Advice for transforming leadership, culture, Curiosity, and communication from Beth Wonson
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Does your organization avoid strategic planning because it is time-intensive, labor-intensive and a little scary? Listen in to find out how my strategic planning process actually helps your team learn new ways to communicate, engage in conflict, and solve complex problems – all while developing a flexible and agile 5-year plan!
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Why It’s Better to Focus Your Feedback
How do you feel when you get an email that says, “If this doesn’t pertain to you, please disregard”? Many new clients tell me this is their strategy when trying to get one recipient to change their behavior. This blanket-messaging strategy causes high-performing staff to waste time. Here’s why…
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Some Is Good. More Is Better.
Making a commitment to behavioral change is easy. Heck, I do it every January 1! But practicing new skills is where change gets tricky, and that can be further complicated by goals for perfection. In this Bit of Beth, I offer tips on the perfect amount of practice for developing new skills. Click for more Bit of Beth videos » http://BethWonson.com/bit-of-beth
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Unblock Your Perspective: Listen More, Learn More, and Get More Done
Our ego wants to protect us from being wrong, and in our effort to be right, we may close our mind to other perspectives, supporting our isolated view even when we would benefit from seeing what things look like from someone else’s perspective.Listen in (or read on) for two stories on perspective-taking – one imaginary and one true – that demonstrate how listening better and more often can help your organization move forward and get more done.
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Hack That System!
Is there something in your work environment that you just can’t stand anymore? How about hacking the system – start by asking yourself these two simple questions! Click for more Bit of Beth videos » http://BethWonson.com/bit-of-beth
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How Office Drama Costs Your Organization, Part 2
The story about a meeting meltdown and its aftermath continues…In this second and final “episode”, you’ll see how the chaos spread through the management tier all day and well into the night.As with last week’s Part 1, as you listen to or read the tale, notice how – and how many – people were affected, and think about all the places where you hear time (and, therefore, money) leaking out of this organization due to a single moment of drama and the subsequent distractions and confusion.
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Did You Make a Shift But Forget to Tell Anyone?
We are in a time of expedient change. And with that, many organizations are reworking their systems, realigning processes to better serve their clients or members, and working with a deep sense of urgency to keep up. I am working with several organizations that are just coming out of this period of realignment, and they are now ready for maintenance and continued innovation within the new framework they’ve built. But as they enter this new phase of sustainability, they are finding that the culture and behaviors required for realignment are not the same as those required for maintenance and innovation.…
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How Office Drama Costs Your Organization, Part 1
This story about a meltdown in a meeting and the chaos that followed is based on a situation that occurred in an organization I worked with. As you listen to the tale, notice how – and how many – people were affected, and think about all the places where you hear time (and, therefore, money) leaking out of this organization due to a single moment of drama and the subsequent distractions and chaos.
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Judgment Is a Hall of Mirrors
We are hardwired to make judgments – both positive judgments and negative judgments. Why? Because when we make judgments about how others show up in the world, we are also learning something about ourselves. http://BethWonson.com/bit-of-beth
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Unwritten Rules
Unwritten rules are rules that we’ve created or adopted that govern our decision-making and our behavior patterns. They’re barely noticeable to anyone else, but when they’re challenged, they cause us discomfort, bring up conflict within us, and make us wonder – and judge – why other people don’t follow the same rules we do.Listen in (or read on) to see how unwritten rules impact your relationships at work and at home and, maybe, hold you back from your full potential. And to hear the thing about my Christmas tree…
Leveling up Leadership and Culture Through Healthy and Candid Communication
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