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Let's Get Real – Leading Inclusively
Akasha’s deep interests in spirituality, adult development, and intercultural consciousness give him a unique and powerful perspective on leadership development. We talked about how to help coaches find cultural common ground in developmental conversations. I was also inspired by Akasha using an early traumatic experience as a catalyst for working with leaders to create more inclusive spaces. Akasha also shared an acronym that gives us a pathway for repair when we have done harm.
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Transformational Leadership for Transformational Times
In times of great uncertainty and change how do you lead yourself so you can lead others and the systems around you? How can you move from surviving to thriving in complexity? In this episode Bill is joined by Carolyn Coughlin and Jennifer Garvey Berger to discuss their new book, Unleash Your Complexity Genius – Growing Your Inner Capacity to Lead . They discuss a set of practices that help you not only understand complexity but actually hack your nervous system to bring your natural capacities back online.
Jennifer Garvey Berger – Leading in complexity
- Complexity
- Leadership
Jennifer Garvey Berger – Leading in complexity
Leading in the modern world of work is difficult. The pace is fast and the expectation for results is relentless, which is made even more difficult in a global setting that is complex, challenging and constantly changing.
From Complexity Fitness to Complexity Genius
- Complexity
- Leadership
From Complexity Fitness to Complexity Genius
In this conversation Carolyn Coughlin talks about her and Jennifer Garvey Bergers new book, Unleash Your Complexity Genius: Growing Your Inner Capacity to Lead. The interview covers how we respond to complexity, what “complexity fitness” is, how adult development relates to complexity, arriving in context and fostering fluidity, testing patterns and moving towards “complexity genius”.
Harnessing the Power of Adult Development Theory in Coaching
- Adult development
- Coaching
Harnessing the Power of Adult Development Theory in Coaching
Jennifer highlights the transformative impact of understanding adults’ perspectives and their crucial role in leadership development. This conversation explores how the theory challenges assumptions, encourages different perspectives, and underscores the importance of coaches’ self-awareness for navigating modern life effectively—an invaluable discussion on personal and professional evolution.
Leaders Design for Connection
- Leadership
Leaders Design for Connection
“One of the core jobs of a leader is to create the contexts where people can grow into the fullest versions of themselves.”
Spend a half hour with Jennifer Garvey Berger and Scott J. Allen talking about learning, possibility, bewilderment, and being kind of a big deal in Cleveland.
There’s No Arrival Point in a Complex World
- Complexity
There’s No Arrival Point in a Complex World
In this conversation, Carolyn shares her personal stories of slowing down to relax their nervous system, how our desire to control is fool’s gold and what to do instead, and much more. Tune in for a relieving conversation reminding you how resourced you are to ride leadership’s wild ups and downs.
The science of adult development
Jennifer and Jessie dive into a conversation around; A model of adult development psychology, Jennifer’s new book, Unleashing your Complexity Genius, all about how we can grow the capacity of our nervous systems to be more resourceful and the simple ways to increase our short term, medium term and long term capacity during transformational times.
How to Lead Better Through Complexity
In this conversation, Jennifer discusses the reality that most of us don’t like uncertainty. That makes experimenting with new ideas and actions in complex environments very challenging. We uncover several practices that can help us benefit from experimentation in the midst of complexity and grow from these experiences.
Coaching in Complexity
In this conversation with Rising Coaches, Jennifer explores what coaches need in these times, her favorite theories, flow and presence, understanding context, biases, and the action urge, and how we engage with complexity.
Complexity & Genius
- Complexity
- Leadership
Complexity & Genius
Jennifer discusses her new book Unlock Your Complexity Genius. In their conversation, they explore how we think about and process complexity and in turn leverage that thinking to understand ourselves and the world we inhabit.
Growing Your inner Capacity to Lead
- Complexity
- Leadership
Growing Your inner Capacity to Lead
There is a complexity paradox that we all need to understand. We humans have a natural inclination towards connection, engagement, and creativity – all necessary skills to thrive in complexity. Watch to learn more from Jennifer and Alain.
From Complexity Fitness to Complexity Genius
In these times of rapid and chaotic change, how can we help leaders understand, embrace and even flourish in complexity?
In this conversation with Coaches Rising and Carolyn Coughlin they explore how we respond to complexity, what “complexity fitness” is, how adult development relates to complexity, arriving in context and fostering fluidity, testing patterns and moving towards “complexity genius”.
Going Behind Cultivating Leadership
- Complexity
- Leadership
Going Behind Cultivating Leadership
Jennifer Garvey Berger and Philip McKenzie discuss how our complex realities impact the way we think about and develop leadership.
5 Approaches for Leaders to Thrive in Complexity
- Complexity
- Mindtraps
5 Approaches for Leaders to Thrive in Complexity
Jennifer discusses Mindtraps, Covid, and thriving in complexity with Denver Frederick of The Business of Giving.
The Power of Groups to Heal
- Coaching
The Power of Groups to Heal
Vernice talks to Joel from Coaches Rising about her work with women’s leader’s circles in 2020, race, trauma, and developmental coaching.
How To Grow Learning Agility By Noticing Mindset & Bias
- Adult development
- Complexity
- Mindtraps
How do we make decisions in complex times
- Complexity
Learning to Live in a Complex World
- Adult development
- Complexity
- Leadership
Getting Your Client's World
- Adult development
- Complexity
Thriving in Complexity
- Complexity
- Leadership
- Mindtraps
Learning to Thrive in Complexity
- Complexity
- Leadership
- Mindtraps
Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps
- Mindtraps
Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps
- Complexity
- Mindtraps
Cultivating Higher Leadership Consciousness
- Adult development
- Leadership
- Simple habits
Cultivating Higher Leadership Consciousness
Joel Monk (Coaches Rising) and Jennifer take a deep dive into the essential aptitudes of modern leadership, Jennifer explains the self-authoring stage of mind that most leaders are at, and how to help them transition to the self-transforming stage that their organisations (and the world) need them to grow into.
Uncovering the Deep Principles of Human Change
- Adult development
Uncovering the Deep Principles of Human Change
Jennifer speaks with Joel Monk about development. We all understand that children have development phases, and Jennifer describes the stages of adult development, and how valuable it is for coaches and leaders to understand these stages that explain why people behave the way they do, and how we can help them become unstuck.
Releasing your client from language that limits
- Adult development
Releasing your client from language that limits
Join Carolyn and Joel Monk in a conversation about language patterns and the difference between skills and sensemaking.
Leadership & Development – Warm up for Coaches Rising Summit 2015
- Adult development
- Complexity
- Leadership
Leadership & Development – Warm up for Coaches Rising Summit 2015
Jennifer and Bob muse about leadership and development, what the world needs from leaders right now, and how to get it.
Jennifer on the Amiel show: Simple Habits for Complex Times
- Complexity
- Leadership
Jennifer on the Amiel show: Simple Habits for Complex Times
Jennifer and Amiel talk about leading in complex times and the habits that help.