Connecting to Admired Leadership

• Change Management Framework: - Traditional change curve comes from grief literature - Change is better viewed as a wave rather than a curve - Focus on building adaptable skillsets that transfer across different changes - Success comes from co-creation rather than top-down implementation
• Effective Communication During Change: - Balance between over and under-communication - Use "best case/worst case/reality" framework - Maintain consistent communication cadence - Be transparent about what is known and unknown
• Action Steps for Leaders: - Categorize what can be directly controlled vs influenced - Identify what are problems (solvable) vs dilemmas (must be managed) - Create opportunities for team members to co-create solutions - Build transferable change management skills
• Common Pitfalls to Avoid: - Over-communicating without sufficient details - Under-communicating and allowing rumor mills to develop - Making unrealistic promises about control over outcomes - Treating change as a one-time event rather than ongoing process

• "Change is a wave, not a curve - there's always another change coming."
• "The change people most adopt is the one they're co-creating."
• "If you end up getting bored with a message, it's probably the right amount of times you're repeating it."

Diana Hong is an Admired Leadership Coach and Partner at CRA | Admired Leadership. She specializes in helping leaders navigate organizational change and development.

• Strategic Relationship Assessment: - Consider both relevance and influence when evaluating relationships - Align relationship investments with personal and professional goals - Be intentional about tracking and managing key relationships - Anticipate future relationship needs before they become critical
• Building Strong Relationships: - Focus on reciprocity in relationships - Increase frequency of meaningful interactions - Add value to create natural reciprocity - Change conversation quality and depth to deepen connections
• Best Practices from Admired Leaders: - View world through both problem-solving and relationship lenses - Track and measure relationship progress - Set specific relationship goals - Be curious and create conversation continuity
• Managing Relationship Portfolio: - Regularly assess relationship priorities - Consider deprioritizing relationships that don't align with goals - Make thoughtful transitions rather than abrupt changes - Balance time investment across key relationships

• "Everything happens because of or within a conversation."
• "Time is the great equalizer - we all have the same amount, and how we spend it counts."
• "The best leaders anticipate relationships they might need in the future and start cultivating them before they're needed."

Katie Angstadt is an Admired Leadership Coach and Partner at CRA | Admired Leadership. She has extensive experience helping leaders develop strategic approaches to relationship building and management.