Ep 30. Put people first and results will follow: rethinking high-performance teamwork

Nikki Bush in conversation about high performance team work with Caspar Craven, a leading international authority in achieving big bold goals using a very human approach to building teams. Caspar is an accomplished entrepreneur who has built and sold businesses and worked in the corporate world as a chartered accountant, investment banker and CFO. He has sailed twice around the world – the first time was as the youngest crew member in the world’s toughest yacht race, The BT Global Challenge and the second time he circumnavigated the world with his wife and three young children all under 10 years of age. While sailing the Pacific Ocean he sold one of his businesses for a 7-figure sum. Caspar is a motivational and keynote speaker who uses his unique mix of experiences to inspire his audiences. His latest book, Be More Human: rethinking the rules of high-performance teamwork, was published in 2020. Visit www.casparcraven.com for more information.

This conversation covers:

• Putting people first instead of only running business by the numbers
• Put people first, results will follow
• The keys to effective teamwork
• The importance of listening and helping team members find themselves in your story
• How to balance the need for relentless action and caring for your team
• Self-reflection and being prepared to hear honest feedback about yourself
• Parallels between work and home life
• How you do anything is how you do everything
• What we see is all there is – how to keep top of mind awareness
• Where focus goes energy flows
• If you are running a team you are in the business of growing people