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Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Mini-Series - Episode #2/6Hosted by Anni Townend with guest Robert DigingsIn this second episode of our special mini-series for launch week, we move from self to system - exploring the Team Process at the heart of the Highly Relational Team.Guest host Anni Townend interviews Robert Digings about the three core elements that shape how individuals join in together: Belonging, Connection and Commitment - exploring how these practices create unity, through deeper connection, commitment and belief in each other.In this conversation, Robert shares:• Why the destination of team development is not performance - but community• Why belonging must be co-created, never imposed• How connection deepens when teams embrace vulnerability and difference• Why commitment is ultimately about committing to each other, not just the task• Why intimacy in teams is not romantic, but profoundly human - and essentialYou’ll hear how the double overlaps — Intimacy (Belonging + Connection) and Identity (Belonging + Commitment) - build towards Unity, the outcome of the Team Process and the basis of collaborative working.To close, Robert offers one practical step for leaders this week: Make time for your team to simply be together. Eat, laugh, share stories - to build the fabric of community.In our final episode, we bring everything together: the complete Highly Relational Team model, the enablers that support it, and the adventure that help teams grow, mature and achieve together.🎙️ Coming soon:A roundtable discussion with four experienced practitioners on what really makes teams come to life, a look ahead to next year, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Guest Host - Anni Townend:www.linkedin.com/in/anni-townend-leadershipwww.annitownend.comwww.collaborationequation.comLeadership Coach, Partner and Executive Mentor to C-Suite, Senior Teams and BoardsCo-founder of the Collaboration EquationPodcast Host - Leaders in Conversation with Anni TownendRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this three-part mini-series Robert explains how the 25 elements of the Highly Relational Team fit together to create a powerful team development model.Production credits:Audio Engineer at Brown Bear Studios - Tom DaltonPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Mini-Series - Episode #1/6Hosted by Anni Townend with guest Robert DigingsIn this first episode of our special mini-series, Highly Relational Team, we begin with the first half of the model: the Personal Process - how each individual shows up in the team - as a human, colleague and leader.Guest host Anni Townend interviews Robert Digings about the three core elements at the heart of the Personal Process: Awareness, Congruency and Contribution - exploring how these practices shape presence, deepen relationship and transform the quality of leadership.In this conversation, Robert shares:• The foundational value of Awareness to all personal and leadership development• How the inner work of Congruency supports insight into ourselves and others• Why Contribution is more about offering yourself than offering expertise• That being is more important than doing in all developmental work• How the present moment is full of possibility, awe and mysteryYou’ll also hear how the double overlaps - Insight (Awareness + Congruency) and Immediacy (Awareness + Contribution) — support the development of Presence, the outcome of the Personal Process and the basis of relational leadership.To close, Robert offers a simple practice to begin strengthening your own presence this week: Give a third of your attention back to yourself - to breath, body and inner experience.In the next episode we move from self to system, exploring the Team Process and how Belonging, Connection and Commitment weave the fabric of Unity.🎙️ Coming soon:A roundtable discussion with four experienced practitioners on what really makes teams come to life, a look ahead to next year, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Guest Host - Anni Townend:www.linkedin.com/in/anni-townend-leadershipwww.annitownend.comwww.collaborationequation.comLeadership Coach, Partner and Executive Mentor to C-Suite, Senior Teams and BoardsCo-founder of the Collaboration EquationPodcast Host - Leaders in Conversation with Anni TownendRobert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this three-part mini-series Robert explains how the 25 elements of the Highly Relational Team fit together to create a powerful team development model.Production credits:Audio Engineer at Brown Bear Studios - Tom DaltonPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Two Minute Teamwork - and a new way to think about teams.In this short-form series, host Robert Digings introduces the Highly Relational Team - a new approach to building exceptional relationships at work.Across 25 episodes, each just two and a half minutes long, Robert explores the elements that help teams move beyond function to truly come alive together.Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear how the Personal Process and Team Process come together to form a complete relational model - and how to apply it in everyday team life.💡 Episode #20: WARRIORThe Warrior archetype embodies courage, commitment, and purposeful actionIt’s not about aggression - it’s about service and integrityIt’s what helps a team move from intention to impact🎙️ Coming soon:Longer conversations explaining how the 25 elements fit together, a roundtable with practitioners on what really makes teams thrive, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this short-form business podcast Robert explores the 25 elements that make up the Highly Relational Team and how you can apply them wherever you work.Production credits:Studio Facilities - Podshop StudiosPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Two Minute Teamwork - and a new way to think about teams.In this short-form series, host Robert Digings introduces the Highly Relational Team - a new approach to building exceptional relationships at work.Across 25 episodes, each just two and a half minutes long, Robert explores the elements that help teams move beyond function to truly come alive together.Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear how the Personal Process and Team Process come together to form a complete relational model - and how to apply it in everyday team life.💡 Episode #18: LOVERThe Lover archetype brings warmth, empathy, and connectionIt’s the energy that turns colleagues into companions and teams into communitiesIt’s about caring without caretaking - offering empathy without losing boundaries🎙️ Coming soon:Longer conversations explaining how the 25 elements fit together, a roundtable with practitioners on what really makes teams thrive, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this short-form business podcast Robert explores the 25 elements that make up the Highly Relational Team and how you can apply them wherever you work.Production credits:Studio Facilities - Podshop StudiosPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Two Minute Teamwork - and a new way to think about teams.In this short-form series, host Robert Digings introduces the Highly Relational Team - a new approach to building exceptional relationships at work.Across 25 episodes, each just two and a half minutes long, Robert explores the elements that help teams move beyond function to truly come alive together.Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear how the Personal Process and Team Process come together to form a complete relational model - and how to apply it in everyday team life.💡 Episode #16: COURAGECourage is action in the presence of fearIt’s not the absence of anxiety - it’s the willingness to move forward anywayIt’s speaking the difficult truth, giving the tough feedback, making the call that matters🎙️ Coming soon:Longer conversations explaining how the 25 elements fit together, a roundtable with practitioners on what really makes teams thrive, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this short-form business podcast Robert explores the 25 elements that make up the Highly Relational Team and how you can apply them wherever you work.Production credits:Studio Facilities - Podshop StudiosPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Two Minute Teamwork - and a new way to think about teams.In this short-form series, host Robert Digings introduces the Highly Relational Team - a new approach to building exceptional relationships at work.Across 25 episodes, each just two and a half minutes long, Robert explores the elements that help teams move beyond function to truly come alive together.Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear how the Personal Process and Team Process come together to form a complete relational model - and how to apply it in everyday team life.💡 Episode #14: KINSHIPKinship is the sense of mutual care and belonging that develops through shared experience and respectIt isn’t friendship, though it can include itIt’s the recognition that we’re in this together - that my success and yours are linked🎙️ Coming soon:Longer conversations explaining how the 25 elements fit together, a roundtable with practitioners on what really makes teams thrive, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this short-form business podcast Robert explores the 25 elements that make up the Highly Relational Team and how you can apply them wherever you work.Production credits:Studio Facilities - Podshop StudiosPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Two Minute Teamwork - and a new way to think about teams.In this short-form series, host Robert Digings introduces the Highly Relational Team - a new approach to building exceptional relationships at work.Across 25 episodes, each just two and a half minutes long, Robert explores the elements that help teams move beyond function to truly come alive together.Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear how the Personal Process and Team Process come together to form a complete relational model - and how to apply it in everyday team life.💡 Episode #12: REFLEXIVITYThe ability to momentarily step back and examine your own role in what’s unfolding in front of youIt’s awareness turned inward, but whilst in motionReflexivity lets you see yourself as both participant and observer🎙️ Coming soon:Longer conversations explaining how the 25 elements fit together, a roundtable with practitioners on what really makes teams thrive, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this short-form business podcast Robert explores the 25 elements that make up the Highly Relational Team and how you can apply them wherever you work.Production credits:Studio Facilities - Podshop StudiosPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Two Minute Teamwork - and a new way to think about teams.In this short-form series, host Robert Digings introduces the Highly Relational Team - a new approach to building exceptional relationships at work.Across 25 episodes, each just two and a half minutes long, Robert explores the elements that help teams move beyond function to truly come alive together.Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear how the Personal Process and Team Process come together to form a complete relational model - and how to apply it in everyday team life.💡 Episode #10: IDENTITYStrong identity gives a team direction and prideThe shared story of “this is who we are, and this is why it matters"Identity builds through experience - shared challenges, rituals and inside jokes🎙️ Coming soon:Longer conversations explaining how the 25 elements fit together, a roundtable with practitioners on what really makes teams thrive, and an Ask Me Anything episode where Robert answers listener questions.Robert Digings:www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigingswww.highlyrelational.comTeam Development Consultant and Executive CoachRobert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years. He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.In this short-form business podcast Robert explores the 25 elements that make up the Highly Relational Team and how you can apply them wherever you work.Production credits:Studio Facilities - Podshop StudiosPost Production - Shaun LawsonSeries Producer - Julie Allen© 2025 Highly Relational LimitedFind Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.