The Change Artist

"Instead of fighting [sexism] and saying we don't want to do this, let's just stop doing it.  Let's just stop using gender as this meta context and the most important thing when writing about women in their fields."

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Christie Aschwanden, science journalist, author, and advocate for the Finkbeiner Test - a checklist to help science journalists avoid gender bias in articles about women in science.  She shares her insight around how what we choose, or choose NOT, to say or write about plays a role in driving change.  

To learn more about the Finkbeiner test, you can check it out here on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finkbeiner_test.  You can learn more about Christie's work on her website, www.christieaschwanden.com, see what she's writing about these days at Last Word on Nothing, https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/, and  follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Mastadon under the handle @CragCrest.  You can also check out her podcast on the creative process, Emerging Form, at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emerging-form/id1453909552.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call. 

"The management skill for this era is knowing how to communicate with your team, and to create a holding space, often remotely, in the face of so much uncertainty."  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Morra Aarons-Mele, a global speaker, best-selling author, and strategic communications consultant.  She's also the host of the The Anxious Achiever, a podcast on a mission to reframe how we think about anxiety and mental health at work.  She shares her insights around the anxiety that change can induce, and the power of shifting our personal and group narratives to help build a positive environment for change.  

To learn more about Morra's work and connect with her directly, you can reach her on LinkedIn at  https://www.linkedin.com/in/morraaaronsmele/.  Be sure to check out her podcast, The Anxious Achiever, wherever you get great podcasts, and keep an eye out for her upcoming book, also titled The Anxious Achiever - https://a.co/d/fJhIR5w.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call. 

"Your industry may be technology or medicine or research, but the business that you're in is the people business."  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Jay Williams, an author, speaker, and communication coach focused on helping his clients create alignment among leaders and executives to ensure clarity of values, company culture, strategic priorities, and key business metrics.  He shares his insights around empathetic communication that not only reframes change within our organizations, but engenders the emotional commitment that is the ultimate trigger for discretionary performance.  

To connect with Jay directly, you can reach him at www.jaywilliamsco.com.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call. 

"Your thoughts become your words.  Your words become your actions." - Gandhi  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Akua Nyame-Mensah, an executive coach, recognized facilitator, and former start-up leader who supports reluctant, fire-fighting, and overwhelmed leaders.  She shares her insights around not only the language we use with others, but also the language we use with ourselves and how that enables us to thrive through change.  

To connect with Akua directly, you can reach her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/akuanm/) or at her website at https://www.akuanm.com/.  Also be sure to check out her podcast, Open Door Conversations wherever you listen to great podcasts.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call. 

 "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint Exupéry.   

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Alex Echols, a coach, consultant, and speaker focusing on the intersection of emotional intelligence-based leadership, mindfulness, and wealth building, as well as the best-selling author of The Two-Week Notice.  He shares his insight on the role of mindfulness in behavior change and effective leadership.  

To connect with Alex directly, you can reach him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexechols/) or with his Instagram handle, HeyAlexEchols.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call. 

How do we understand the behavior of others?  As leaders, how do we tailor our approach to the individuals on our team to help everyone be as successful as possible?  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Gregg Gregory, a teambuilding mastermind with over 25 years of experience helping organizations build the leadership, cultlure and teaming behaviors that allow them to produce breakthrough results.  In our conversation, Gregg shares his insights around those teaming behaviors, what makes good teams tick, and how we drive the right behaviors on our teams to make them as effective as possible.  

To learn more about Gregg and his work, you can visit him at www.teamsrock.com, or check out his social media profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn using the handle Teams Rock.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call.

How do we understand our work in the context of the broader organization? How does that understanding impact our engagement with the change initiatives going on around us?  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Kevin Herring, founder of Ascent Management Consulting, specializing in work-group and business unit turnarounds, coaching and other workforce performance solutions. He shares his insights on the importance of our orientation toward the people in your organization and the importance of knowledge sharing to empower employees and foster high levels of engagement and achievement.  

To learn more about the 90-day Turnaround, you can visit https://ascentperformanceinstitute.teachable.com/p/the-90day-turnaround.  You can also reach Kevin directly through his website: https://ascentmgt.com/  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call.

"Behavior change is what backs up good intentions or the desire to correct something."  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Diana Alt, career growth coach and strategist, who shares her insights on the importance, as a team, of getting on the same side of a mission or problem as a way to maintain a productive relationship to the hard work that needs to be done.

To learn more, you can visit Diana at  www.dianaalt.com, or on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/dianakalt/

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call.

"If the external environment is moving faster than your internal environment, then you're going to fall behind until you fall over, whether we're talking about 'you' as a person or 'you' as an organization."  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Rich Alderton, a speaker and coach with over 25 years leading change in some of the world's most innovative organization, who shares his insights on how to improve our ability to adapt and how that contributes to our ability to thrive through change.  

To learn more, you can visit Rich at his website www.highperformancechange.com.  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call.

"When we can really understand what's driving behavior in the first place, we can find ways to meet those needs in a better way and create a path of least resistance with our change."  

This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Chris Gray, pioneering expert in buyer psychology and purchase behavior, who shares his insights on relationships as the foundation of effective change.  

To learn more, you can visit Chris at his website www.thebuycologist.com, or email him directly at [email protected]  

To learn more about how to bring conversations like these to your team or organization, you can visit us at www.blueswiftconsulting.com to schedule a complementary intro call.