Jennifer Selby Long

And the way that we build hope is by envisioning what your life will look like, say 12 to 18 months from now, if the change turns out in the best possible way. And if you're a leader, this is often a gap that I see. I'll take this same client as an example. She had very much envisioned what the future would look like for the organization. She's a business genius.

And the way that we build hope is by envisioning what your life will look like, say 12 to 18 months from now, if the change turns out in the best possible way. And if you're a leader, this is often a gap that I see. I'll take this same client as an example. She had very much envisioned what the future would look like for the organization. She's a business genius.

She's on the short list of clients who, when she was doing a 360 and I contacted the EAs of the senior most team, man, Those guys couldn't call me fast enough. Oh, she has something that she needs from me. I'm in, right? So it's super business genius.

She's on the short list of clients who, when she was doing a 360 and I contacted the EAs of the senior most team, man, Those guys couldn't call me fast enough. Oh, she has something that she needs from me. I'm in, right? So it's super business genius.

But the challenge was that she needed and didn't realize she needed her people to actually envision what their lives would look like if this change turned out in the best possible way. Not just their work, right? Not just what is best for the business, but who are you with? What's your life like? What are you doing? What are you saying? Where are you? How do you feel when you look back?

But the challenge was that she needed and didn't realize she needed her people to actually envision what their lives would look like if this change turned out in the best possible way. Not just their work, right? Not just what is best for the business, but who are you with? What's your life like? What are you doing? What are you saying? Where are you? How do you feel when you look back?

That builds hope. And interestingly, a lot of leaders will want to mix this up with planning and road mapping. That's not what this is. This is connecting the change that you want to lead to the individual's reasons, their big whys, not yours, not the company's. A couple others that are important do's are to strengthen personal bonds.

That builds hope. And interestingly, a lot of leaders will want to mix this up with planning and road mapping. That's not what this is. This is connecting the change that you want to lead to the individual's reasons, their big whys, not yours, not the company's. A couple others that are important do's are to strengthen personal bonds.

We instinctively go in when change comes and think we have to power through it alone, but we do not. And the more you're going through it together with others, the stronger. So reach out and strengthen those personal bonds. And I think also one that can be difficult but so vital is to look for that hidden gift in what seems like a bad situation.

We instinctively go in when change comes and think we have to power through it alone, but we do not. And the more you're going through it together with others, the stronger. So reach out and strengthen those personal bonds. And I think also one that can be difficult but so vital is to look for that hidden gift in what seems like a bad situation.

It's such a great question. And as you were talking about this experience of you leave, you're starting a business, you see your colleagues get promoted. They're still sitting in their six figure incomes. Oh, believe me, that one resonates with me personally. And it's not a straight line.

It's such a great question. And as you were talking about this experience of you leave, you're starting a business, you see your colleagues get promoted. They're still sitting in their six figure incomes. Oh, believe me, that one resonates with me personally. And it's not a straight line.

When I started this business, which is actually my second business, a few years after it started, we hit the dot-com bust. And the business sank, right? And really struggled. And then again, we got hit in 2008 when the economy collapsed in the United States. And it is so easy to fall into the self-sabotage.

When I started this business, which is actually my second business, a few years after it started, we hit the dot-com bust. And the business sank, right? And really struggled. And then again, we got hit in 2008 when the economy collapsed in the United States. And it is so easy to fall into the self-sabotage.

And I want to really convey the important message that when you start to feel yourself self-sabotaged, that's not you, right? That's the saboteur neural networks in your mind firing up. That's all that is. And they're sitting in there and they jump out when they get a signal that indicates that there's a threat to survival.

And I want to really convey the important message that when you start to feel yourself self-sabotaged, that's not you, right? That's the saboteur neural networks in your mind firing up. That's all that is. And they're sitting in there and they jump out when they get a signal that indicates that there's a threat to survival.

Yeah, I think it's a great question because it is very much our current situation for many businesses. And I wish the answer were super simple. It's not quite as simple as I wish it were because it does depend a little bit on your situation. In the hybrid work model, are people going into the office to just work on their own work?

Yeah, I think it's a great question because it is very much our current situation for many businesses. And I wish the answer were super simple. It's not quite as simple as I wish it were because it does depend a little bit on your situation. In the hybrid work model, are people going into the office to just work on their own work?

If so, I'm not sure you're going to get huge benefit out of that in terms of lessening politics or political alliances because they're not really interacting that much. Nor do I think you're going to get, you know, much of the benefit of obviously of working on very complex problems together if you're not really there to work together.

If so, I'm not sure you're going to get huge benefit out of that in terms of lessening politics or political alliances because they're not really interacting that much. Nor do I think you're going to get, you know, much of the benefit of obviously of working on very complex problems together if you're not really there to work together.