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