Living While Leading with Sharon Ehrlich

41: How to Reframe Setback, Accept No, and Get to Yes!


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Sharon and her guest, Ann Jameson an executive at a Fortune 50 company discuss the importance of adaptability in navigating setbacks.

 

Listen in for:

  • Insights on how resilience and adaptability can help propel someone forward in their leadership path.
  • The importance of adaptability when faced with a setback.
  • Techniques for supporting team members who struggle with change.
  • The importance of cultivating reciprocal relationships with mentors and sponsors.
  • When to stop fighting for a "yes" and just move on.
  • Give advice to younger listeners on handling slower than expected career progression.

This episode is for you if you want to reframe setback, accept no, and get to yes!

 

Click here for a full transcript of the conversation. 

 

 

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Sharon Ehrlich is a leadership strategist who turns stalled teams and overwhelmed leaders into high-impact performers, one conversation, one workshop, one coaching session at a time.

Through bespoke, problem-solving workshops, she helps organizations tackle real-world challenges—misaligned priorities, fractured communication, low morale—and leaves them with a clear roadmap to stronger trust, sharper decision-making, and sustained innovation.

Working 1:1 with executives, Sharon’s coaching blends deep listening with targeted feedback, so leaders refine their communication style, build resilience in uncertainty, and craft a strategic vision that sticks. Her clients report immediate shifts like teams collaborating more openly, projects hitting targets faster, and cultures becoming more inclusive and energized.

Whether you’re navigating a hybrid work maze, seeking fresh ideas to spark creativity, or aiming to align leadership around a shared purpose, Sharon’s insight-packed podcast episodes offer quick, actionable strategies you can put to work today.

Curious to see how she can help you solve your toughest leadership or team challenge? Explore current and past episodes at LivingWhileLeading.com or connect with Sharon on LinkedIn to start the conversation.

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