by Dele Agbogun | Oct 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
What small team leaders can learn from family systems research about belonging, safety and roles, and where the family comparison breaks down. Some small business owners in Nigeria and the UK describe their teams as a family. It is usually meant warmly. It speaks to...
by Dele Agbogun | Oct 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why small, repeated relational habits change families and teams more reliably than big plans, with research from Lally, Fogg and Gottman and practical examples.Some of us have tried to change our family life with a big decision. A family meeting every week. A screen...
by Dele Agbogun | Oct 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
An introduction to systems thinking for parents and team leaders, drawing on Senge, Meadows and Bowen, with practical ways to break recurring patterns.Every family and every team has a problem that keeps coming back. The argument about chores that returns every few...
by Dele Agbogun | Oct 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most families and small teams have two versions of themselves. One is the version everybody describes: who is in charge, who does what, how decisions get made. The other is the version everybody lives: who actually gets listened to, who avoids whom, who carries the...
by Dele Agbogun | Sep 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Coaching isn’t just for professional contexts. It’s not something you do only with direct reports or teams. It’s for every relationship where you want someone to grow.A coaching conversation at work with a direct report might look like this. Someone...
by Dele Agbogun | Sep 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Coaching conversations rely on questions. The quality of your questions determines the quality of thinking that emerges. A surface question creates surface thinking. A deep question creates deep thinking.Here are forty questions that create real change. Use them....
