Highly Relational Team - Complete Model #3/6

19/11/2025 26 min
Highly Relational Team - Complete Model #3/6

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Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Mini-Series - Episode #3/6Hosted by Anni Townend with guest Robert DigingsIn this final episode of our special launch-week mini-series, we bring everything together - the full map of the Highly Relational Team.Guest host Anni Townend speaks with Robert Digings about how the Personal Process and Team Process combine into a complete, relational approach to team development. Together they explore the elements that emerge when the two halves meet: Story, Ambition and Adventure, supported by the enablers Creativity and Courage.In this conversation, Robert shares:• Why teams thrive in environments with aliveness, risk and meaning• How creativity and courage enable teams to stay together through challenge• Why Adventure is the heart of relational team life - the journey a team chooses to take• How corporate life is a continual cycle of joining, belonging and leaving• Why a truly relational team sees one another as humans first, colleagues secondWe also explore the model’s two developmental dimensions:The horizontal progression: Showing Up, Joining In, Staying With, Counting On, Facing OutThe vertical progression: Communicating, Cooperating, Coordinating, Collaborating, CommunityAs the series closes, Robert offers a simple starting point: Have a conversation - a quality, spacious conversation about relationship, belonging, adventure, creativity and courage - all around the work of being human 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.