Be the Hero Who Defeats Change Management Failure

Be the Hero Who Defeats Change Management Failure

Hollywood is doing it all wrong. How many horror movies have they churned out, where on a dark and stormy night, the heroine runs right into danger (in sky-high heels, of course) and chaos ensues until the unlikely hero swoops in, saves her and defeats the villain? They both ride off into the sunset, looking picture-perfect, and live happily ever after. Too many. We think Hollywood is missing out on a surefire formula for a [...]
Did You Miss This Call From the Universe?

Did You Miss This Call From the Universe?

Man. Change is tough. Right? Isn’t that what we tell ourselves everytime life moves us in a new/different/scary direction? But is it really true? Or are we creating resistance with the stories and truths we tell ourselves? Like, when something doesn’t go the way we expected, we might tell ourselves that we failed because we suck, we’re losers, incapable, etc. But the real reason might be that we experienced unexpected change because we were on [...]
How to Make Change Work for You

How to Make Change Work for You

As human beings, we don’t look at change and think, “Hmmm I want more of that.” Given my own relationship to and with change, I challenged myself to figure out why this is true. Why do we avoid change? Why does change create stress, fear and uncertainty? The answer starts with your brain. My brain right now is singing Foo Fighters, but instead of the great pretender, I’m singing the great predictor. That's your brain. [...]
Resilience: Committing, No Matter What

Resilience: Committing, No Matter What

Are you a faithful person? Or do you cheat yourself? There are a lot of lessons I’ve learned in life - the hard way. And it seems to me that the lessons around consistency are in the category of being the hardest. When it comes to loyalty, commitment and devotion - we make these agreements with other people - and then we forget to hold the same standardsr when it comes to ourselves. 10-Second Start [...]
4 Tips For Reducing Your Turnover Rates During The Great Resignation

4 Tips For Reducing Your Turnover Rates During The Great Resignation

People are quitting their jobs at a very high rate. Which begs the question: what can businesses do to keep their workforce intact? Texas A & M's Anthony Klotz coined the term ‘The Great Resignation’, in 2019 as a way to predict the mass exodus we were all about to experience. Not only were his predictions correct, he might have understated how mass the voluntary exodus would be - putting employee wellbeing at the forefront [...]
The Most Important Skills for Becoming a Resilient Leader

The Most Important Skills for Becoming a Resilient Leader

  Practice These Resilience Skills to Become a Great Leader When my friend Petra was diagnosed with cancer, not once, but twice, life gave her no choice but to be strong. When she went into remission for the second time, she decided she was going to wake people up to the precious gift of time. Through that conscious decision, she has inspired thousands of people to build inspired lives full of joy and gratitude. One [...]