The Workplace Chameleon with Dr. Celina

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What stories get told in your team or workplace?  Are they stories that help your team move forward or hold you back?  In this episode Dr. Celina shares that recently she has been witness to false narratives in organizations that are limiting their potential.  While stories themselves can be powerful, when incorrect or inaccurate they can do lots of harm.  She'll share with you steps you can take to change your thinking and shift your vision forward to telling new and better stories that will help you, your team, and your organization grow.

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What is the status of your relationships at work?  And Dr. Celina doesn't mean Facebook status.  How healthy are they?  What have you contributed and committed to for strengthening the relationship?  We depend on each other to deliver the work we promised.  Roles, tools, and resources are only parts of what make that work.  Healthy effective relationships are key to influencing others and building stronger connections.  Reflect on questions posed in this episode that will help you make better moves with your team and all those you impact.

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Dr. Celina takes on the responsibility of leadership to take good care of people, even when they annoy or dislike them.  With a few thought provoking questions and stories, this episode will ask you to question what efforts you are making to be a better leader, colleague, or person.  As leaders, we may not understand everyone but it is our responsibility to lead them.

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Dr. Celina sees prioritization in our organizations as one of key discussion points team have to have candid conversations about.  In this episode she explores the issue of timing.  Saying something isn't a priority doesn't mean it isn't important, it may just be "not now".  To do this, we need to understand our goals and strategy with crystal clear vision, know that we have to make and remake organizations, let go of history and old rules that are holding us back and a few more things that Dr. Celina notes.

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In your organization, what causes the gaps in leadership?  Is it not having the right people?  Is it an unwillingness to move into those roles?  Is it ineffectiveness or bad behavior?  Effective organizations rely on great leadership and great leadership has to be cultivated.  What is the vision and plan to grow leadership in your company?  Without it, there is a gap that impacts everything.

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We are kicking off Season 2 with new music, new energy, and lots of learning.  Our first feature in this and future episodes will be specific examples of what Dr. Celina is seeing in companies and today starts us off with a few reflections of hot topics and hard challenges.  From there she looks at strength versus resiliency and what organizations, teams, and individuals need to focus on to not only bounce back but take on the challenges to come, even stronger than ever.

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Dr. Celina proposes that we need to normalize doubt, especially during change.  Sharing a few of her own stories that play in her mind and shape her own confidence, she explores the initial findings of imposter syndrome and ways to overcome your uncertainty, lack of confidence and feeling like “someone else” is more capable or qualified.  We need you.  This episode also wraps up Season 1.  Stay tuned as we come back in early June with a full new season, co-hosts, thought-provoking insights, and more workplace chameleon humor.

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In this episode, Dr. Celina talks about teams under strain and pressure. She talks about focusing on the things we can focus on, coming together, and clarifying priorities. She also addresses what are our goals and what we can do right now.  When little cracks start showing up, we need to pay attention and right now, everyone is feeling a lot of potential stress fractures.

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Life has a way of reminding us how precious time is.  Dr. Celina explores how that is also true in teams and organizations, too.   Time that is not mindfully managed can never be regained only borrowed from something else.  While individual time management techniques are important, teams also need to manage their time, align priorities, and truly understand the work to be done in order to achieve goals, strategies, and mission.  Listen in to hear Dr. Celina share key points that you can take back to your team about how to manage limited hours in your day.

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Have you ever had a "do over" moment?  That situation when you just wanted to undo, redo, and fix?  Dr. Celina shares her own insight where she dug in her heels, got stubborn, and wanted a "do over," then transitioned to a moment of learning. She offers some ideas about what it takes to be adaptable in times of change when we happen to make a mistake, especially the tough ones when we just want to fix it, control it, and hang on even longer.