Video archive
Business Leadership
A curated archive of earlier videos, interviews and workshops from Deep Waters principal Nick Harvey, exploring practical questions of business ownership, leadership, teams, strategy, performance and personal effectiveness.
This collection includes earlier material retained for its practical and enduring value.
Featured from the archive
A starting selection of practical ideas on leadership, judgement, strategy and business performance.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
Company Directors
Four things to look for when appointing a director to a board.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
Confirmation Bias
How confirmation bias narrows decision-making, and how leaders can counter it.
Conversations & Relationships/From the archive
How To Ask The Right Question
The two elements of a well-formed question, and why questions carry more weight than answers.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Your Vision
Why a clear, plainly expressed vision is the starting point for coherent strategy.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Three Key Meetings You Need To Have
The three meetings a leadership team needs in order to stay aligned and move quickly.
Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
How To Increase Productivity & Innovation Within Your Business
How a culture of autonomous decision-making lifts productivity and innovation.
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Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
Customer Experience
Why the experience people have of a brand determines commercial performance.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
How To Be Less Busy & More Effective
The difference between being busy and being effective, and how teams confuse the two.
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Interviews & Workshops/From the archive
Chatting with Mario Wynands, Co-Founder of PikPok
An extended conversation with the co-founder of games publisher PikPok on building and leading a company.
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Leadership & Teams/From the archive
3 Powerful Language Tips
Three practical shifts in language that leaders can use to engage and motivate a team.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
ABC Players
A simple way of reading contribution across a team, and what it implies for how leaders invest their attention.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
Company Directors
Four things to look for when appointing a director to a board.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
Confirmation Bias
How confirmation bias narrows decision-making, and how leaders can counter it.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
Group Think
How groupthink forms in senior teams and what leaders can do to keep independent judgement alive.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
Leadership Traits
The traits people consistently look for in the leaders they choose to follow.
Leadership & Teams/From the archive
The Key To Being Inspirational
Why centredness, rather than charisma, is what makes a leader genuinely inspirational.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Effective Execution Meetings
How to run execution meetings that convert intent into delivery.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
How To Get Started On A New Idea
Practical ways to move from idea to first action, where most initiatives stall.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Key Performance Indicators
Choosing performance indicators that actually change behaviour rather than simply reporting it.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Startups Versus Established Businesses
The different disciplines required by early-stage ventures and established organisations.
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Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Three Key Meetings You Need To Have
The three meetings a leadership team needs in order to stay aligned and move quickly.
Strategy & Execution/From the archive
Your Vision
Why a clear, plainly expressed vision is the starting point for coherent strategy.
Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
Customer Experience
Why the experience people have of a brand determines commercial performance.
Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
Handling Customer Disputes
A practical approach to resolving customer disputes without eroding the relationship.
Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
How To Get Paid On Time, Every Time.
How to shorten the time it takes a business to collect what it is owed.
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Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
How To Increase Productivity & Innovation Within Your Business
How a culture of autonomous decision-making lifts productivity and innovation.
Watch video on YouTube: How To Increase Productivity & Innovation Within Your Business
Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
Improve Your Company's Reputation
How frontline interactions shape an organisation's reputation.
Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
The Number One Mistake Sales People Make
The most common mistake in selling, and the shift from telling to understanding.
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Business Growth & Performance/From the archive
Three Keys to Success
Three areas owners tend to overlook when a business plateaus.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
Einstein’s Ultimate Question
A reflection on the question of whether we live in a friendly or hostile universe, and why it matters.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
Establish A Strong Morning Routine
Building a morning routine that sets up a consistent, productive day.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
Habit vs Willpower
Why durable habits outperform willpower in sustaining performance.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
How To Be Less Busy & More Effective
The difference between being busy and being effective, and how teams confuse the two.
Watch video on YouTube: How To Be Less Busy & More Effective
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
How To Manage Stress
A first step in managing the pressure that comes with leading and owning a business.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
Success Habits
How habits and values align to form a credible personal brand.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
Success Values
The values Nick returns to when assessing how work and life are being led.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
The Power Of Posture
How posture and physical presence influence thinking and confidence.
Personal Effectiveness/From the archive
Why You Should Say No More Often
Why disciplined refusal protects capacity for the work that matters.
Conversations & Relationships/From the archive
How To Ask The Right Question
The two elements of a well-formed question, and why questions carry more weight than answers.
Conversations & Relationships/From the archive
How to connect with others
Connection as a foundational capability in leadership, business and family life.
Conversations & Relationships/From the archive
Letting Go of Resentment
The cost of carried resentment and a practical way to set it down.
Conversations & Relationships/From the archive
Overcoming The Victim Mentality
Why a victim mentality blocks responsibility, and how to move past it.
Conversations & Relationships/From the archive
The Power of Words
How the words we think and speak shape the outcomes we get.
Interviews & Workshops/From the archive
#AskNickHarvey - Leadership
A recorded live session answering questions on three core leadership themes.
Interviews & Workshops/From the archive
Chatting with Adrian Cox about leadership challenges, establishing trust, and much more
A conversation on leadership challenges, establishing trust and leading at scale.
Interviews & Workshops/From the archive
Chatting With Hamish McLaren About Age Barriers In The Workplace
A conversation on age barriers in the workplace and the assumptions behind them.
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Interviews & Workshops/From the archive
Chatting with Mario Wynands, Co-Founder of PikPok
An extended conversation with the co-founder of games publisher PikPok on building and leading a company.
Watch video on YouTube: Chatting with Mario Wynands, Co-Founder of PikPok
Interviews & Workshops/From the archive
Sitting down with the CEO of Whites Powersports Kyne Larkin to discuss business and life.
A long-form conversation with the chief executive of Whites Powersports on business and life.