For new or aspiring leaders, creatives and entrepreneurs, discover those things that energize you, learn from others who have walked your path and gain a framework to focus on the things you most want to accomplish. Join host Cynder Niemela, as she interviews global entrepreneurs, leaders, leadership coaches, and world travelers about their trials and tribulations and their why that inspired success in their business, relationships, health and finances.
Helping Others Navigate Change: A Mini-Lesson and Toolkit
Insights and Tips for Leading Others Through Change
In this episode of Inspired Wisdom, we are talking about change. Specifically, we are talking about how leaders help others navigate through change. The Covid-19 pandemic is an ongoing example of how our lives and the world at large are changing very dramatically. Very suddenly and with little warning, we have to change how we live our lives on a daily basis. At times it may feel surreal.
In episodes 22, 25 and 26, Karsten Drath, Jodi Coochise, and Rob Fazio discussed resilient leadership, navigating loss and grief, growth mindset, and mental toughness as skills we can learn to build resilience and thrive in work and life.
"You cannot change what you refuse to confront." John Spense
In Episode 27, we talked about navigating personal change and we provided resources to deepen self-awareness for how you respond to change. Understanding how we respond to change can help us lead ourselves and others through disruptive change more successfully.
This mini-training on Helping Others Navigate Change will be of benefit if you:
Have undergone a change in your role or your organization has made a change that impacts your team
Are experiencing changes outside your control (e.g., changes in your industry, new competitors, regulations or tariffs)
Need a playbook for engaging and aligning your team on co-creating opportunities
Want a roadmap to navigate your team through current and future disruptions with better results
During this 20-minute mini-training on Helping Others Navigate Change, I will take you through two models of change, distinguish change and transition, and present a tool for reflecting on how you’ve navigated through change.
You’ll find downloadable handouts on Inspired Wisdom for change and transition, cultivating team resilience, tips for helping others navigate change along with the instructions for a reflection activity.
12 Sept 2019
Reflective Inquiry Creates Breakthrough Change
Reflective Inquiry is an active replay where people are invited to see their own truth.
Dr. Marcia Reynolds is the expert organizations call on to breathe life into their conversations and cultures using reflective inquiry.
Marcia is energetic, funny and 100% committed to transformational leadership.
As a child, she was described as precocious, opinionated and with some kind of social problem. When she was 19, she found herself in jail struggling with drug abuse and low self-esteem. But that changed when her cellmate unwittingly reflected what she saw - a smart, strong woman who cared about people. Her cellmate told Marcia, “when you get that in here (pointing to her heart), you can do anything out there.”
And Marcia has done just that. Over the past 30 years, she has spoken and coached leaders in 38 countries and reached over 100K people worldwide in her training programs.
Reflective Inquiry provokes insight; questions just get answers.
My Interview with Marcia will be of benefit if you want to:
Develop others
Hold conversations that activate meaningful breakthroughs
Enhance your listening and / or leadership skills
Create profound connections that activate change, creativity, and joy
Inspire others to step up and work on their own
Project confidence and a powerful presence
Highlights of my interview with Marcia
The skills of Reflection and Reflective Inquiry
The power of Reflective Inquiry to help us learn and think more broadly
Coaches as Knowledge Sherpas
You want to be a better leader - a demonstration of Reflective Inquiry
Leading the agile workplace: Advice for leaders who want to develop their people
The dominant emotions in the workplace - worldwide
Cultural differences that impact leadership transformation globally
How to be present when you are feeling anxious, exhausted, overwhelmed stressed out, dissatisfied?
Marcia's mantra that keeps her focused on her larger purpose: what is it that I want to create in the bigger picture?
She published 3 books, completed 2 masters' degrees in Broadcasting and Adult learning, a doctorate in Organization Psychology, and has 2 highly engaging TEDx talks.
Marcia continues to research transformational leadership to help startups and established Fortune 500 firms prosper in today’s chaotic, unpredictable world.
Please visit Inspired Wisdom for Dr. Reynolds bio and additional links
Her books include:
Outsmart Your Brain
Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment & Direction
The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs
For Marcia's bio and show notes, please visit Inspired Wisdom.
About Inspired Wisdom
Cynder Niemela, MA, MBA is an award-winning author and internationally recognized expert in executive coaching and developing global teams. As a result of growing up in the Middle East and Europe, Cynder leverages her international experience working in the Middle East as one of a few women permitted to work in Saudi Arabia. First, as a marine biologist followed by years of developing leaders and teams for Saudi-ARAMCO. Mission: Interview 100 people from 100 countries who are working with heart and mind for positive social impact.
4 Jun 2019
Navigating Through Change: A Mini Lesson and Toolkit
Change is constant. It is part of life and it’s inevitable. We are always evolving and changing, as is the world we live in. Because change involves an element of loss, the degree and frequency of change we experience can be stressful and strain our sense of self-worth and resiliency.
Understanding how we respond to change can help us lead ourselves and others through disruptive change more successfully. This is the purpose of our mini-training on moving through change.
A common thread throughout this first set of interviews is change and transition.
In episode 2, Lion Goodman talked about his near-death experience and how this external event inspired him to look at his beliefs and world view which ultimately led to him helping others shift and transform.
In episodes 6,7, 8, and 23 Simon Kozlowski, Steven Huang, Katie Hill, and Taylan Yildiz discussed their personal and professional journeys which led them to make changes and shifts in mindset for more fulfilling careers and lives.
In episodes 22, 25 and 26, Karsten Drath, Jodi Coochise, and Rob Fazio discussed resilient leadership, navigating loss and grief, growth mindset, and mental toughness as skills we can learn to build resilience and thrive.
During this 10-minute mini-training on Navigating through Change, I will take you through two models of change, distinguish change and transition, and present a tool for reflecting on how you've navigated through change. You'll find handouts for ways of cultivating resiliency along with the instructions for the Life Mapping exercise on Inspired Wisdom.
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