From the basketball courts of Northern Ireland to the C-suites of tech giants, Tony McGarahan 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 operationsWhy he set out to create People Playbook at the onset of the pandemic and how he grew the businessHow his qualification as a basketball coach has helped him grow as a facilitator and coachWhat facilitators can learn about sustainable performance and why financial incentives are never enoughWhy authenticity and humility are so important — for modelling to the group and as a principle of practiceHow to facilitate in the margins to help a successful, effective group continue developingDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player. And download the free 1-page summary, so you can always have the key points of this episode to hand. Put the episode's best takeaways into practice with Skillding. Visit skillding.com/workshop to begin your journey from learning to doing. Track your progress as you hone your new skills. Start now! 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. Support the showCheck out the podcast map to see the overview of all podcast episodes: https://workshops.work/podcast-map