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Urstoria- Episode 5 - The Look

Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

Release Date: 02/25/2017

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

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. 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 Guest: Dean McAlister LinkedIn:  

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

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): Dean McAlister LinkedIn Profile:

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

This conversation applauds “B” players in organizations, their contribution to execution, results and change management in an organization. While “A” and “C” players can draw a lot of attention, it’s the “B” players who are the lifeblood of the organization and vital to the execution of any strategy.

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

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!

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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!

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

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?

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

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.

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - 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.

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

In this episode, the choice is simple, we can reinvent or we can atrophy…which do you choose? Dean McAlister discusses 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? We speak about looking at leadership and development with the lens of “who” we want to be and not “what” we want to be.

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Urstoria - It's Your Story - Tell it!

We spend a lot of energy trying to avoid it, prevent it, but, despite our best intentions - we are confronted with failure.  What do you do next?  What is your attitude toward failure? This episode we explore Failure and learn to look forward to the learnings gained from failure.

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It's your story - tell It! I'm your host and storytelling enabler - Jenn Wegrzyn.  Carol Styliades joins us on UrStoria today to tell us her TRUE love story. If you've ever wondered, "Will I ever find love?" or "Am I settling?" or "How will I know?" - this is the podcast for you.

If you have a story you feel others might want to hear, Connect through Story on the show website www.urstoria.com.