Say yes to YOU?
Do you keep telling yourself āthe timeās not right?ā
āIām too busyā
āThings are too uncertainā
āIāll get round to it whenā¦ā¦ā
If you didnāt sign up for myĀ Lead with Confidence in Challenging TimesĀ programme back in May there might be a good reason.
I get it.
Itās not for everyone
IāmĀ not for everyone.
Thatās as it should be.
The first group have nearly completed the programme now and every single one of the group has made big steps.
Like Shona Drummond who says:
āAs a result of working with Lynn on this programme, I have been given a 3 month project to lead on which is at a more senior level to mine AND Iām applying for more senior roles. Something Iād been holding back on. This has boosted my confidence and belief in myself no endā.
Or Susie Burdekin who says:
'Iāve been able to put myself 'out thereā more and raise my profile in my industry. Iāve struggled with confidence and profile raising in the past and procrastinated behind the ābusy being busyā excuse for a long time. But since working with ...
Your faulty thinking is killing your resilience
As always Iām taking a break from writing new blogs in August to recharge my batteries (I try to practise what I preach) so over this month I will be sharing four of this yearās most popular blog posts with you. If you havenāt read them yetā¦.hereās your chance!
This week itās about resilience.
In the series I wrote on theĀ Six Characteristics of a Resilient Team, we looked at the topics of common purpose, team norms, trust and candid conversations.Ā
I wrote about thinking traps fairly recently so Iām not going to repeat myself on that front.
But I will say this. The more teams can become aware of their own āfaulty thinkingā, particularly the faulty thinking that is eroding their resilience, the better.
One of the teams I have been working with recently had a collective āthinking trapā of āexternalisingā. Blaming each other for lack of collaboration on key projects, complaining to the CEO about other...
