Areas of Expertise:
Mastering Conflict
Avoid and resolve counterproductive conflicts so your vision doesn’t stall.
Mastering Communication
Become savvy to your people's motivations, communication styles, drives and resistances
Dealing with Controlling Behaviours
Discern and disarm manipulation tactics and hidden agendas
Self-Optimisation
Knowing yourself and playing to your strengths, because the buck stops with you
Are you frustrated with your team because they seem stuck, blocked and unable to move past certain issues?
It's likely there's unresolved conflict and the approaches you've been using haven't hit the spot.
I transformation c-suite teams from conflict zones riddled with manipulation tactics, hidden agendas and bullshit resistance to aligned, focused and cohesive teams that are fuelled with trust, certainty and presence, delivering on a shared mission.
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Testimonial
"Joel's coaching has a great impact on managerial style and skills, causing qualitatively measurable improvements in team dynamics and productivity. His unique method works at a deep level, bringing results that last for the long term and benefiting the whole team as well as the person being coached."
Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute, Brussels
Background
The music industry broke me and made me in one fell swoop.
At 8 years old I picked up my first guitar and knew that all I wanted was to be a rock star.
In the Alternative Rock scene at the start of the 90’s I touched my dream, lived the ‘rock’ life and prepared for fame and fortune. The major label contract was drawn up, the European tour planned but suddenly another band appeared and just the like that the musical landscape shifted and my band was not a fit.
Yet devastation would lead to inner exploration and an awakening of my fascination with and passion for people...
- What drives us to our greatest successes or blocks us from achieving it?
- What makes us work amazingly together and what drives us apart?
- Why do we make it so hard for ourselves and others and, most importantly...
- How can we make it all work better?
Whilst working in orthopaedics, marketing, graphic design and early web design I funded my education in people, personalities and powerful communication; making it my career in 1995.
I rose to the top of a major personal development company and taught their methods in crowded rooms all around the globe.
I engaged fellow top practitioners and set up a successful clinic in Harley Street.
In 2009 began teaching and sharing my own self-created methodology, which spread to over 18 countries within the first 3 years and which I now teach to other coaches who are ready to become the olympians of our industry.
In 2013 I became a board member of The Evolutionary Business Council.
I have worked with orphans in the South African ghetto of Soweto, with billionaires in The Bahamas and with people across the entire spectrum of society.
What became apparent to me is that, though contexts and situations vary, people are people.
And I know people.
And, of course leaders are people too.
Moreover, when I started getting calls from business owners and leaders in the corporate arena, what became evident was that one of their main challenges is the people stuff.
And that, most definitely, is my specialty.
P.S. Yup, that background pic is me back in the day :)
Industry Experience
Corporate
Medical (Orthopaedics & Cardiac)
Mobile networks
Computing (systems and manufacture)
Customer service
Finance
Real Estate
Public Sector
Politics (Lobby)
Higher Education
Creative
Online Marketing
Music
Video & Graphics
Events
Catering
NPA in Business: Applications and Benefits
Check out my appearance on the Meta-Conscious Leaders Podcast. It's a fab conversation and I think you'll get a lot from it.
Watch this video as we explore the origins of NPA, its simplicity and power, and how it can be applied in daily life and business leadership.
I explain the six lines of The NPA Process, we explore the importance of not taking things personally and how this perspective can enhance emotional intelligence and conflict resolution.
The conversation also delves into The Agenda-less Way™, highlighting the significance of facilitating human interactions without hidden agendas.
To get the whole context it's well worth watching the whole conversation. And, if you're short on time then you can scroll down and use the timestamps below to scrub to the bit(s) most relevant to your interested:
00:00 Introduction to NPA and Joel Young
01:44 The Birth of NPA: A Personal Journey
06:23 Understanding Non-Personal Awareness
12:02 Integrating NPA into Daily Life
13:44 The Six Lines of NPA Explained
19:51 NPA in Business: Applications and Benefits
22:20 Navigating Reality in Business Leadership
23:00 Understanding Conflict and Emotional Intelligence
26:17 The Role of Non-Personal Awareness in Leadership
29:33 Success and Failure: A Non-Personal Perspective
32:51 The Power of Play in Business
35:13 Identifying Hidden Agendas in Leadership
37:56 The Agenda-Less Way in Business Facilitation
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"Wise leaders generally have wise counsellors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them."
Diogenes of Sinope
"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."
Sam Walton
