On this episode we discuss practical ways to build margin into your calendar, week and year to maximize your impact at work and remain true to your own self-development.

It's Your Story.  Create it, write it, tell it.

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Some of the resources mentioned in this episode are:

How to Stay Focused When You're Working From Home by Elizabeth Grace Saunders.  Harvard Business Review, Sept 28 2017

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Lessons From a Life in Motion https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Life-Motion-Jennifer-Wegrzyn/dp/1543995845

Guest: Dean McAlister LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanmcalister/

 

In this episode we discuss Leaders Letting Go.  Dean McAlister shares a specific recent example of him letting go as a leader and we talk generally about why, how and when letting go can make space to unleash potential in you and your team.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinders 2.0):

https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx

Dean McAlister LinkedIn Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanmcalister/

Click here to purchase Lessons From A Life in Motion

This conversation applauds "B" players in organizations, their contribution to results, execution and change management.  While the "A" and "C" players can attract more attention, it's the "B" players who are the lifeblood of the organization and vital to the execution of any strategy. Thank you to guest Dean McAlister for his insight.

How does this fit in with your story?  Have you ever been successful in an initiative because you focused on the Middle?

Go to our website to contact us or to see the references mentioned in the episode - www.urstoria.com.

 

Conflict - Don't avoid it!  Conflict can be used to cause change for the good.  Listen to why conflict should be something to lean into and how to make it work for you!

Mentioned in the episode:

Forsyth & Donelson, Group Dynamics, 1980.

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

Scott Moldenhauer - Persuasion Consultants

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It's Your Story - Create it, Write it, Tell it!  This episode is focused and full of content and applications that will help you pull through the next initiative, strategy or training to the finish and make it stick!  www.urstoria.com

Referenced in Episode:

• Simon Sinek - Start With Why
• Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling - The 4 Disciplines of Execution

 

Tom Mebert returns to be with us again on UrStoria (see Episode 3 “Be Your Authentic Self”). Tom’s back to take us through all of the events of late that have made him even more passionate about spirituality. We discuss how professionals who want to develop and be successful in their careers can negotiate and balance the dichotomy between spirituality and the workplace. Are they so different? Do you need to give up one for the other? You can check out Tom’s blog for yourself at www.spritaddict.com.

Kent Schlink shares his incredible near-death experience.  He not only survives, but, thrives in this amazing story.  This is one you should hear if you're interested in motivation and goal-setting.

It's Your Story- Create it, write it, tell it!

Jenn Wegrzyn hosts UrStoria - a podcast that uses story to connect, entertain and inform...Gut instinct vs Over-analysis - how much analysis is too much?  When do we need to be confident in our gut instinct and move forward? When do we need to do more analysis? We tackle all these scenarios and more with guest Dean McAlister.

It's Your Story - Create it! Write it! Tell It!!

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In this episode, the choice is simple, we can reinvent or we can atrophy…which do you choose?  Dean McAlister and I discuss why, if Professional Development is so important and can be linked to higher profit margins, does it get swept under the rug for more pressing priorities?  What do organizations stand to lose if they do this?  How do we take control and do what is best for us?  We speak about looking at development with the lens of “who” we want to be and not “what” we want to be.   It’s your story - tell it!  For show notes and references go to www.urstoria.com.

References mentioned in this episode:

Start with Why by Simon Sinek

4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey & Jim Huling

Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch by Curt W. Coffman & Kathie Sorensen, Phd

Reagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz

Dean McAlister LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-mcalister-231b2414

UrStoria listeners, we spend a lot of energy trying to avoid it, prevent it, but sometimes, despite our best intentions - we are confronted with failure.  What do you do next?  What is your attitude toward failure?  Is it different if failure is an individual or a team failure?  These are some things to think about during this episode as we explore Failure, get cozy with it and learn to look forward to the learnings gained from failure.

Dean McAlister shares a professional failure with us to demonstrate why you wouldn't want to fear or forget about it, but, instead use it as a step toward success.

It's Your Story, Tell it!

References mentioned in the episode:

Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell