So I'm basically a mischief-maker on a mission...
I've had the amazing opportunity to travel the world and run workshops and trainings, speak, and meet fantastic people. I'm a Biochemist turned Creative turned Project Manager turned Host Leader. Still connected to all the sciencey stuff, I love to yammer on about Neuro-Positivity as you can see in this sample clip...
In training, empowering, and activating Project Managers across the globe, I became known for my pep talk:
"PM: The M stands for MANAGER... Not MAGICIAN... Not MINION... And the P is for PROJECT... Not PUSHOVER... Not PATSY... NOT PASSIVE."
I train my PM's on exactly how to avoid common project pain points, how to be an advocate for the most applicable project framework for the project at hand, how to be host leaders, contain their brains (and their team's brains), make a rockstar first impression on new projects, and to mend and build relationships in the process. It's about COMPETENCE + CONFIDENCE + BEING THE VOICE OF REASON (again, not magicians) and HEART, with sprinkles of VALUE CO-CREATION through and throughout.
My mission involves positivity over negativity, productivity over spinning in circles, value co-creation over time wasting, reality over hallucinations, connection over control, and trauma-informed above-the-line habits over below-the-line habits... Unless I see a dog, and then it's: LATER HUMANS.
PM STUFF
I bet you're not surprised to hear the Project Managers are among the most stressed out employees. Year after year they make the list. I have a track record of training PM's to confidently and successfully run their projects. AND I teach them how to de-stress and claim resilience for themselves and the teams they lead. They laugh, they feel sane, they use what they learn to run more successful projects.
HOST LEADERSHIP
I'm big on sharing the Host-Guest metaphor when it comes to leading teams. It is easy to grasp and use, from initiating to conflict management to tossing out the metaphorical party favors. I am one of the contributors in the Host Leadership Fieldbook, sharing how to use host leadership when undergoing process improvements. This includes being assertive and proactive conflict management -- handling conflict as a host.
INNER GAME
Inner game includes assessing and addressing our inner states. I call them BE WHAT's: beliefs, emotionality, words, habits, actions, and thoughts. Just like we know that the strategy to "eat right and exercise" is how we stay healthy, tactics get the job done. Strategy without execution is hallucination. (And again, I'm not big on magic.) A great mindset is strategic. The BE WHAT's are the tactics that make it so.
TAKE A SEAT, HAVE A READ!
I blog over on BetterAndBetterer.com
I also host the pod from time to time!