guests or at least that’s our plan till now, because Jim and I will be presenting it together. It will be a free discussion between me and Jim about leadership and team performance topics and newest trends. We will share our thoughts and opinions as well as practical advice about some of the most challenging problems that leaders face nowadays. We will also share real life stories that happened and still happen inside corporations. And we will start this new series by speaking about a very hot and trending topic, which is ‘’quiet quitting’’. We will discuss the following points: -What is quiet quitting? -What leads to quiet quitting? -Quiet Quitting trends & is it mainly about younger employees? -How any organization can reduce quiet quitting? -What are employees telling their leader when 'Quiet Quitting' ? -Is Quiet Quitting good for your team?!

23 nov 2022

43:04

An Interview with Alex Bormuth, Global Business Segment Director at Molex Germany

In this Episode, we interviewed Alex Bormuth, Global Business Segment Director at Molex Germany. We asked him 5 important questions:Questions: 1- One of your 2021 goals was to improve your personal relationship with your team members and some other people in your life. What was the reason or the backstory behind this goal? And what are the strategies that you followed to reach this goal? 2-As a director, you have a global remote team. How do you make sure that your team is engaged? Are there any specific rituals or routines that you follow? 3-What do you usually do if you discovered that the performance of one of your team members Is low? Or that it was high but suddenly dropped? 4- What if you have a top performer, but his or her behavior is toxic. What are you going to do? 5- Companies nowadays do a lot of restructuring and optimization. They optimize processes, merge teams together and so on. When merging teams together, what is the first thing that a leader needs to focus on?

29 ago 2022

31:40

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