How to Get Buy-In When Everyone Has Competing Priorities
How to get voluntary commitment when your project isn't their top priority
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Remote Leadership
Leading distributed teams effectively. Frameworks for trust, accountability, and connection when you can't be in the same room.
JBL pioneered virtual-first leadership delivery in 2018 — before COVID made it necessary. These articles share what actually works.
How to lead distributed and hybrid teams effectively, with frameworks for trust, accountability and connection when you cannot be in the same room. JBL has delivered virtual first leadership development since 2018.
Five Small Shifts That Keep Paying Off for Managers of Managers
These five amplifying shifts keep surfacing in Amplify cohorts. Different industries, same patterns. They look small. They work because they
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How Burnout Is Costing Your Business More Than You Think
Why 90% of leaders are drowning in their own success – and the military-tested solution that saves companies millions
Read article →How to Stay Level-Headed When Pressure Threatens Your Judgement
One day you feel like you're on top of the world, in the zone, smashing it! All of a sudden, you realise that you are spinning out of contro
Read article →How to Find the One Thing That Matters Most This Week
Life is a constant rush. We spend our time bustling from one deadline, project or task to the next and rarely take a moment to stop and just
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How Asking One Question Strips Complexity Out of Any Problem
I spend a lot of my time asking myself multiple "hard" questions in pursuit of being the "best business I can be" – whilst being remote.
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How to Read Which of Your Managers Are Swimming and Which Are Sinking
This week, Traverse Worldwide moved from the amazing city of Lima, to Medellin in Colombia.
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How to Set Team Goals That Actually Get Hit
One of my goals in writing this blog is to look at everyday scenarios in new ways.
Read article →How to Find the Weak Spots in Your Team Before They Show Up in Results
Yes, the title is a clickbaity one – and I apologise. But the reason I chose it was based on a memory of a conversation many years ago with
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How to Get Your Team Moving When Everyone Is Waiting for Permission
Jumping out of a perfectly good plane is something I haven’t done yet but it’s been a thing on the “almost” bucket list for a while now.
Read article →How to Stop Your Team Slipping Back After a Good Run
What separates people who are high performers from those who succeed and then slide backward again? My view is simple – discipline.
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How to Reignite Your Drive When the Role Starts Feeling Stale
“I want to do something I am passionate about” – A simple thinking framework to help you brainstorm the answer to this challenge.
Read article →How to Get the Best Out of Younger Managers on Your Team
It’s estimated that by 2025 Millennials will make up as much as 75% of the workforce.
Read article →Three Leadership Lessons That Future-Proof Your Management Layer
Glaciers, Dumbledore and the wrong paint choice — 3 essential leadership tips for the future.
Read article →Why Pushing Harder Stops Working and What to Do Instead
One of the things that have been top of mind for me during this lockdown period has been how and where I use my energy.
Read article →How to Rebuild Team Connection When Everyone Works Remotely
If you're anything like the leaders I work with, you may have been struggling with creating a sense of connection amongst your team members
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How Your Leadership Skills Shape Every Employee's Experience
The conversation that I have found myself experiencing multiple times this last week is how COVID has impacted the Employee Experience.
Read article →Why Failing Fast Wastes Time and Learning Quickly Gets Results
This week I'm putting the finishing touches to a six-month leadership program with an Asian based market leader in the manufacturing industr
Read article →Why Reflection Gives Leaders Under Pressure a Sharper Edge
This week I have been creating the opportunity for leaders to make some space for reflection.
Read article →How to Stay Sharp Under Pressure When It Counts Most
We all know that feeling before we have to do something important. As a facilitator, I have faced it a couple of times myself in the last co
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How Being Reliable Builds the Trust Your Team Needs to Perform
The easiest way to think about reliability in terms of building trust is to imagine your leadership like a vehicle that takes you from A to
Read article →How Getting Clear on Your Values Cuts Decision Fatigue
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks packing up my life, dropping various possessions into friends’ attics for storage, and moving from NZ ba
Read article →Why Building an Inclusive Team Takes Longer Than You Want
Ian Treloar is a long time friend and former colleague of mine who, for all the time I have known him, has been trying to grow truffles.
Read article →How to Stop Being the Person Your Team Brings Every Problem To
As a leader, much of our time can be taken up by members of the team who encounter a problem and come to us to fix it for them.
Read article →How to Lead with Empathy Without Losing Your Authority
Empathy enables you to know if the people you’re trying to reach are actually reached. Without empathy, you can’t build a team or nurture a
Read article →How to Deal with Feeling Like a Fraud in a Senior Role
Chances are that you have been successful for most of your career.
Read article →How Asking One Question Gets More from Your Team Than Telling Them How
As hybrid work becomes the norm for many companies, your team members are not the same people who headed home during the first lockdown.
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How Your Behaviour Leaves a Wake That Shapes Team Culture
I had several people reach out to me on my latest IG posts on @jimmybleadership this week related to my Bow and Wake post so I thought I wou
Read article →How to Set Up Hybrid Working So Your Managers Can Still Lead
The concept of the Great Resignation and how businesses can configure themselves differently for the future which will
Read article →How to Stop Your Team Going Stale After a Good Quarter
The road to high performance is paved with the golden bricks of experience and learning lessons.
Read article →How Agreeing Ways of Working Stops Team Friction Before It Starts
When my team and I were putting together the Ways of Working (WoW) program we wanted to create something really impactful, cost-effective an
Read article →How to Build a Hybrid Plan Your Team Will Actually Follow
During a recent Hybrid Ways of Working session, someone mentioned a colleague in the leadership team of another business
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How a Four Step 1:1 Format Transforms Your Weekly Check-Ins
When I talk to leaders at the start of Ways of Working Sponsor Sessions, I often ask how they conduct their 1:1s and how they support their
Read article →What Five Years of Running a Business Taught Me About Managing People
Have you ever grown anything? A plant? A child? A business?
Read article →How Building Connection Reduces Burnout and Lifts Engagement
Do you remember when you were younger, and the feeling of trepidation as you walked in the front door of a new school or club?
Read article →How Flexibility in Your Team Drives Innovation and Results
Are you ready to redefine leadership and create a work environment that fosters growth, innovation, and exceptional performance?
Read article →Podcasts and media on remote leadership
PodcastThe High Performance Leader
How managers can boost performance with flexible working
Flexible working challenges for managers. Discover how to embrace flexibility and boost team performance with practical strategies from expe
Listen to episode →Guest appearanceThe Recognized Authority
How Constant Online Accessibility is Burning You Out
Are you feeling the strain of burnout? Can't remember the last time you felt genuinely rested? In this episode of "The Recognized Authority"
Listen to appearance →Guest appearanceHelping People Perform
Ways of Working, with Jimmy Burroughes: Ep 10
I've known Jimmy for a long time, and have had the privilege to work alongside him and have experienced his Ways of Working first hand. Jimm
Listen to appearance →Guest appearanceRoad to Growth
Jimmy Burroughes - Leadership Coach and Consultant
In this episode of the Road to Growth podcast, we are pleased to introduce you to Jimmy Burroughes. Jimmy is recognized as an expert and spe
Listen to appearance →Questions leaders ask about remote leadership
How do I keep a remote team accountable without surveillance?
Focus on clear outcomes and visible commitments rather than monitoring activity. When people know what they own and when it is due, you do not need to watch how they spend every hour.
How do I build trust in a distributed team?
Be consistent and predictable, follow through on what you say, and create deliberate moments for the human connection that happens naturally in an office. Trust builds through reliability over time, not through more video calls.
How do I run effective one to ones remotely?
Protect the time, come with a shared agenda, and use it to coach and unblock rather than to collect status. A remote one to one is where you catch the issues that would otherwise stay hidden.
How do I stop remote meetings from taking over the day?
Default to written updates, keep live meetings for decisions and discussion, and give people large blocks of protected focus time. Remote work amplifies meeting bloat unless you design against it.
How do I keep a hybrid team fair between office and remote staff?
Make information and decisions available to everyone regardless of location, and be deliberate that presence in the office does not quietly become an advantage. Fairness in hybrid teams has to be designed, not assumed.
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