Stress: One size does not fit all
Stress: One size does not fit all Do you ever feel like your stress is managing you rather than the other way around? Get ready to flip the script with…
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Newsletter October 2023
Join us on a TeamX™ Adventure – Newsletter October 2023 Lack of clarity slows you down What looks like resistance is often a lack of clarity. If you want people…
TeamX™ Ambassador Tony Roberts
TeamX™ Ambassador awarded to Tony Roberts, Customer Success Regional Manager EMEA, at Okta Congratulations to Tony Roberts for achieving the TeamX™ Ambassador award. Tony is a shining example of what it means to…
Amplified Group Turns Six!
The Amplified Group turns six this month! We’ve been so busy we almost forgot to pause and celebrate our 6th birthday! It’s been another great year. Our client…
Newsletter June 2023
Join us on a TeamX™ Adventure – Newsletter June 2023 Why is trust needed in a team? There has been much research on this topic and a good place to…
Team Formula for Success
Discover the team formula for success People not products are the most important asset in tech today. When you work well together, your team executes at speed and you win the time-based competition. You…
Newsletter May 2023
Join us on a TeamX™ Adventure – Newsletter May 2023 Does your team’s purpose inspire you? Welcome to our May newsletter. This month we are springing into action, making our…
How engaged is your team?
When our team interactions are virtual, it can be difficult to build relationships. How engaged is your team? If team engagement is low, the people and the business are affected.…
Cisco Podcast – Be a Role Model
Building the Skills Bridge – Cisco Podcast Episode 10: Be a Role Model We’re excited to share a brand new podcast from Cisco “Building The Skills Bridge” produced in partnership with the women of…
Newsletter April 2023
Join us on a TeamX™ Adventure – Newsletter April 2023 How strong is your team? What better way to start our first newsletter than to pull together some tips from…
Book Recommendation for Change Management
Podcast Guest – Book Recommendation ‘Switch’ One of things we love when speaking with tech industry leaders on the Get Amplified podcast is discovering new practical business books. In our…
Popular Business Podcast Episodes 2022
Top Episodes from Popular Business Podcast Get Amplified in 2022 It’s here! The 2022 back track of the most downloaded episodes of the Get Amplified business podcast. Listen to leaders…
The Leaders Council Podcast with Vicky Reddington
The Leaders Council Podcast – In Conversation with Vicky Reddington, Co-founder of Amplified Group Welcome to the Podcast Scott Challinor welcomes our co-founder Vicky Reddington on to the Leaders Council…
In Conversation with Geoffrey Moore
This time last year we were in conversation with Geoffrey Moore, best-selling author of the popular business books Crossing the Chasm and Zone to Win, and founder of Chasm Group.…
Time for great team engagement
It’s Time for Great Team Engagement I think it’s fair to say we’re all feeling the pressure. With new hire time to productivity on one side and a looming recession on the…
Rainbow Thinking utilising DiSC
Guest blog by Tim Hearn, Skylark Development and Amplifier. A series of blogs to try and capture some of the useful aspects of DiSC® and anecdotes which may help sales…
Bosses think workers do less from home says Microsoft
Guest blog from Business Advisor & Amplifier, Pippa Hutchinson When you work from home, how does your productivity compare to working in the office? Bosses think workers do less from…
Congratulations to our first Amplified TeamX Ambassador
We are excited to announce Jamie McDonnell, Customer Success Regional Manager, at Okta has achieved our Amplified TeamX™ Ambassador award. Great team experience – TeamX™ – not only propels the business forward but helps people enjoy work, feel fulfilled, and…
Why I don’t like the word Strategy
Guest blog from Business Advisor & Amplifier, Pippa Hutchinson Misused and misunderstood Why I don’t like the word Strategy! I would safely bet that if I asked ten different people…
What’s holding your team back?
If you could fix anything within your team, what would it be? Results from over 40 Team Speed Checks in the last 12 months show tech organisations on average baseline…
The Art of Simplicity
We are so lucky to have Pippa Hutchinson on our team here at the Amplified Group. We’ve delved into our podcast archive to listen to our conversation from December 2020.…
Recommended Reading from Get Amplified Podcast
On our #GetAmplified podcast we ask each of our guests for a book recommendation. It’s been wonderful to be introduced to such thought provoking books – we’re slowly working our way through them! Recommended Reading from Get…
The Language of Trust
Guest blog by Paul Russell, Amplifier Have you found that when a leader stands up and speaks about trust the reaction is not always as warm as first thought? I…
Amplified Group Turns Five!
The Amplified Group turns five this month! The last year has flown by – here’s a quick snapshot. The team is growing We’re delighted to welcome five new Amplifiers to the team bringing…
Do partners have a role in SaaS?
In conversation with Denise Sangster, CEO at Global Touch Listen to the podcast here. Denise Sangster is recognised in the top 10 most influential women in tech. Working as CEO of Global…
The Joy of Home Grown Talent
Sam Mudd, MD of Phoenix Software, shares with us just how important it is to get the culture right, to create the caring and trusting environment with clear purpose and vision…
Welcome Tim Hearn!
Our team is growing! We’re excited to announce that Tim Hearn has joined our growing team of Amplifiers, bringing a huge amount of tech industry experience coupled with fun and energy…
Should you “Fake it ‘til you make it?”
Great question! This was just one of the brilliant questions at the Association for Project Management event yesterday following our founder, Vicky Reddington‘s presentation on ‘Turning Imposter Syndrome into my Super…
Painkillers or Pilates?
It was Friday 27th May 1994, there was an air of optimism as the UK started to wind down for a sunny bank holiday weekend. I had just nipped out…
What makes an effective team at Google?
Have you wondered what are the most important attributes to building an effective team? According to the re:Work Google report, code-named Project Aristotle, the top dynamic of an effective team…
How Okta are Winning the War on Talent
We’re delighted to share a customer success story with you! The Okta Customer Success team has been with us since the early days of the Amplified Group. It has been…
Happiness = Personal Growth = Business Growth
In conversation with Darren Thayre – Head of Innovation, Global Strategic Initiatives, Google | Advisor to G20 | Professor of Digital Innovation What a treat you are in for! Darren…
Focus on your People: How effective communication leads to higher talent retention
Click here to read the full interview Q&A with Beaconforce. Having the best team within your organization is primarily linked to hiring the best people and organizations that have a…
We have gone transatlantic!
Twenty four years ago, I first made the trip to Miami to attend Citrix Thinnergy. Back then I thought it was going to be the highlight of my career! I…
A Crisis of Prioritisation
Our Tech Leader Survey Report found that competing priorities is the number one risk faced by tech organisations. This is not new. Geoffrey Moore talked about the crisis of prioritisation in 2015,…
Transformation through People-First Leadership
In this episode we hear from transformational leader, Reddy Mallidi, that people really do matter. We learn that a focus on people can drive success.
How to avoid the era of “I QUIT”
The last couple of years have been a whirlwind of unpredictability and some could be thinking “What is my purpose?”, “Am I really happy?”, “I only have one life”.
Everyone should have a Mentor
We are often asked what the difference is between a coach and a mentor. Yvonne Matzk, Leadership and Channel coach, joins Sam and Vic to share why she has become…
Tech Leader Survey Report 2022
The results are in! We’re excited to share the findings from our Tech Leader Survey of 400 industry leaders. The purpose of the survey was to understand the true state…
Stuck with meeting frustration?
Are you stuck with meeting frustration? It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with the way meetings are run. We’ve all experienced bad meetings. If you’re stuck with meeting…
Flipping the Script on Customer Advocacy
With many years’ experience in Customer Advocacy on her side, it was a pleasure to learn from Polly, and hear thought provoking ideas on how to get the best results…
Set Yourself up for Success in 2022
We all know that we need to be a little kinder to ourselves and Hayley provides some insightful learnings and tips to nudge us along.
Get Amplified Hits the Business Podcast Charts
What a great start to 2022! Our Get Amplified Hits the Business Podcast Charts. Selected as one of the 60 Best Business Podcasts to Listen to in 2022. Our Get Amplified…
Turning imposter syndrome into my superpower
Through years of struggling with imposter syndrome find out how Vicky transformed it into a superpower which helped her build the Amplified Group.
Get Aligned with the Six Critical Questions
These 6 critical questions should be answered individually so that the answers can be compiled to identify any gaps that the Leadership team, or in fact any team, need to…
We’re 4 years old today and we’re getting serious!
We’re in the party mood! The Amplified Group turns four years old this month. We’ve come such a long way and couldn’t have done it without the help of so…
The Importance of a Great Team Experience
. Find out why Vicky Reddington is so passionate about great team experience and why we do what we do at the Amplified Group Vicky, tell us a bit about…
Work Families – intentional or accidental?
Why do we work where we do? Guest blog by Lindsey Moore at the Amplified Group This is a question that I have been thinking about lately. With so much…
IT Wondrous Women: Vicky Reddington – Transforming talent into exceptional teams
IT Wondrous Women: Vicky Reddington – Transforming talent into exceptional teams. Congrats to IT Wondrous Woman, Vicky Reddington at Amplified Group on her spotlight in this week’s #ITWondrousWomen (ITWW) blog…
Announcing our partnership with Beaconforce – A Game Changing Employee Engagement App
Announcing our partnership with Beaconforce, a game changing employee engagement app providing real-time data on how employees are feeling with respect to work. This couldn’t come at a better time…
Can your Board survive the future? On-Demand Webinar
The need for a strong, agile, and aligned board is of paramount importance in an age of change. Can your Board survive the future? Listen to our on-demand webinar with BrightTALK…
A virtual hug to all our clients
As a small business, having the support of our clients is more important than ever. This week I ran an e-workshop session with a client’s HR team, representatives from China,…
Is there anything I could do? – mentoring donation
Like others at this unprecedented time I wonder what I can do in any small way to help others. I heard about other coaches and mentors offering to donate virtual…
New Get Amplified podcast available
Pick a Lane & Stick to It – How to Build and Maintain a High Trust Culture Vice President of HR Verena Sunday talks about how to build and maintain…
Meet #fivebehaviors
Get to know the magic of the Five Behaviors® of a Team #MeetThe5Bs! The Five Behaviors is a methodology that is proven to truly unite teams. It starts by building…
S&P index, staggering figures from McKinsey
At the Amplified Group we recently updated our website starting with what we believe. That is, for organisations to thrive in today’s fast-paced world they need to have a high…
Jonathan Alexander joins our trusted advisers
It is said that if you surround yourself with trustworthy, knowledgeable and inspirational people you will absorb it. Well, aren’t we lucky! The Amplified Group are delighted to announce today…
Illumia Consulting Group Forms European Alliance
Chicago, IL – Illumia Consulting Group today announced a strategic alliance with Amplified Group expanding reach across both Europe and North America markets. Illumia’s Managing Partner, Sanel Kostic, said: “We…
EMEA HRBP team at Nutanix enjoy the Five Behaviors experience
Introducing the Five Behaviors at Nutanix It was our absolute pleasure to work with this enthusiastic, energetic and engaging EMEA HRBP team at Nutanix recently. We provided a unique learning experience…
AOC Aliancys HR Team – A Team with Trust
Five Behaviors® Client Workshop We love what we do! We were back in Switzerland recently to run a Five Behaviors® client workshop session. The HR team we worked with defines…
Setting the Tone from the Top
Amplified Group appear in the 2019 September issue of InTouch with Business Read the full article here (pages 46-47) This article validates what we do starting in the boardroom and…
Customer Success Story – a woohoo moment
At the Amplified Group we love our Customer Success ‘’woohoo’’ moments. Recently, we had another big ‘woohoo’ moment. We are delighted to share our latest case study with Avanite Ltd.…
Great leaders use dialogue not monologue to succeed
Where I didn’t agree with the last share I read from Forbes which suggested that you can compensate for a poor culture with table tennis tables, massages and yoga classes,…
Another ‘Aha’ moment introducing the Five Behaviors methodology
Excited as we complete the sound check to do one of my favourite sessions – introducing the #fivebehaviors to unite and align a team and, ultimately, an organisation. We look…
Delighted to be working with In Touch Networks. Together we’re taking the Five Behaviors® into the Boardroom!
Building a healthy organisation needs to start at the top. We are delighted to be working with In Touch Networks, a Deloitte award-winning organisation. With over 40,000 members worldwide, they…
Digital Transformation is a People Problem – Presenting at Startup Nation Amsterdam
Amplified Group introduced a slightly new concept on Wednesday evening (26th June) at Startup Nation Amsterdam which got a lot of interest. Here is a summary of the meetup Digital…
When Sales and Marketing aren’t aligned, both suffer
In a recent Harvard Business Review there was a piece that I just had to share. Mainly because this is both an age old problem but also still so common…
Customer Success Story with Leading University Hospital
We’re absolutely delighted to be able to share our customer success story with a leading UK University hospital. We were able to help the team come together to identify and…
Sharing our secret of the process to build sales and marketing alignment. Yes, there is one!
It was great to be asked to present at the B2B ABM Conference. Having sat through the keynotes, we heard over and over that sales and marketing alignment is THE…
Magic or a great methodology?
Last week, we ran a workshop for a Tech Unicorn growing at such a rate, they can’t recruit fast enough. They currently have a great culture, and have the foresight…
Why we got it wrong, of course it’s all about the culture!
This summer the Amplified Group will be two years old and we are going from strength to strength. Working with customers like Avanite and Nutanix, and partnering with organisations such…
Inspiring a new generation of leaders
This is a great article by Patrick Lencioni: 3 Things Graduates Need to Know | LinkedIn. Inspiring a new generation of leaders is so rewarding and such a privilege! The…
The best kept secret starting with Trust
The best kept secret, is the Five Behaviors® of a team methodology used by 78 of the Fortune 100. Why isn’t everyone implementing this to unite their teams? If people…
Its all about collective results
At the end of the day, business is all about collective results. How sustainable are your results ? Are you ready to combat the threats from the next disruptor? With…
Let’s Talk Accountability – Part of the 5B’s
Introducing the fourth element of the Five Behaviors® – Accountability. When everyone is committed to a clear plan of action, they will be more willing to hold one another accountable.…
Introducing Commitment – Part of the 5B’s
If you ‘weigh-in’ to ‘buy-in’ you are much more likely to commit to a decision. Introducing Commitment, part of the 5B’s, The Five Behaviors® of a Team. “Commitment is a…
A Toxic Work Culture Is Forcing High-Performing People to Quit
A lot of people will empathise with this article ‘A toxic work culture is forcing high-performing people to quit.’ And yes it’s well written but again it tells you what…
Avanite Limited Mentioned in Business Live
Great to see Avanite Limited mentioned in Business Live this week. “Companies such as Avanite can make Warrington the ultimate modern economy and it’s hugely encouraging to see their own…
Lewis Gee joins us as an Advisor
We’re delighted that Lewis Gee is supporting the Amplified Group as a Consulting Adviser. With his expertise and skills across major tech companies we continue to go from strength to strength. Over…
High Tech Companies Playing a Perilous Game of Snakes and Ladders
Industry Survey Results Demonstrate Lack of Trust is a Major Inhibitor for Growth London, UK– March 6, 2019 – The Amplified Group, a European consultancy focused on team and leadership…
Next meeting THIS way
We talk a lot about Patrick Lencioni. If you aren’t familiar with his work around team management, we recommend reading ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team’. It’s Patrick’s clear and simple…
First Workshop just needed more Elephants!
The Amplified Group has just finished our first workshop. To say we achieved job satisfaction like we never had before would be an understatement! The Five Behaviors® in action It was…
Executive Coaching vs Team Coaching
Why is there so much focus on executive coaching vs team coaching? The real challenge is ensuring that the team is pulling in the same direction and delivering win after…
Launching today!!
I’m excited to announce, launching today, our new consulting business the Amplified Group. The business is based on our passion of getting people to work together to deliver extraordinary…
Launching today!
Eager and equipped as an accredited Five Behaviors® delivery partner and with a tailor-made approach, I am delighted to be launching our new consulting business the Amplified Group to be able…
Introducing the Operating System for Teams
Recently walking past the local health food shop there was a sign outside saying, “72% of people are stressed at work.” Now logic would suggest that most people are more…
Get rid of office politics once and for all
Politics in business can be both positive and negative. I have certainly experienced both! Positive politics can help you personally to work up the leadership ladder, campaigning for votes, rallying…