Thought Revolution Thought Revolution

We cannot necessarily change our environment, but we do have the power to shift our response to that environment by building resilience.



In this episode, I had a lot of fun talking to Tracey Grove, author of the book, "Taming the Sabertooth: Resilient Leadership in a Stressful World."  She shares 4 powerful insights that WILL help you increase your resilience.  Some highlights from the conversation:


In a rapidly changing environment, resilience is the key to long-term sustainability
Resilience is a practice... it's a skill that you can GROW
Learn how to communicate for engagement
Leaders need to learn how to be an ally versus a hero
To harness motivation, we need to control distractions
The biggest thing we can nurture is our recovery...     



This interview will leave you with a LOT of new perspective.  Tracey's guidance will easily lead to personal action.



Tracey Grove is a high-performance coach specializing in leadership effectiveness and executive coaching. She founded Pure Symmetry in 2008 with the intention of helping people and organizations thrive. With over two decades of experience across both public and private sectors working on three continents, Tracey has benefited deeply from dealing with individual and interpersonal issues, communication challenges, and organizational shifts.  



You can find Tracey's book, "Taming the Sabertooth" at www.sabertoothbook.com.  You can learn more about her by visiting her website at  www.puresymmetry.com.  You can also follow Tracey on social media:


LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/traceygrove
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PureSymmetry
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/grove1399/inspiration/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/traceygrove 

Every service that gets delivered comes down to the management of one thing: people's commitment to each other.  Commitment-management is the ONLY thing that can be managed.  



The foundation of commitment is trust.   And the best way to develop trust is by having a process that allows YOUR TEAM to SEE the work, SEE the performance, and SEE the culture MOVE.  When leaders give trust freely through a processes designed to allow for team-based problem solving, they get bigger productivity and commitment in return.  



In this short segment, Chris connects the dots of the podcast season and reminds us that process, commitment and trust are wed.  



Everything Speaks... Everything is on Purpose... and Everything is your to manage, mismanage, or not manage.  There is no excuse; just choice.

The two biggest factors that can stop a change initiative in its tracks are resistance and apathy.  So how do we begin to surface what people are fearing so we can address it?



In this episode, we talk about how to create a shared urgency in a way that helps leaders learn what the resistance sounds like.  In doing so, leaders and project manager are better equipped to manage the change by planning training,  early wins, and communication to address the fears.  



Listen and learn.  You can download the tools shared in this podcast HERE or by visiting  https://www.impactconsultancy.org/the-revolution-1/tackling-resistance-and-apathy-for-change 

We all fall on a spectrum in terms of how we deal with change.  Some of us are ready to jump in... others wait for evidence... and a few will NEVER go along with it.  It turns out our patterns with change AND engagement can mirror each other.



This episode explains a simple way to begin assessing your team's engagement and readiness for change.  You can download my Engagement Tool that I share in the episode by clicking here or visiting https://www.impactconsultancy.org/the-revolution-1/managing-engagement-and-change 

In order to intentionally and reliably scale culture, you need structure.  It doesn't matter if you're scaling a "coaching culture" to a team of 10 people, you still need a "coaching structure" for those people to engage in a reliable experience... frequently... that creates the culture you intend.



Scaling culture comes down to 2 truths in organizations:

1.  Structure drives culture.  It's a major driver.  It drives a daily experience that informs how we act, interact, and think about how we work.

2.  Culture needs to drive structure.  We all have structure/systems/process in place, but do they create the explicit culture you want? 



If you take a close look at why your organization is having a hard time achieving its goals, you might find the root cause is because one of these is missing.  



Do you have a reliable way your organization approaches goal-setting, goal execution, and goal reflection?  If so, does it drive how you operate?  IF SO, are you operating the way YOU DESIGNED (innovative, responsive, strategic, etc.)?



Listen in to find out more... 

The connection between your leadership and your ability to drive your team's culture can be linked to your resilience.  All of us have patterns of behavior that people respond to... we train others how to interact with us.  Some patterns sabotage our ability to grow ourselves and our teams.



Today's podcast focuses on limits to our leadership AND how that impacts how we are able or unable to drive team culture.  You will learn some surprising truths about how your mind limits your growth... and you will learn how to overcome these limits and build resiliency as a leader.



This is a MUST listen for any new leader, emerging leader, or seasoned leader that wants to grow their potential AND gain insight into driving team culture.    



Let us know your aha's.  Learn more by visiting www.impactconsultancy.org or connect with Chris on LinkedIn