disable autopilot

How To Disable Autopilot And Focus On What Really Matters

one BIG CONCLUSION I’ve made after 20 years of helping people change and develop is that experience is the best teacher.

But do listen to the thoughts and opinions of people you like and trust.

However, their experience will look different from yours. Their truth might be different, too.

Sources of inspiration are many. The one source of truth is your own.

WARNING: If there is a part of yourself that you are hiding from, it will not stay hidden for long. Not if you embrace these ideas.

Develop People

How To Develop People With Gestalt For Better Relationships

Recognizing and accepting the differences, including cultural ones, is key for building trust and moving forward.

However, to build trust and improve collaboration in a team (any team!), no one tool or method is enough – especially one developed in the last century.

Newsflash: You’re going to need more than a one-size-fits-all approach to develop a diverse team like yours – especially in the post-pandemic work landscape!

To develop your team and the individual team members, here are 3 reasons why developing people with Gestalt leads to better relationships.

build trust while leading critical conversations - build bridges, not walls

5 Easy Ways To Lead A Critical Conversation In A Way That Builds Trust

The next time you need to have a difficult conversation with someone, look at it as a chance build a bridge with them – a bridge that can help you cross a potential danger area together.

Rather than approaching it as a dreaded task that’s going to be difficult, approach it as a way to deepen your connection.

After all, if you go into a situation expecting it to be difficult or painful, it probably will be.

But if you go into it with eyes that are looking to connect and co-create, you’ll generate positive energy to lead the conversation while building trust.

Release Fear, Embrace Change

How To Help People Release Fear And Embrace Change

In this post, I provide 2 principles, 2 questions and 2 actions to help you understand your fears so you can release them and embrace change…

If you lead and manage people, you often need to look below the surface to uncover the real but hidden thoughts and feelings…

Once aware of where your people are, you can plan and implement effective interventions for a healthy workforce that can survive and thrive in times of change.

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How To Connect With People Before You Lead Them

…a head of department who’d like to help lead her people through a change:

Before she can win support for the change, she has to communicate in a way that inspires her key stakeholders (must-have #1).

Next, she has to collaborate in a way that motivates her partners and stakeholders to take action (must-have #2).

And before she can lead or influence anyone to do anything, she has to connect with them on a human level must-have (#3).