The Equipped for Change® Podcast

So often we think about leadership and growth as something that applies to our work with teams and others within our organizations. But to really be successful as a leader, you have to first know yourself. Join Keisha A Rivers, Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she provides strategies, tips, insights and actionable steps to help you to understand how to spur your own learning, leadership and growth.

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Leadership Development is perhaps the #1 request for training and development services that we receive. But what does that mean really? For most people, they're talking about developing skills such as decision making, productivity, process and talent management. But what if instead of focusing on those skills for a select number of people, your organization creates an overall culture where EVERYONE leads? Join Keisha A Rivers, President and Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she provides strategies and insights that will enable you to develop a culture of leadership instead just focusing on training individual people.

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In team and group dynamics inevitably you're going to have to ask questions in order to work together and achieve outcomes. But how can you ask questions in a way that allow you to enhance and further the discussion instead of making others think that you're just challenging what's being said? Join Keisha A Rivers, President & Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she provides insights on the foundations of the Art of Questionning and provides some actionable steps that will help you to become better at asking questions in your organization.

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We all do it. Even if we don’t admit it—we all talk to ourselves.

Most times there are all of these “under your breath” type of comments that we make, like “How could you forgotten THAT?” or “I hope no one else saw that”. But then there are the other comments that are a bit more critical and sometimes downright mean—“OMG how could I have been SO stupid?” or “I’m a complete idiot. WHY do I keep messing up?!”

Join Keisha A Rivers, President & Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she provides tips and insights on what it means when the voices in your head aren't saying what you want them to, and provides actionable steps to help you turn that internal conversation around.

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Being serious about your career means that you're serious about improving your skills, enhancing your leadership abilities and invested in making the right connections. But even in doing all of that, could you be missing one of the most important things--your finances? Join us as we sit down with Sonya Smith-Valentine, President of Financially Fierce, as she discusses how ignoring your money management skills can negatively impact your career and provides some actionable steps that you can take right now to begin to turn things around. You don't want to miss this one!

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So many times we find ourselves doing the same old thing and approaching life the same old way. Well, what would your life look like if you were a bit more open to the art of improv? Join us as guest Caitlin Drago of Inspire Improv provides great tips and insights on how you can use the art of improv in your personal and professional life to create more dynamic relationships and more successful outcomes.

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So many times we ask ourselves "What was I thinking?!" when we run into situations and circumstances that don't turn out just right. But what if instead of waiting until AFTER things didn't turn out the way we'd hoped, we thought about what we're thinking BEFORE or DURING the event/episode? Join Keisha A Rivers as she talks about the importance of thinking about what you're thinking and how that leads to and helps you to sustain your success.

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How do we get more done?! That seems to always be the question that people, teams and organizations want answered. Join Keisha A Rivers, President & Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she provides 3 tips that you can immediately implement to assist you in solving your Productivity Problems.

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Failure is the dreaded F-word in any organization, but should it be? How do we learn if we don't create a culture where we're encouraged to try new things and test the waters? How can we create teams and organizations that are innovative and cutting edge if we don't "fail" at some point? Join Keisha A Rivers, President & Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she outlines key differences between developing a culture of fear and creating a community of learning and innovation.

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So many organizations are providing countless training opportunities in reaction to issues that arise. But what if "training" wasn't the answer? Join Keisha A Rivers, President and Chief Outcome Facilitator of The KARS Group LTD as she talks about why training isn't the answer and lays out the fundamental components of how to create a learning environment that will speak to and enhance your success.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit equippedforchange.substack.com