Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness: The International No. 1 Bestseller

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This was recommended by a facilitator on my employer’s leadership scheme. Rather like that scheme, I’m ambivalent about this book. It is very male. The focus is on men and men’s activity: there is for instance no consideration of e.g. how the England women’s football team has become such a success, having sizeable disadvantages compared to the men’s. Only two activities predominantly associated with women are mentioned: ballet and gymnastics. Both of these are disparaged: the first fir limiting creativity in favour of conformity (through discussions primarily of men’s experience) and the second fir bullying. I’m not saying those things are not true: however I would dispute categorically the impression that these features are limited to female-associated activities, and I would also question whether men are the ones primarily or exclusively damaged. That his 6-year-old daughter did not enjoy her ballet classes is not reason to condemn a whole art form anymore that a friend’s son’s bad experience at junior county level sport means that sport has no value either. Just a smidgeon more self-awareness of the banal limitations of statements such as ‘women do more team-building with conversation’ would have been good too: why is this the case? Essential femininity? Careful socialisation? Is there anything men’s teams might care to learn from that?

Belonging by Owen Eastwood | Book Summary - Toby Sinclair Belonging by Owen Eastwood | Book Summary - Toby Sinclair

A copy of Eastwood's new book, Belonging , was given to every England player when they reported for duty at the European Championships' - Telegraph When the sun shines on us we are alive, we are strong. For we have had passed down to us a culture that immerses us in deep belonging. We feel safe and respected. We share beliefs and a sense of belonging. We feel safe and respected. We share beliefs and a sense of identity with those around us and this anchors us. We share a purpose with them. We share a vision of the future. We fit in here. Rituals and traditions tie us together. The experiences and wisdom of those who walked in the light before our time are passed on to us.” Wellbeing is directly tied to group belonging. Studies reaffirm the correlation between chronic loneliness, poor health and early mortality. When we experience a sense of belonging our body produces a hormone soup that enables oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine and endorphins to work their collective magic. Our need to belong is, therefore, not just in the mind, but a physical state. A copy of Eastwood's new book, Belonging, was given to every England player when they reported for duty at the European Championships' - TelegraphTrue leadership to me starts with the idea that we have come together. To make sure that we take care of everybody. And we are in pursuit of a mission to give it, no doubt about that, for the wellbeing of our tribe. But along the way, we will take care of everyone and we don’t damage people or sacrifice people on the way. What about when an outcome like winning is necessary? Our basic human wiring is the same as our hunter gatherer forbearers. We have the same primal needs to belong to a group that has a shared purpose and shared values that drive performance. Those were necessary to survival for our ancestors.

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One of the wisest books about winning you’ll ever read…Powerful lessons beautifully expressed.’– James Kerr While the book and Owen are largely oriented around sport teams and situations, ‘Belonging’ is as significant (if not more so) in the realms of the workplace, home and wider whānau (family). If you want to understand what makes great teams great, Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness will give you another piece of the puzzle. You'll also learn techniques to put Eastwood’s principles into practice. When you do that, you'll become one with the great teams of the past. Culture never stands still. Every day it shifts. How we deal with new stations redefines who we really are and how we really do things. When new people come into the environment and others leave, the dynamic changes. One of the great risks in sustaining a strong culture is where there is a transition between leaders.Connecting to the future requires asking what the team’s vision is - what they are working towards and what the environment needs to enable and drive towards. CBD has been shown to have benefits for anxiety, inflammation, aches and pains - and it may even be good for long term brain and heart health. And anything that helps keep me well in the long-term rather than having to fix lots of niggles once they arrive gets the thumbs up from me. Combined with their supplements range, Puresport are paving the way in the natural wellness market. I’ll call myself a performance coach and my particular focus is around building team culture and leading that culture. So I don’t like to tell people what to do, I like to coach them. What makes him different than other coaches? Belonging is a must-read for anyone interested in building a long term high-performing team.' - Stuart Lancaster For 99 percent of human history we were hunter-gatherers and [people] had to feed the village and they only had each other. They had to organise each other, they had to create relationships of trust, they had to be really clear on what they were doing, they had to make sure they had the skills to achieve it, and they were really honed in on that. They also understood what made teams weak and avoided those things."

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It’s got to be done and curated very carefully. And that is what aligns everybody, that’s what everyone signs up for and that’s what paves the way for success. I still find it quite incredible that a lot of elite teams or still not 100% clear on what they’re trying to do. They know they want to win, but the actual depth and richness of the vision isn’t there. The brutal reality of his work Neither do we exist merely to execute plans or strategies or KPI’s disconnected from an Us story. That is soulless. On the early grasslands, we carried obvious physiological disadvantages over other animals but from this brutal reality the super strength of Homo sapiens emerged: the ability to form strongly-bonded and highly effective groups.

An Us story tends to connect a team to their identity. A major part of the identity story may be the way they responded at a time of adversity - for instance an emotive story from one of the World Wars. It all helps to create a deep sense of belonging and consequently a deep focus on the legacy of the current team. Why would you turn a blind eye to such a valuable lessons within our Us story? When a culture’s resilience is questioned through a mistake or malpractice, the story must be “carved into the walls” so that our descendants can learn from them.

Owen Eastwood: the ancient power of togetherness | RNZ Owen Eastwood: the ancient power of togetherness | RNZ

My job is really quite simple, it’s trying to help leaders create the optimal environment for their people to thrive in, and achieve the mission that they share and this is as simple as that.” In This Episode: How does he describe himself Constantly people who exhibit talent are told they're amazing, they're great, they are given celebrity status, they're given lots of money… so everything is telling them 'you are important, it's all about you' and we know if we want to get the best out of a team that is potentially dangerous for us. By publishing your document, the content will be optimally indexed by Google via AI and sorted into the right category for over 500 million ePaper readers on YUMPU. Eastwood descends from Maori and English ancestors. In Belonging, he uses a Maori spiritual concept, “whakapapa,” to anchor his analysis of what makes great teams great. Here’s how he describes the meaning of whakapapa from early in the book Belonging is a must-read for anyone interested in building a long term high-performing team.’– Stuart LancasterWhen our Us story is weak, we are weak. We should talk about how to do tasks, but it’s integral not to forget the what and why too. If you want to understand what makes great teams great, Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness will give you another piece of the puzzle. You’ll also learn techniques to put Eastwood’s principles into practice. When you do that, you’ll become one with the great teams of the past. One of the wisest books about winning you'll ever read...Powerful lessons beautifully expressed.' - James Kerr Owen sees a direct connection between the loss of his father at five and the coaching work he does now.