244 - Building Bridges with Basketball: Learnings about Facilitation with Tony McGaharan

From the basketball courts of Northern Ireland to the C-suites of tech giants, Tony McGaharan just can’t stop coaching! After a decade at Google, Tony set up his own training and people development company, People Playbook. Calling on experience from Sweden to Singapore, Tony’s honed his skills worldwide and with a huge range of groups. In that time, he’s found some common truths and universal experiences. He shares them in this episode — dribbling between basketball and facilitation, coaching and learning design, and more. Find out about: What Tony learned from a decade in Google’s People operations Why he set out to create People Playbook at the onset of the pandemic and how he grew the business How his qualification as a basketball coach has helped him grow as a facilitator and coach What facilitators can learn about sustainable performance and why financial incentives are never enough Why authenticity and humility are so important — for modelling to the group and as a principle of practice How to facilitate in the margins to help a successful, effective group continue developing Don’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player. Links: Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube. People Playbook. Connect to Tony: On LinkedIn. Support the show: Make a one-off donation and contribute to the ongoing costs of running the podcast. Any thoughts? Share them with us! Support the show ✨✨✨ If you miss the "workshops work" podcast, join us on Substack, where Myriam builds a Podcast Club with monthly gatherings around old episodes: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/