One of the greatest paradoxes of leadership is that to lead well, you must learn to let go. To get comfortable with not having all the answers! To release your grip, relinquish control, and know that the wisdom already exists in everyone around you.

Professor, coach and facilitator to the next generation of leaders, Rob Lion has spent the last 20 years fostering self-leading workplace cultures that truly listen to their people, building leaders that are facilitators at heart.

Because the best leaders? They’ve taken off the stabilisers of delegation, left their ego at the door, and learnt the delicate dance of stepping back, to invite others to step in.

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• The intersection of leadership and facilitation – and what it takes to be a facilitative leader
• Why we should think with our whole bodies, rather than just listen to our gut
• The complex, nuanced role of surrender and control
• Why leadership micromanagement and delegation are safety mechanisms
• Why great leaders and facilitators must learn to confront their own triggers

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Context is everything. But when we remove ourselves from the tried-and-tested playing board of our work environment, to rewrite the rules and become new characters on fresh, unchartered ground? Everything changes.

On a mission to create a world where people play to learn, Mohsin Memon returns to the show, now as the mastermind of Evivve. His new multiplayer, leadership strategy simulation immerses teams in safe, fictional worlds rooted in neuroscience – designed to create powerful learning opportunities and realisations rooted in truth.

A conversation filled with lightbulb moments, rich insights and lots of learnings for leaders and facilitators alike. Press play!

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• The AFFER model that underpins Mohsin’s work in behavioural change
• The five behavioural learning cycle stages of activation, forecasting, experimentation, realisation and reflection
• Why the most effective leaders are those who can make sense of complexity
• How simulation can democratise an organisation, without hierarchy or expectation
• The biggest data learnings from Evivve’s 20,000 game containers

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If facilitation was a mirror, what would you see? Would there be frameworks propping you up, a lingering desire to be liked, or insecurities sat atop your shoulder, quietly whispering in your ear?

In his new book Facilitating Reflections, the one and only Thomas Lahnthaler holds up this mirror for us all. He invites us to go inward, to step out of the buzzword charade, to close the theory books, and to rethink what we know – because the best facilitation isn’t found in a textbook, but when we can see ourselves a little clearer.

Together, we journey through two decades worth of Thomas’ facilitation learnings, exploring chapters, ideas, stories, and the rich spaces between facilitation and self. What a joy!

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• The art of self-exploration, and why it’s so necessary for facilitators to master
• Navigating the desire to be liked, belonging, and falling in love with the group
• Why facilitation, by default, is disruptive and therefore a threat to psychological safety
• The binary of good vs. bad facilitation – can it really exist?
• The important role that context, values and presence plays in facilitation

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