Audiobooks by Rachael Robertson

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Leading on the Edge: Extraordinary Stories and Leadership Insights from the World's Most Extreme Wor

In Leading on the Edge, successful business speaker and consultant Rachael Robertson shares the lessons she learned as leader of a year-long expedition to the wilds of Antarctica. Leading 18 strangers around the clock for a full year - through months of darkness and with no escape from the frigid cold, howling winds, and one another - Robertson learned powerful lessons about what real, authentic leadership is. Here, she offers a deeply honest and humorous account of what it takes to survive and lead in the harshest environment on Earth. What emerges from her graphic account is a series of powerful and practical lessons for business leaders and managers everywhere. Leading on the Edge features practical leadership lessons that are particularly helpful for any leader who must get the best out of the team they've got. Robertson provides solutions to many challenges common to all workplaces and includes real excerpts from her personal journals through 12 months of leading in the most challenging environment in the world. Robertson has appeared at more than 350 national and international conferences and events for a wide range of industries. Leading on the Edge explains what it's like to take charge when you've no place to hide and how truly harsh environments can serve as a leadership laboratory that results in truly effective, authentic leadership.

Rachael Robertson (Author), Lucy Paterson (Narrator)

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Respect Trumps Harmony: Why Being Liked is Overrated and Constructive Conflict Gets Results

Develop a high-performing team based on a culture where respect trumps harmony As teams become more diverse, we wont always see eye to eye. We wont agree on everything, and we may not even like each other. In order to achieve results, we need to have robust, candid and constructive discussions. Respect Trumps Harmony offers a proven approach to navigating the difficulties faced in teams and workplaces today. To build collaboration; strengthen innovation; and manage safety, risk and well-being, its critical that there is a foundation of respect, not harmony. Developed during author Rachael Robertsons time leading one of the toughest workplaces on the planet?Davis Station, Antarctica?and further informed by over 15 years of research, case studies and feedback, Robertson suggests that harmony in the workplace is overrated, and can even be dangerous, and that above all else, respect is the key ingredient of a high-performance culture. A focus on respect over harmony improves everything from morale to productivity. Respect Trumps Harmony integrates the three pillars at the core of Robertsons leadership practice: No triangles, The bacon wars, and Lead without a title, enabling you to: Manage conflict and put an end to gossip Improve accountability and the quality of feedback, Recognise and manage dysfunctional behaviour Build collaboration to strengthen innovation Identify and manage risk Inspire trust and confidence by displaying personal leadership, and encourage others to do the same irrespective of their title Respect Trumps Harmony is a contemporary leadership handbook, essential for all modern leaders and those who wish to transform the culture within their own team.

Rachael Robertson (Author), Susan Lyons (Narrator)

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