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Yvette C. Owens
Explore the actions and choices that influence the culture of every organization. Consider the dynamics that drive behaviors to identify the culture and how to thrive it in. Yvette C. Owens is a leadership consultant, strategist, and business ambassador. Founder of DestinySpeak and The Diplomat Chronicles. Yvette shares insight from experiences in corporate, ministry, consulting, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, and speaking. Thought to provoke observations are shared in snippets to assist you in creating and curating shared values to maintain a healthy culture right for the vision and members of the organization.
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Being cunning and conniving may appear profitable in the short run, but in today's environment, it will cause a massive loss in profit, reputation, and success. Why? More and more people recognize that they have options. Individuals tired of the abuse and poor behaviors look elsewhere and find that there are better leaders and healthier organizations. The great awakening in the workplace is empowering folks to leave what doesn't feel good and no longer serves them well. Let's PowerChat how to protect your environment.
What is the right thing for me to do?
We all need an environment where we feel safe to evolve. The power of friends and the sense of belonging makes all the difference. Build Community over Competition.
What is the right thing for me to do?
Do you find yourself in a situation contrary to what was promised after giving your best? Showing up over long periods without recognition or acknowledgment can be discouraging and disappointing. It may be time for a Fresh Start. Let's PowerChat!
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What is the right thing for me to do?
Your impact as a leader will elevate after overcoming adversity. Adversity is a part of life. Being clear on your identity and what you are expected to accomplish in life will make the difference in if and how you will rise. Be committed to completing your course in excellence here on earth. It is crucial to us all.
What is the right thing for me to do?
There are just some things you should no longer tolerate. Pain and discomfort that slow your growth and advancement acceleration are two areas you should protect and guard at all times. Many times there are limiting beliefs and mindsets that cause our delay. Please identify what's holding you back when it shows up, confront it, and let it go into your next. Let's PowerChat.
What is the right thing for me to do?
Your thoughts and voice belong in the center of a circle but should not be dependent on the circle. The circle is enriched because of your presence. What you bring to the circle belongs to you in or out of the circle. Let's PowerChat about Self-Sufficiency in and out of the circle.
What is the right thing for me to do?
There is a groundswell for freedom of authenticity in the workplace. There is a broad spectrum of authenticity we must consider. It is essential to understand how to express your truth in any scenario. My friend, Juanita Kapp, is joining me from South Africa as we share thoughts regarding being professionally authentic. Let's PowerChat!
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You have never been this way before. This is the story of the majority now. Risky steps are your mantra. It is worth it to build the confidence fear came to destroy. You are in great company. Let's PowerChat and get you moving again.
What have you come for? This is a more powerful question than, What do you do? Are you thankful for your purpose in life? Let's PowerChat!
Your comfort or fear is costing you too much. Have you weighed the cost of doing nothing? I guarantee you remaining stagnant far outweighs the cost of moving into your next. Let's PowerChat!
Could you tell me what you're about to change without testing your solution so you can lead the way confidently through the change? Let's Power Chat! What is resolve? How does it help you lead effectively?
We don't know what we don't know; however, we don't ask to learn more—what a quandary. My questioning is more robust because it is fueled by lessons learned. Let's PowerChat about how you can level up your questioning to have more success with your changes.
How did you really do this year? It's the season of planning, performance reviews, and year-end reflections. You will be amazed at the power position you gain when you complete an honest look at your year in reverse. You are in control and have the authority to respond. Let's talk about how to maximize 2023 for you. Let's PowerChat.
The volume of change creates resistance. Your team, clients, and customers are over-saturated with change. How do you keep them motivated and move beyond their resistance? Trust is a huge element in minimizing resistance. Let's PowerChat!
So much has happened, and you have lost all hope. You go through the motions without connecting to the assignment and the people. At the same time, you are uncomfortable with and tired of just existing. In this episode, I share in this episode 3 steps to get your desire for your assignments back. Enjoy your work and the energy you put out every day. I'll show you how.
The sanctity of the power you exert in any scenario is this broadcast's focus. Power is so influential, and its effects are long-lasting. I wonder how conscious we are when wielding our control, even with the best intentions. Do we have the agility of use specific to the situation? Let's PowerChat!
The very person who is responsible for developing you and helping you succeed just threw you under the bus to save their own neck. You took a major hit to your reputation, and as luck would have it this same person is still your leader. Do you trust that it was just a single incident? How much credence do you place in the information they share with you during training or preparing you for the next presentation? The reality is your success is still within their control. How do you regain enough trust to succeed? Let's PowerChat!
Special Guest: Eve Mapanda, Mindfulness Coach from the United Kingdom.
What you see is only the beginning of the story. Surface understanding leads to inaccurate conclusions—assumptions made without digging more profound result in biases. Metrics are helpful, but what is really behind the numbers? Let's Chat about how to uncover the true story.
Your responsibility extends far beyond your direct assignment outcomes. There is more to your position than your personal benefits and gain. How pure is the intent of your decisions? Influence the work and experience positively! Let's PowerChat!
Make no mistake about it. Intimidation is unhealthy and non-productive for the intimidator, intimidated, and your organization. You and your organization must stop tolerating intimation to benefit every organization member. It is time to require healthy workplaces.
Navigating situations, interacting with multiple personalities, and responding to tons of requests day in and day out could cause weariness over an extended period. Your eyes are tired to the point of discomfort. You seek silence yet desire companionship. Much pressure causes you to lose sight of what's most important: you. Regain the power in healthily seeing you. Let's PowerChat.
When you are ready to move and cannot see your way, take the step you can see. Taking that next step can be scary when you have no idea if it is the right step. The next step is even more uncomfortable when others depend on you. Let's PowerChat about how to take the steps you see and watch out for the opportunities revealed as you step.
Who told you that? Why do you believe you are inadequate? When you find yourself under pressure and overwhelmed, do thoughts come that you can't do this? When you begin to entertain those thoughts, your behavior and relationships change. A sense of not being good enough is why so many will not venture into uncomfortable, unfamiliar spaces to grow and experience more extraordinary. Let PowerChat!
Integrity and Truth are fundamental characteristics taught in our childhood, or I would hope they are lessons learned. However, when the pressures of business and life weigh us down far too often, elementary lessons are compromised. We need to revisit our ability to be consistently committed and responsible while keeping to our principles even when things become difficult. Let's PowerChat!
What if a great deal of the exhaustion you experience is due to the lack of freedom to show up authentically? How amazing would you feel if you determined that you would no longer hide behind expectations of yourself, titles, positions, assignments, experiences, situations, or mindsets? Let's PowerChat about breathing life into your God-given identity.
Change is constant. Every one of us causes a shift in the places we enter or exit. Are you aware of the aroma and energy you release? Are they glad to see you come or go? Let's PowerChat!
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After returning to the office, have you noticed that you go through mindful emotional acrobatics to deal with people positively? You find yourself experiencing emotional trauma again when you see someone from the same group of people who have used, abused, and mishandled you. Adjusting your response to be pleasant is work. Let's PowerChat!
You make decisions based on your values, experiences, and knowledge every day. Equally important during the decision process are truths, facts, and assumptions. Where you place the most weight is telling your leadership style and how you are perceived by those you lead. Let's PowerChat!
The institution of corporate is NOT our enemy. The practices, behaviors, and thought patterns we allow daily are the enemies to the vision, the people, our market share, and revenue.
It is now time to turn the tide and create healthy, vibrant workplaces where people enjoy coming to and contributing while fulfilling their personal goals and objectives.
Let's PowerChat about my experiences and solutions I bring to organizations and corporate community members.
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Working to be perfect just to be rated average performance is hard work and tiring. Creating a space where people can innovate, take risks, and collaborate in trusted environments will bring the freedom you all desire. It is possible and necessary. Let's PowerChat!
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The new approach or practice does not mean that you did everything wrong in the past. You experienced some success that is due to be acknowledged. Boundaries are required. Let's have a PowerChat!
The compound effect of being subjected to biases in the workplace requires a safe place to regain self-esteem and self-confidence to grow in freedom. There are keys leaders must put in place and reinforce without wavering to release individuals from their past trauma and build resistance to future attacks. Let's be the solution.
Daily challenges can be overwhelming. You are goal oriented and vision focus. Obstacles come in all shapes and forms as you get closer to winning. Understand and overcome what and who is coming to trip you up.
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Many practices we perpetuate in the workplace deflate individuals, causing them to back up from the vision. Learning new skills is never wrong. Just don't allow the language of the trainers to position it from a negative perspective at your cost as if you are failing or voluntarily lacking. The approach is new. The information is unknown. Let's get ready to level up together. I help organizations enhance their culture through humanism valuing the whole individual to increase collaboration, innovation, and growth. Are you to move forward from this day? Website: www.destinyspeak.com and EMAIL: visiontoreality@destinyspeak.com
You may be surprised at the small practices that can erode your credibility. Some things you take for granted or think are no big deal chip away at your reputation. Your opportunities, increased financial position, and influence will grow as you intentionally manage your credibility. Let's PowerChat!
Are you misinterpreting compliance and complacency as loyalty? Are you going about your daily activity without caring about the organization? Let's PowerChat about the truth about what you are experiencing and how to shake it off. I coach my clients to power up their performance to reach their ultimate dream.
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It's time for the real you to show up, be present, and play full out in your leading role. Let's PowerChat about why and how.
My clients are coached to take the big stage and play full out. No more minor roles. If you are ready to move onto the radar of the decision-makers, movers, and shakers, join my coaching community.
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Competencies and capabilities are equally critical. We recognize the imbalance in how people treat us. How well are you intentionally giving attention to how you work? Let's take a closer look at critical competencies to build your robust and loyal network and teams.
Decide today that you refuse to be the fall guy. There are many subtle ways others blame you for their lack of attention or follow through. We'll talk about how defamation and deflection show up so you can protect your reputation.
It's time to call out and stop even the most seemingly innocent forms of divisiveness in and between our cultures. Today let's talk about where the dividing lines show up unawares.
The truth is that Messy Middles are not a new phenomenon. Problems require solutions, shifts in direction, or expansions; always have some mess in the middle. This time in history may present unique challenges, but none is more incredible than the brilliance inside you. Let's explore the possibilities together.
The Great Resignation or Great Departure is a genuine phenomenon impacting every organization. Are you willing to take an honest, deep look into what you are offering and how to experience more excellent retention? What is the cost of doing nothing and staying the same? What are you risking by waiting for things to work themselves out? Let's Chat.
You think you can wait out the problems we're facing and then pick up where you left off. There is a cost in delaying. Each of us must weigh the potential costs of change against not implementing that change. It may seem more straightforward to maintain the status quo rather than exerting the energy to be different or do something different. The reality is that doing nothing could be costing you money. In my next podcast, we will talk about how much higher the cost is if you don't implement change effectively.
Mindfulness. What are you thinking? Why? What are you going to do with your thoughts? Gain tremendous success over wondering thoughts. Let's PowerChat on the importance of carefully determining the destination of your thoughts, the garbage, your heart to grow by faith, research and development lab, or on the shelve for later consideration or application. Let's PowerChat!
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Have you ever found yourself in a community or environment and wondered, "Why am I here?" The areas of your focus appear unchanged even after your best attempts. You are exhausted from the energy it takes to influence the culture and subcultures. Reflecting on all that has transpired and the lack of results achieved will help you see where your focus should be and how to learn to ignore the rest because the rest is just not your business. Let's chat about surviving atmospheric pressures.
It takes courage to listen and not assume. There is freedom when you realize that you don't have to be threatened by what you hear. You always have the power of final decision. Let's chat about how to use listening as an enrichment to your life, team, and business. Please Share. Subscribe. Hit the notification bell. Like.
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You are exerting tons of energy. You tried everything you know to do only to result in you growing weary. Your teams are disengaged. However, your visions and goals continue to visit you in your dreams, on billboards, and in conversations. I will share steps you will want to take immediately to gain momentum again. You will not fail in your hopes. Join me Thursday Morning! I would appreciate you subscribing to my YouTube Channel.
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You can only change and grow to the degree you are willing to be uncomfortable. Get ready for risk and adventure! Trust me; it is worth the temporary discomfort. Let's do this!