Leadership Impact

How do we create a breakthrough with anyone, anytime, anywhere? How do we have tough conversations? How do we get out of tough situations that are intractable? It all starts with one key -- and with it, we suddenly start to see things differently. We begin to question things. We learn things that we did not know before. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams illuminate one shift that can disarm stalemates, catalyze creative problem solving, and support authentic learning.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-29-how-to-create-breakthroughs-with-anyone/

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Fundamentally, humans are not awesome at distinguishing between requests and requirements. That point of miscommunication easily erodes trust in relationships and undermines a team's focus on priority projects. When we begin to see where the wires get crossed (and the huge impact that causes), new pathways for circumventing these problems become apparent. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they unpack this ubiquitous breakdown and give us conversational doorways to getting onto the same page with our bosses, colleagues, direct reports, spouses, and children.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-28-how-to-distinguish-requests-from-requirements/

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What if there were a way to have your team's performance improve without "holding them accountable" or "holding their feet to the fire" or "enforcing standards"? There is a more effective and less painful way to generate results. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they debunk these traditional methods and show us how to, instead, inspire accountability.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-27-stop-holding-people-accountable/

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Sure, we're happy to engage in partner-based leadership when things are going well...but as soon as something goes wrong we slip right into managing the issue "back into line!" We're left agitated and our "partners" are left defeated, with no option to regain their footing in the project or the relationship. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they highlight the meaningful steps to take the next time you encounter a breakdown, including practical language that can help you navigate these moments with partnership--for your sake and theirs.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-26-how-to-stop-managing-and-start-partnering/

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How often do you count on your memory to record the tasks and activities you intend to do? Our short term memory only retains about seven pieces of information at a time...and, even then, only for about 20 seconds. Relying on memory or notes that are written on napkins, the back of our hands, or random pieces of paper, sets us up to miss deadlines, omit key project criteria, or forget to take any action at all. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they break down how to increase your completion and accuracy rates by putting your promises into existence.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-25-words-disappear-how-to-make-your-commitments-concrete/

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What is your go-to under stress -- anxiety and late nights? Righteousness and swooping in as the hero? Resignation and gossip? Fear and hiding out? With the constant barrage of things coming at us each day and minefields of unreliable people in our lives, human beings tend to react with habitual moods, thoughts, and patterns of behavior. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they unveil the several "default escape strategies" and what we can do about them.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-24-get-to-know-your-default-escape-strategies/

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Others have expectations of us. Sometimes they are explicit and agreed upon, but -- more often than not -- they are unstated, not agreed upon, and wreaking havoc on our relationships, our collaborations, and our wellbeing, whether it is the mother-in-law who expects every holiday to be celebrated at their home or the colleague who expects same-day turnaround on every request. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they look at the game-changing strategy that allows us to powerfully navigate the expectations minefield in our work and our lives, improving workability, performance, and trust.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-23-how-to-deal-with-others-expectations-of-you/

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Whether it's in business, our personal relationships, or life in general, we all make mistakes. It is how we respond to these mistakes that makes the difference in our relationships. Accountability is at the crux of remedying our mistakes. Often times, when we fess up, level up, and go beyond what is expected, we create a stronger sense of trust from those who have been directly impacted by our mistakes. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they speak to the power of owning up to your mistakes and the capacity to be vulnerable as a strategy for improving and deepening relationships.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-22-how-to-mess-up-and-actually-improve-your-relationships/

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Life is full of incompletions -- open loops of unanswered emails; vague coffee invitations; big projects we need to 'get to'; kids' recitals; the nagging awareness that we really should be should be eating better or going to the gym; and dishes -- so many dishes. With all the demands on our attention coming at us all day, every day, it is predictable that our trying-not-to-forget-it-all, is always stealing a part of our awareness and attention, whether we're in the middle of a meeting or a family dinner. Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they propose an alternative to the haze of all-the-things-there-are-to-do-and-handle.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-21-how-to-free-up-your-brain-and-your-life/

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Most of the time, we think of accountability as what happens "after-the-fact" -- once something has gone wrong and it's time to ferret out the responsible party. The trouble is, this doesn't give us the opportunity to intervene before we have missed the mark on what we set out to achieve in the first place! Join Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams as they explorate an alternative: accountability could, instead, be the set of perspectives and practices that we employ to maintain a condition for success. When we reallocate our concern and attention from after-the-fact to before-the-fact, we can intervene in performance quickly and stay on-course to achieve our mission.

For full shownotes: https://www.tgn-consulting.com/season-2-episode-20-the-importance-of-creating-a-condition-for-success/

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