315: The Lens You Choose Shapes Your Life

Have you ever noticed how two people can experience the same event but walk away with entirely different perspectives?

In this episode, I share a striking contrast between two individuals on a birdwatching trip.

Their reactions caused me to reflect on how our attitudes shape our experiences and the energy we bring to those around us.

I’m the co-founder and president of Grow Strong Leaders. We’ve created online resources that help leaders strengthen their character and communication skills to build strong relationships and inspire others to perform at the highest level.

You’ll discover:

How your words and reactions influence those around you
The key mindset shift that leads to greater joy and connection
How to become more intentional about the perspective you bring to every situation
A simple yet powerful way to enhance your leadership and relationships

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176: How Michelin’s ICARE Model Creates Open Communication

How does a company with 100,000+ employees worldwide create a culture that everyone buys into…and more importantly, lives by? Marie-France Lechasseur explains how Michelin’s ICARE Model provides a common ground for the way people treat each other across the organization. You can feel her passion around these shared values and behaviors throughout our conversation! ICARE is an acronym for Inspiring, Create Trust, Awareness, Results, and Empowerment.

Marie-France is a Human Resources Business Partner and also a competency Director in Learning & Development at Michelin. She’s been on the team that’s helped bring ICARE to life within Michelin and with companies they’re acquired.

You’ll discover:

The importance of customizing content delivery for training programs
Differences in the preferred learning modes of different generations
Why employees in an acquired company quickly embraced the ICARE model
How the ICARE model provides a common set of values for having more productive conversations
How Marie-France applied the model with her future boss

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148: Insights from The Growth Strategist

Are you a person who’s always looking for ways to grow and expand? If so, you’ll love my conversation with Simon Haigh. And get ready to take notes. Simon shares valuable, practical ways for expanding your mindset and behaviors to become a more effective leader. Simon is founder and CEO of GCM Consulting and Simonhaigh.com. He’s known as The Growth Strategist because he helps organizations and leaders grow in 4 areas: business, leadership, brand, and mindset.

Simon started out as a tri-qualified commercial lawyer—in England & Wales, Australia, and Ireland. He’s been an entrepreneur, building and selling out of companies in 3 industries: technology, luxury items and travel. Simon has also been a C-suite executive and has sat on five boards across different industries. He’s currently an associate member of the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching Organization.

You’ll discover:

What Simon learned from Marshall Goldsmith about matching his confidence with his capabilities
The benefits of having clarity around your purpose
3 questions you can ask yourself every morning for 6 weeks to gain greater self-awareness
Why you can actually achieve more when you slow down
The importance of understanding both the light and dark side of yourself

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136: Wisdom from the Cage Rattler about Healing Life’s Pain

How can you work through the inevitable pain that you experience in life…and emerge stronger and more powerful? Dr. Bridget Cooper knows a thing or two about that. She endured unthinkable physical, emotional and sexual abuse from infancy and throughout her teen years. She overcame incredible odds to become a powerful voice for living life fully, no matter what adversity you’ve had in your past.

Dr. B is the bestselling author of six books including Little Landslides, which is her personal memoir of rising up through trauma. She’s created a proven process for being a Pain Rebel, empowering clients around the world to reclaim their power…and peace. Our conversation centered around this process, which she describes in her latest book, Pain Rebel: How We Take Our Power Back.

You’ll discover:

Why Dr. B refers to herself as a cage rattler
The importance of eliminating “should” from your thoughts and words
How to identify and eliminate old “contracts” so you can enter into new, healthier ones
The roles that Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors have in forming new contracts
The important distinction Dr. B makes between wounds and scars

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120: Aim for Expansion Not Balance

How do you respond to unexpected and unwelcome events in your life? My guest Vanessa Broers has walked this path herself and helps her coaching clients navigate these situations successfully, too. In our conversation, Vanessa shares specific lessons she learned during her pregnancy and her first year of motherhood. You won’t want to miss this interview, where you’ll learn how to see that “life’s challenges are specifically designed for your success.”

Vanessa is a life and performance coach and the host of a weekly live show on Facebook and YouTube called “Practical Magic.” She is the best copywriter, bar none, in describing her guest for an upcoming show…and her interviews are all excellent. Vanessa is the author of a book about her experience with motherhood called We Are One, which I’ve read and highly recommend.

You’ll discover:

The distinction Vanessa makes between “balance” and “integration” or “expansion”
Insights Vanessa gained during her pregnancy and first year of motherhood as a result of deep personal development work she did during that time
The experience that helped her discover how to take in the fullness of the present moment and not just one piece of it
Why Vanessa believes we’ve gotten “motherhood” all wrong
What she means when she tells clients to “stop asking for love like an infant”

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