Hot Mess Hotline

Friends, growing up Gen X meant growing up in a really interesting time. We were independent, sometimes latchkey kids, bridging genres, friend cliques, interests, and more.

This independence didn’t go away when we entered the workforce, either! It made us confident and awesome.

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If you’ve ever asked yourself, “So why is strategic planning important to a small company?” Sam Julka has your answer.

As Sam discusses in this episode of the Hot Mess Hotline, she and her team had to figure out how to use tools in new ways, provide clients with a needed service, and keep their doors open despite everything changing. 

Listen to this episode now.

See the full blog post at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-this-president-and-founder-used-her-strategic-plan-to-change-everything

Find Part 1 of Sam’s interview at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-a-network-of-trusted-advisors-helped-this-ceo-pivot-to-a-new-strategic-plan

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For Sam Julka, the President and Founder of DORIS Research, 2020 proved that strategic planning can sometimes have unintended or unexpected benefits, such as finding yourself with a team of great advisors during a global pandemic.

As a business that revolves around researching the physical office space of other companies, Sam faced immediate client loss and hard decisions.

It was clear that their 2020 strategic plan wasn’t going to happen, and instead, Sam needed a new plan.

See the full blog post at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-a-network-of-trusted-advisors-helped-this-ceo-pivot-to-a-new-strategic-plan

Find Part 2 of Sam’s interview at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-this-president-and-founder-used-her-strategic-plan-to-change-everything

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In Part 2 of Mike Loggins’ interview, we’re going behind the scenes to learn how Mike, a global vice president of IT, and his team changed their communication style by completely changing their workspace, and how “What can we do to make this work?” became the innovative question they needed to succeed.

See the full blog post and transcript at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-1-powerful-question-changed-an-entire-it-team

Find Part 1 of Mike’s interview at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-this-it-team-couldnt-change-their-culture

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Mike Loggins, a global vice president of IT, and I discuss how to improve communication within a team on this episode of the Hot Mess Hotline. When it came to team communication strategies, Mike had some ridiculous ambiguity on his hands.

Mike used to believe that if he just designed the best processes and bought the newest technology then, voila, there will be transformation and cultural change.

Here’s what it really takes: thinking from a new perspective. Mike and his team figured out that those beliefs were short-sighted.

See the full blog post at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-this-it-team-couldnt-change-their-culture

Find Part 2 of Mike’s interview at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-1-powerful-question-changed-an-entire-it-team

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Coming into 2020, when you thought of how to overcome change management challenges, you didn’t have the fallout of a global pandemic on your radar. If you’re Jim Morris, CEO of the Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity, you’re also facing the recent merger with another nonprofit.

And this is after a nearly 8-year competitive struggle with the board and staff of an organization that you lead. My interview with Jim Morris has so many relevant lessons learned on how to overcome change management challenges. How could it not when you’re facing THIS much change!

Part 2 of my conversation with Jim Morris includes keeping perspective, what he’s learned from the pandemic, improving team communication, and what he’d like his legacy to be. 

See the full blog post at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-a-nonprofit-ceo-learned-to-overcome-change-management-challenges

Find Part 1 of Jim’s interview at  https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/complex-conflict-this-ceo-found-himself-in-for-8-years

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Typically when I talk with a client about how to manage conflict, it’s within an organization. On this’s episode of the Hot Mess Hotline, Jim Morris, the CEO of Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity, and I discuss conflict with an outside, competing nonprofit. Jim found himself navigating both internal and external conflict as he spent 8 years in this hot mess with an organization that was supposed to be a collaborator, not a distraction. Learn how he handled it and more in this episode!

See the full blog post at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/complex-conflict-this-ceo-found-himself-in-for-8-years

Find Part 2 of Jim’s interview to hear how he navigated this situation with perseverance, at  https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/how-a-nonprofit-ceo-learned-to-overcome-change-management-challenges

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If you think change is hard, you’re doing it wrong. And you’re probably doing change management training wrong, too.

So what is change management training, and what’s the number one secret that every Pro Troublemaker knows about change? Friends, that’s what I’m talking about in today’s video!

I’m hitting three key points today in helping you to identify what change management training is best for your situation.

Pro Troublemakers know that successfully answering “What is Change Management?” is critical for leaders. If you haven’t seen my Pro Troublemaker series, I encourage you to go back and watch these videos! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGtE7Z43284OEl8NjI4l-FduwmnOYJ6D

See the full blog post and transcript at https://stefaniekrievins.com/what-is-change-management-training/

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Over the years I’ve learned that when people ask me what I do for a living, they always have a follow up question! For some, it’s how to deal with *that* coworker or boss: managing conflict within a team, what to do when you report to several people, and so on. For others, it’s how to reach that next level in the workplace, whether seeking a promotion, finding a new job, or beginning to think about how to start the succession planning process.

But the biggest question is “What IS coaching, anyway?” I love this question, because it lets me share the story of how I discovered coaching (hint: like many of my clients, it was when I needed to get out of a stuck place!) and my process for working with clients now.

See the full blog post and transcript at https://stefaniekrievins.com/what-is-coaching/

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Leaders, it’s time to budget for 2021 and today I’m here to say don’t cut your professional development budget!

I know it can be tempting, or even seem reasonable, to make cuts here. We’re approaching the recovery phase of COVID-19, you may be tasked with cutting costs in your budget, and you  may not even be sure how much to budget for professional development!  

Despite the uncertainty, I’ll say it again: don’t cut your professional development budget!

I’ve got three tips to share with you today. Then, it’s on you as a leader to recognize that professional development for each person brings benefit to your entire team, your team communication strategies, and your overall success. So don’t cut your professional development budget – refine it and put it to work for you!

See the full blog post and transcript at https://www.stefaniekrievins.com/dont-cut-your-professional-development-budget

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