In this week’s solosode, we explore three insights about the nature of change.
Specifically, we look at what is not changing:
Wanting.
How our worldview shapes our actions.
Cycles.
Listen in to see how this can apply to your leadership strategies when it comes to leading change.
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Leadership insight: Knowing what is NOT changing can help your creative output
People’s wants change over time: fame, fortune, promotions, rest, rejuvenation, leisure. It’s the WANTING that does not change! When we are working on leading change, we need to remember that we are delivering to people’s desire for new experiences, new feelings. The rest is detail.
Why you should listen: our worldview shapes our leadership actions
Our worldview changes over time. What does not change is that our worldview shapes our choices and actions. As a leader, we need to know the map and read the territory. This can help as we design experiences and shape messages for the people we are serving: do they match what the others are wanting? More on vertical development here.
It’s the cycle itself that is unchanging. Season change. The CYCLE of the seasons does not. Even the Universe is expanding and will contract again.
A leadership mindset to adopt
When we expect endings, it frees us to make more beginnings. When we expect endings, it helps us to savour NOW. Leadership and life is bittersweet, don’t fight it, embrace it.
BOOKTOBER Book Reviews
Forever Skills by Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan
Curly Conversations for Teams by Kate Christiansen
Fully Connected by Mel Kettle
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Related episodes:
242 The people stuff of implementing change with Susan Davidson
225 Expanding leadership through polarities with author Brian Emerson
141 Could you be a Changemaker? With leadership expert Digby Scott
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.