bring it thriving in the sea of change emily bennington work+space conscious career design

BRING ITThriving in the Sea of Change

Emily BenningtonWork+Space Conscious Career Designwww.EmilyBennington.com

Today you’re going to learn how to

take your power back. • Top three reasons we react to life and work

challenges.

• The radically effective (but counterintuitive) way to respond to any challenge with composure.

• Two things needed to develop the “changeless core” needed for leadership and five things that block it.

What would it look like to handle change well?

Unfortunately, most of us go through the day like this.

Prefrontal cortex

(the boss)

Left Brain(logic)

Right Brain(emotion)

What if you’re only

bringing

50% of your

best thinking to

your biggest

work and life

challenges?

Experience

Select Data

Add Meaning

Draw Conclusions

Take Action

Ladder of Inference

Experience

Select Data

Add Meaning

Draw Conclusions

Take Action

Ladder of Inference

Interrupting the story.

1. Reduce your speed. 2. Increase your awareness.

The Counterintuitive Response

NO AWARENESS AWARENESS

“I’m angry.”“I’m noticing feelings of

anger.”

Stimulus Response

This is where your

choice (i.e. your POWER) lives.

The way to handle change is to focus on things that don’t change.

1. Values.

2. Connection.

On a scale of 1-5 how would you rate your

ability to connect with others?

#1 Distracted Listening

If I had a dollar for every time I got distracted, I wish I had some ice cream.

#2 You think you already know.

#3 You Don’t Care

#3

Just

the

facts.

Tell me about an amazing experience you’ve had in your life.

#4 You’re Hijacking

True Connection Here’s what you’re listening for:

Values

Emotion

Data

Tell me about an amazing experience you’ve had in your life.

The easiest thing to do during difficult conversations is to shut down and / or walk away. (This is

also the least helpful.)

“People cannot handle change until there’s a changeless core inside of them.”

- Stephen Covey

What would ____________do right now?

Taking your power back. Top three reasons we react to life and work challenges. 1. Fight or flight 2. We get stuck on the ladder3. We project what we reject.

The radically effective (but counterintuitive) way to respond to any challenge with composure. 1. Reduce your speed. 2. Detach from your thoughts.

The two focus areas for a “changeless core”.

1. Values.

2. Connection.

Every interaction is a touchpoint.

The sum total of your touchpoints =

YOUR REPUTATION

Your Reputation = Your Opportunities

The test of truth.

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