181 Walk the Walk

10/05/21 • 15 min

Difficult Happens; Effective Communication for Bosses

Our best self makes all the plans but she doesn't always show up to implement them

The world is full of information, a plethora of knowledge is just a Bing search away, psych, we all use google. Yet with all this information at our fingertips, we can know a thing, understand it, but when it comes to implementing, it’s not as simple, we can have a hard time putting that information, that knowledge into practice.

So what do you need to make sure that you, and your team, walk the walk, and get implementing?

What you’ll hear on today’s episode:

What sinks a team
Learning vs knowing
What three things you need before you implement
The $325 billion dollar business getting in your way?

Join the Difficult Happens Facebook group “Community Happens Group”

Work with Lara:

Got a Question? Comment? Email [email protected]

Corporate Training

Difficult Happens by Lara Currie

Difficulthappens.com/workwithme/

Apply for an On-air Coaching Call!

Complimentary Breakthrough Consultation

Resources:

10 TIPS for Dealing with Difficult People

Series on Manipulation

Series on Assessments

Series on Conflict Personality-Types

Show Intro music by Scott Holmes Music

Listen for free on the go with any one of these players for both Android & iPhone

Our best self makes all the plans but she doesn't always show up to implement them

So what do you need to make sure that you, and your team, walk the walk, and get implementing?

What you’ll hear on today’s episode:

What sinks a team
Learning vs knowing
What three things you need before you implement
The $325 billion dollar business getting in your way?

Join the Difficult Happens Facebook group “Community Happens Group”

Work with Lara:

Got a Question? Comment? Email [email protected]

Corporate Training

Difficult Happens by Lara Currie

Difficulthappens.com/workwithme/

Apply for an On-air Coaching Call!

Complimentary Breakthrough Consultation

Resources:

10 TIPS for Dealing with Difficult People

Series on Manipulation

Series on Assessments

Series on Conflict Personality-Types

Show Intro music by Scott Holmes Music

Listen for free on the go with any one of these players for both Android & iPhone

Previous Episode

180 Using Stories to Relate to Clients with Carol Cox

This is a juicy episode filled with the way’s that you can use stories in your everyday work life, from the boardroom to the stage. Carol and I talk about everything from our personal struggles and successes to the DNA of the feminine, from speaker hijackers to why Emma should stop watching Law and Order SVU.

Carol tells us how she uses the three-act story structure and the Hero’s journey when working with clients. There are lots of free giveaways on dealing with conflict and a strategic speaking guide.

What you’ll hear in this podcast:

Stories help us see ourselves in others experiences
Stories help us ‘rewrite history’ so that we can see a better way
We don’t know how our personal story can impact others and the work that we do
Throughout history it was dangerous for Women to speak their truth
How recognizing patterns can help your storytelling
Do an after-action review post speaking engagement, guest podcast episode, board meeting etc.
Practice and repeat you message as often as possible to become more comfortable
Visualize your environment
Use skills practice and reflection to become a better speaker

Resources:

10 TIPS for Dealing with Difficult People

Series on Manipulation

Series on Assessments

Series on Conflict Personality-Types

Work with Lara:

Got a Question? Comment? Email [email protected]

Corporate Training

Difficult Happens by Lara Currie

Difficulthappens.com/workwithme/

Show Intro music by Scott Holmes Music

Listen for free on the go with any one of these players for both Android & iPhone

Next Episode

182 Leadership & Loneliness

On top of everything else that you have had to deal with this past year, now loneliness is on the rise, and the impact of loneliness on you and the work you do is impactful.

Douglas Nemecek, MD, chief medical officer for behavioral health at Cigna says that the impact of loneliness on your health is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day and is possibly worse than obesity and that isolated people risk having a significantly shorter life span.

I don’t think it's any surprise that any stress on your emotions impacts you physically, as the saying goes, your body keeps the score of your emotions.

Contact with others is not connection, while you may interact with a lot of people, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you are connecting with them. On today's episode, signs of loneliness, what to watch out for, and what to do about it.

What you’ll hear on today’s episode: