396: How to lead culture change as an executive - with Dr. Alise Cortez
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Senior executives: When was the last time you took a good, hard look at your company’s culture? If you’re sitting in the executive seat, you already know—leading culture change is no small task. It can be challenging, complicated, and downright uncomfortable at times. But when it’s done right? It transforms everything. My special guest today is Dr. Alise Cortez and she’s simplifying how to lead culture change as an executive. She’s spent years guiding senior leaders through the deep work of aligning values, behaviors, and vision—and she knows firsthand what makes a culture...
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395: How to network + build strong working relationships, internally - with Seth McColley
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Let’s be honest: networking gets a bad rap. For many, it feels forced, awkward, and a little “icky.” But here’s the thing — the best networking you’ll ever do might not be at an industry happy hour… it’s inside your own company. The relationships you build internally can be the rocket fuel for your career growth, your influence, and even your day-to-day happiness at work. My special guest today is Seth McColley and he’s simplifying how to network + build strong working relationships, internally. Because when you understand how to connect across departments, build...
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B159: How to be a better leader (guided visualization)
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Time for a guided visualization exercise: How to be a better leader. And instead of giving you five tips on how to do it, why don’t we try something different? Let’s take the time, close our eyes, and visualize being a great people leader could look, sound, and feel like? So, how does it work? Simple! Let my voice be a guide for you as you focus inward to help you tap into your inner wisdom and Intuition for answers. Listen and participate in this guided visualization exercise: How to be a better leader. I hope this visualization sticks with you the entire week through. Do it...
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394: How to create impactful ERGs for your organization - with Kenny Braxton (ALL-STAR)
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Let’s talk about ERGs today… employee resource groups. They are affinity groups where you can connect, grow and learn with other folks at your organization over shared interests or backgrounds. For a larger company, ERGs can be a wonderful way to build community and a sense of belonging at work. But what if you don’t have one yet… and want to create one? My all-star special guest today is ERG expert Kenny Braxton and he’s simplifying how to create impactful ERGs for your organization. Let’s face it… some of us spend more time at work than we do with our family and friends....
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393: How to find + recruit great talent - with Kelly Simants (ALL-STAR)
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Switching gears, we’re now focused on simplifying topics for those who work in all aspects of HR, human resources next. Recruiters - are you struggling to find and recruit great talent these days? Word on the street is that recruiters are inundated with hundreds of applications for open roles but that doesn’t always mean they are qualified candidates. The result? It’s making it really hard to source the right people, like trying to find a needle in a haystack. My all-star special guest today is senior HR consultant and career coach, Kelly Simants and she’s simplifying how to find...
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392: How to manage 5 different generations at work- with Dana Dillard (ALL-STAR)
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We are in an unprecedented time right now where there are 5 different generations in the workforce. As a people leader, how can you effectively manage that wide spread of ages and background, keeping them motivated, engaged and productive? My all-star special guest today is author Dana Dillard and she’s simplifying how to manage 5 different generations at work. From 18 to those in their 80s, here’s the definitive source on how to manage anyone on your team by having a better understanding of what they’ve gone through (generationally) and how they view their work. Here’s how. My...
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B158: How to take action on a big goal (guided visualization)
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Time for a guided visualization exercise: How to take action on a big goal. If you’ve got a vision for something you really want to accomplish, either personally or professionally, this one is for you. Especially if you’ve been prone to procrastinating or struggling to begin. So, how does it work? Simple! Let my voice be a guide for you as you focus inward to help you tap into your inner wisdom and Intuition for answers. Listen and participate in this guided visualization exercise: How to take action on a big goal. You can do this, I believe in you.It’s time to SIMPLIFY. Show...
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391: How to level up by doing less - with Kate Northrup (ALL-STAR)
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What if I told you it was possible to level up by doing less? Would you give it a go? So many of us have been conditioned over the years that MORE is the answer. More hours in front of your computer. More hustle, more grind, more exertion = more success. So, umm… how’s that working out for you? For me… not so great. So, let’s talk about doing less, instead. My all-star special guest today is Kate Northrup and she’s simplifying how to level up by doing less. She taps into the wisdom gained by studying regenerative farming and gardening and it turns...
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390: How to simplify + organize your workspace - with Christy Lingo (ALL-STAR)
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Do you want to know how to organize your workspace like a pro? I don’t know about you, but the summer months always inspire me to declutter, and this year I’m going all out. Basically, I want to set fire to all the miscellaneous paper that I’ve collected this past quarter and start anew. Time to break out the fire pit and the marshmallows! My all-star guest today is the decluttering expert of Simple Solutions Organizing, and she’s here to help us all. My all-star special guest today is Christy Lingo and she is simplifying how to organize your workspace. This one is for you, if...
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389: How to cultivate healthy relationships - with Brianne Davis (ALL-STAR)
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One of the hardest things to grapple with in life is realizing when you are NOT cultivating healthy relationships… Why do we do that? Have you ever found yourself chasing unavailable people or constantly welcoming toxic patterns in people, over and over and over again? If so, how do you break the cycle? My all-star special guest today is Brianne Davis and she’s simplifying how to cultivate healthy relationships, both personally and professionally. If you’ve found yourself in relationships that are flat-out exhausting or ones that make you feel ‘less than’ or never enough, this...
info_outlineLet’s talk about how to form new habits that stick. Okay, okay, I’m curious… raise your hand if you were totally fired up at the beginning of this month to start afresh, change your life, or maybe flip one or two bad habits into better ones? Yup, me too. Now, keep your hand raised if you stuck with it all?
Energetically, I just felt a ton of hands went down all around the world… woof, me too! I think if we step back and zoom out a bit, we’d see that there is so much more at play here then what we thought at first glance.
Why do we, as humans, seem to have a hard time setting and sticking with new habits?
First off, let’s look at the data. Many studies have been done on New Year’s resolutions but let’s take a look at this one. John Norcross of the National Library of Medicine states that people typically have an 81% failure rate when it comes to their New Year’s resolutions.
81%!! That’s basically saying, 4 out of 5 people who set one don’t stick with them, but rather fall back into their old habits and patterns before they know it. But why is that?
Author James Clear (of Atomic Habits) has some ideas here… he believes there are 5 common mistakes that cause new habits to fail:
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Trying to change everything at once
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Instead, try to pick one thing and do it well.
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Starting with a habit that is too big
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It’s better to make this new habit super small and easy where you just can’t say no.
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Seeking a result, not a ritual
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…meaning it’s better to focus on changing the behavior, not the outcome. So, to translate… if you’ve got a goal to read 20 books this year, you focus on the fact that you are now someone who reads a book for the last 10 minutes of your day, right before bed. Make sense?
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Not changing your environment
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Rather, consider building an environment that promotes good habits. As James puts it… “it is nearly impossible to remain positive all of the time if you are constantly surrounded by negative people.”
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Assuming small changes don’t add up.
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James suggests just trying to “get one percent better each day.” That’s it, simple.
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Teeny tiny incremental behavior changes each and every day are the true way to get to where you want to go.
You can do this, I believe in you.
It’s time to SIMPLIFY.
Show notes available with all links mentioned here:
https://www.thesimplifiers.com/posts/b154-how-to-form-new-habits-that-stick-all-star