Ian Hayes Brett

Featured in: Favicon

journalnow.com Favicon

personneltoday.com Favicon

trainingindustry.com Favicon

hrmagazine.co.uk Favicon

trainingzone.co.uk Favicon

hrzone.com Favicon

thehrdirector.com Favicon

workplacewellbeing.pro

Articles

How Understanding Blind Spots Can Help Unlock Team Performance

Nov 8, 2024 | trainingindustry.com | Ian Hayes Brett

Unravelling the intricate dynamics within teams can empower them to harness each member’s distinct preferences and skills. This understanding is the cornerstone of achieving peak performance. Conventional wisdom suggests that a team that bonds well, works hard and enjoys leisure time together can be highly effective. However, this isn’t always the reality. Though their work and productivity may not be poor, many teams can find themselves in a rut, not progressing or achieving their full potential.
The key to employee happiness? Enable people to be themselves - HR Magazine

Sep 19, 2024 | hrmagazine.co.uk | Ian Hayes Brett

It is important to reflect on why so many people are unhappy at work, and how we can build a culture of genuine happiness. The International Week of Happiness at Work begins next week (from 23 to 27 September). It's startling, but true: only 10% of British workers are ‘engaged’ with their job, while 11% are actively disengaged, according to research from advisory firm Gallup. This not only affects teams but also spills into personal lives, creating an atmosphere of unhappiness.
Ian Brett: Why self-awareness is key to mental toughness in both elite sport and work

Aug 5, 2024 | workplacewellbeing.pro | Ian Hayes Brett

As thousands of elite athletes from around the world compete in Paris at the Summer Olympics, it’s increasingly clear that psychology plays a critical role in performance. Motivation, discipline and dedication, mindset and mental toughness are all just as important as physical prowess. Indeed, when all things are equal, it’s the mental game that makes the difference between winning and losing.
How HR can help employees think like Olympians

Jul 19, 2024 | personneltoday.com | Ian Hayes Brett

With the Olympics starting next week in Paris, the focus will be on individual and team performance. How can HR teams and managers create an environment where everyone can succeed? Ian Brett offers some strategies. In both elite sport and the workplace, peak performance is often achieved when people operate in environments that suit their personality and style.
How your childhood is affecting your leadership skills

Jul 3, 2024 | trainingzone.co.uk | Nik Kinley |Ian Hayes Brett |Thom Dennis

We all know our childhood helps shape the adult we become. But we tend to underestimate just how much our early experiences shape us, and just how much our pasts continue to affect how we behave today. It's a topic that shaped the research for the new book I co-authored with IMD Business School Professor Shlomo Ben-Hur, Rewriting Your Leadership Code, and we found that this challenge is probably truer for leaders than anyone else.
What we can learn about debriefing from the world of flying

Jun 21, 2024 | trainingzone.co.uk | Ian Hayes Brett |Mike Howells |Hannah Gore

For debriefing to become a critical part of the continuous improvement process it must take place after every project, without exceptionOf course, the practice of debriefing isn’t new to learning and development. However, it’s usually focused on the individual as a way of improving individual performance or an individual’s contribution to the team.
Lessons from a Fighter Jet Pilot for Effective Learning and Development

Jun 10, 2024 | thehrdirector.com | Ian Hayes Brett

As a fighter jet pilot turned facilitator, I believe that the world of flying can shed light on the closely guarded secrets of intrinsic motivation. Air Force pilots possess a unique personal drive. Selected from a sea of hopefuls, their passion propels them to achieve the extraordinary. The thrill and adventure of their experience are beyond the reach of many. The question then arises: Can we instill a similar fervour in those we train for learning and development?
what are you doing wrong?

Jun 12, 2023 | hrzone.com | Ian Hayes Brett

New research from Insights Learning and Development shows that 59% of us now work in hybrid teams, and 65% of organisations with existing hybrid structures plan to maintain them. Despite this, only 21% of these companies have implemented specific development plans, including upskilling for hybrid. Put another way, that means an eye-watering 79% of companies that operate a hybrid model haven’t invested in upskilling their employees or managers/leaders to be successful in this environment.
How organisations can add the human touch to hybrid teams

May 5, 2023 | personneltoday.com | Ian Hayes Brett

It may come as a surprise that for many global employees, collaboration and delivering on objectives is easier since the ‘hybridisation’ of the workforce. Ian Brett shares new research from Insights Learning and Development and provides five ways to drive company culture in a hybrid world. Almost three-quarters of employees (73%) find it easier or experience no difference in how they collaborate or communicate when hybrid working.
What we can learn about debriefing from the world of flying

Mar 2, 2023 | trainingzone.co.uk | Ian Hayes Brett

As a former fast-jet pilot, instructor, and coach for the Royal Air Force (RAF), who now works as an L&D consultant for Insights, I’ve come to realise that some numerous transferable skills and practices can be applied in the learning and development industry and the workplace more widely. Like the corporate world, flying consists of planning, briefing, executing, and debriefing.