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Are you tapping into your resilience to create the workplace you want as a leader? Building resilience is about strengthening your relationships with others in your organization to become connected and better centered.
In this episode of the She Leads Now Podcast, we have Meri McCoy-Thompson, the Chief Operating Officer at Dovetail Learning, who previously worked with amazing teams and strong partnerships. She’s currently developing and promoting We Are Resilient™, a program that teaches practical social-emotional and resilience skills through an open educational resource model.
Listen in to learn how you can develop centering and connecting skills as an organization to build deeper relationships. You will also learn how to develop positive reframing which will help you turn obstacles into opportunities in your life.
Listen to this episode to learn more.
Key Takeaways:
- How positive reframing helps turn obstacles into opportunities in life.
- Why organizations need more relational practices to avoid toxic cultures.
- How to get into deeper relationships at the workplace using centering and connecting skills.
- How personal transformation can lead you to become the leader you want to be.
What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [1:51] Meri’s career background in nonprofit and passion for education and health.
- [3:20] She speaks on finding her purpose and the ups and downs of her journey.
- [6:13] Dovetail Learning framework - how they talk to people about resilience before giving them research-based skills.
- [11:17] The centering skills that are fundamental in changing how people think.
- [15:09] The practice model coaching and free resources they provide people with to learn resilience.
- [17:32] The centering and connecting skills that organizations can use to retain people and help them thrive.
- [22:31] Meri’s book recommendation, where to find her, and some final thoughts.
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Get In Touch:
- Website: https://dovetaillearning.org/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcthom
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meri-mccoy-thompson-0000a3a/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcthom4/
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