Victim thinking is the risk-averse trap that surrenders control to external forces - like luck, market forces, frustrating buyers or supporters who let you down. Victim thinking keeps you at Level 0-1-2, waiting for the fog to clear or others to step up and deliver. With a take-charge mindflip, you can shape your fate, rather than settle for the fate you find. You can approach Volatile Uncertain Complex Adverse (VUCA) conditions with an internal locus of control and a find-solutions make-things-happen mindset, rather than an external surrender-your-power locus of control. You can create a culture of accountability, not wait-and-see passivity. This Quest shows you how to…
- Recognize victim traps - when you feel trapped by bad luck, broken promises or events beyond your control
- Own your power (without delusions of grandeur) - so you imagine what you can do to keep the ball in your court, take charge and find new levers of influence
- Shift from passive to active, by taking control and taking action to get more traction than you'd get finding fault or waiting and hoping
- Foster accountability by looking for solutions and actions to seize opportunities and make things better, rather than excuses or blame
- Bring a triumph mindset, not a defeatist mindset, to thrive and profit through turbulence and VUCA conditions
There's a motto associated with one of our country's Founding Parents: "If you have the will, freedom need not be a dream." Our Founding Parents knew - it took courage to step up, throw off centuries of oppression and shape our destiny, rather than wait for the next chapter of destiny to shape us. The same is true with the innovation you are bringing to buyers and investors in your enterprise. You can drive adoption, rather than waiting for users to find you. Here's how.
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Dr Merom Klein + Dr Louise Yochee Klein wrote the book for leaders to Make Courage Contagious. They coached thousands of high-potential leaders , growth-company CEOs and bizdev/sales leaders to step up, lean in, take charge, reach out, boost their impact and make a bigger difference.
They equip innovators and early adopters to be trusted advisors and challengers, not merely order-takers, so they drive adoption and upgrade the standard of care. They equip leaders to use diversity, inclusion, engagement to "Bring it on!" when conflict, abrasion and multiple interests can deliver better business decisions. They'll equip you to mobilize the support you need and recruit the right players for the right assignments in your matrix or virtual team.
Their successes as American-Canadian-Israeli Business Psychologists include assignments with high-potential innovation leaders at J&J, Merck, Solvay, Sanofi, Abbvie, Tekni-Plex, West, LifeArc, Pacira, Cigna, Aetna, Rafa"el, Amdocs, Quaker-Houghton, Avantor/VWR, ARAMARK, KeyCorp, iAngels, Keiretsu Forum and thousands of mid-market and entrepreneurial ventures as well as defence and government agencies in North America, Europe, UK, Latin America, Asia, Africa, New Zealand + Israel.
Quest Curriculum
- 3 PowerUPs
- Coaching By Louise Yochee + Merom
- Community Support
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PowerUP 01 CHOOSE TO OWN OR SURRENDER YOUR POWER
Get in touch with how it feels to own your power and take control of your destiny, rather than surrender to buyers who say No, investors who don't get it or colleagues who let you down.
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PowerUP 02 VICTIM TRAP TRIGGERS
Sharpen your self-awareness + situational-awareness when buyers, investors or colleagues make it hard to get traction - and tempt you to feel one-down and powerless to create a better fate. Here's how to shake off that one-down feeling
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PowerUP 03 NOW WHAT TO SHAPE NOT TAKE YOUR FATE
Use these proven mental rehearsal techniques to STOP victim thinking in its tracks. With internal dialogue, activate the Courage Centre in your brain, so Take-Charge thinking overrides flight-or-fight instincts.