episode 283 | Apr 10, 2026 | 66min

Fostering Highly Relational Teams

In this episode with Robert Digings we explore how teams become truly effective by strengthening the relational web; the often-unspoken dynamics that shape trust, intimacy and coherence at work. Robert shares key aspects of the journey of fostering honest check-ins, working skillfully with core emotions, and creating the conditions for deeper connection, authenticity and collective intelligence in teams.
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In this podcast we talk about:

02:30 Introducing Robert
06:10 The key for effective teams
13:00 The frame of the relational web
17:00 Core truths about relationships
24:00 Facilitating intimacy in corporate contexts
29:30 Inviting the unspoken
34:30 Enabling higher team coherence
40:00 Residing in not knowing
45:30 Stretching the social bond
50:30 Fostering powerful check-ins
55:30 Bringing more of who we are to work
59:30 Four main emotions to master

About the Guest

Robert Digings

Robert Digings is an executive coach and team development consultant who works with senior leaders and executive teams to expand their capacity for leadership, collaboration and meaningful work. His approach focuses on helping individuals and teams update the “maps” that guide their lives and organisations, expand the “boxes” that shape their thinking, and cultivate the relationships that ultimately determine success. Drawing on integrative training in fields such as Gestalt, organisational constellations, systems coaching, the Enneagram and the Diamond Approach, he has spent thousands of hours supporting individuals and teams to explore leadership, relational dynamics and the deeper dimensions of human development. Robert has worked across sectors including transport, banking, hospitality and retail, with clients including Network Rail, BBC, Travelodge, Jaguar Land Rover, Capital One and Leon Restaurants, and has also taught on the UK faculty of the Hoffman Process.

WEBSITE
https://www.highlyrelational.com

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.

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