This series began with a conversation with my client, Jennifer Bartkowski, and we’re concluding the same way.

Jennifer is the ‘very proud’ CEO of Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.  In Fall of 2022 we launched a multi-month, cohort- and practice-based leadership program:  Reimagine Girl Scouts Leadership Academy.  We’ve tracked the journey and interviewed subject matter experts in key  content areas that we covered.

Today we talk about the final results of the program and a few lessons learned. 

Here are a few highlights:

• The general structure of the program, including primary topic areas
• We share actual survey results in key areas as well as observations and impact they have seen on the team and organization as a whole. 
• There were plenty of unplanned and unexpected positive results for the organization and individual participants during the program, and after.
• Jennifer provides her insights on how she’s seen her staff transform and what’s been happening on the inside since the program’s inception.
• We name some key structures we had in place that contributed to the smooth running of the program
• The importance of a mutually respectful relationship between client and consultant
• The impetus of the program was to develop the skills and attributes needed to accomplish the GSNETX mission and that seems to be happening!
• We’re launching another program with a few adjustments based on what we learned

If you’d like to get the details discussed in this episode, including what worked and what we learned, and to see key survey results, visit: https://bit.ly/45R34Uk

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Connect with Jennifer Bartkowsk on Linked Ini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferbartkowski/

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas:  https://www.gsnetx.org/

Also mentioned in this episode:

Rhonda Williams, Phd: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhondawilliams14/

Moira Variames: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moira-variames-14228877/

George Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd

Deloitte:  https://www2.deloitte.com/

CoSpera: https://cosperoconsulting.com/

Yield Giving: 

We have constant demands on our attention, energy and time.  If we don’t have strategies for staying focused on what is most important we will almost certainly lose the battle and succumb to distractions that leave us feeling depleted and frustrated. 

My friend and colleague, Dr. Chris Johnson has literally written a book on how to stay present.  And me?  I created a worksheet with strategies to help you get and stay focused.

Here are a few highlights from our conversation:

• To guide your energy, attention and time ask, Who is the person I want to be?  What is the impact I want to make?  
• Pausing allows us to determine where our attention is, or is not
• Multi-tasking is not actually possible for our human brains
• We discuss a few simple (but not easy!) tactics and meta practices for navigating these demands
• Ask yourself, ‘Do I feel renewed?  Do I feel regenerated?’ after time on Social Media
• We get distracted by what is easy rather than focus on what is important
• The importance of a ‘positive no’
• We stay reactive and busy as a way to avoid being alone with our thoughts
• Admit it:  the list is too long and you won’t get it all done (Burkeman’s 4,000 weeks)
• There are common places where we leak energy:  other’s expectations, over committing, worrying

I’ve created a worksheet to help you navigate the demands on your energy, attention and time.  I use it with all of my clients and you can find it here https://bit.ly/3EiEKz5

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

To connect with and learn more about Dr. Johnson’s work visit:

Order The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future http://bit.ly/44xC4IL

Listen to The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future: https://bit.ly/45N5LWZ

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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals; Oliver Burkeman:  https://bit.ly/3EjN4Pe

Atomic Habits:  Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results; James Clear:  https://bit.ly/3R3XQR4

The Social Dilemma move:  https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/

No Time to Think by Kate Murphy, NYTimes: 

I’ve worked with a lot of organizations in my time as a coach and leadership consultant and the issue of trust is almost always at or near the center of concern.  You’re never done building and nurturing trust.  As one of my guests today quotes, “trust is the only thing that affects everything” (Stephen M.R. Covey). We gave it a great deal of air time in the Reimagine Leadership program.

Jerry Magar and Lori Darley join me in today’s discussion and we talk about:

• Signs that trust may be missing in your organization
• There are defined behaviors that help build trust
• One way to think about trust is a combination of competence and character
• Trust-building can be tangible and pragmatic
• Breakdowns provide a great opportunity to create more trust
• What does it mean to have vulnerability-based trust?

There are many models of trust and we cover two during this conversation.  Check the links below for three (yes three!) earlier episodes I’ve recorded on trust.

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Links from this episode

Lori Darley:  https://www.consciousleaders.us/about

Conscious Leaders Wisdom Circle:  https://consciousleaders.us/wisdom-circle

Jerry Magar:  https://jerrymagar.com/about-jerry-magar/

JerryMagar.com:  https://jerrymagar.com/

Rise Leaders Radio episode with Treg Manning:  https://tinyurl.com/k3mwp3zh

Rise Leaders Radio episodes on the Trust Formula: 17 - solo episode explaining Trust model: https://tinyurl.com/5f2w93xr

 #36 with Charles Green, Author of The Trusted Advisor:  https://tinyurl.com/mry4urjv 

#37 with Andrea Howe where we take a deeper dive into the Trust Equation https://tinyurl.com/mv94nakb

The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey  https://tinyurl.com/md3e5w7b

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni https://tinyurl.com/ydbb9y7u

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