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Turn work as you know it on its head. Executive coach and culture strategist Kristi Daniels addresses your most pressing challenges at work, and gives you the tools to create a better experience on the job.

This podcast series is part of a greater mission to shift how we work, how we show up, how we manage and lead, how we run our business and our organizations. It's time to thrive, and intentionally create a workplace environment that brings out the best in each other.

Dislodge toxic traits (fear, insecurity, scarcity) and replace them with conscious business practices, bringing mindfulness to work and evolving as people.

Episode 01: create a new experience at work

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What is your most pressing challenge at work or the one situation you want to change?

Get clear on what you are currently experiencing. How do you want the situation to change? What would you rather be experiencing? Get specific.

Gain awareness for what\u2019s stopping you from getting from where you are now to where you want to be.

Here are 4 usual suspects that might be keeping\xa0you from success:

1. The first is \u201cwhere are you making excuses, or blaming somebody else for the situation?\u201d Anytime you are pointing the finger outside of yourself, you are coming from the place of a victim, and it\u2019s not a place where you\u2019ll initiate change or transformation. So, you\u2019ve got to take 100% responsibility for the situation. And it doesn\u2019t matter if somebody is doing something to you, or you feel you\u2019ve been wronged, when you\u2019re in a victim mentality you will not be able to initiate change. So ask yourself, \u201cWhere can I take 5% more responsibility for this situation? What needs to shift? What do I need to do differently?\u201d When you come from that powerful place, you will be able to move forward and initiate change.

2.\xa0The second area that maybe blocking you is \u201cwhat are you projecting?\u201d Meaning what view do you have of yourself, what self are you putting out to others and in this situation, and how are others viewing you? So take 100% responsibility and take a candid look at how are you showing up and how is that being perceived and responded to?

3.\xa0The third common trigger is \u201cwhere are you wearing blinders, where are you not seeing the big picture?\u201d Maybe you\u2019re not listening or hearing to what\u2019s going on and what\u2019s happening. The solution here is you\u2019ve got to expand your view and take multiple perspectives. Meaning, you know your perspective and where you are coming from, now take a second perspective, put yourself in the shoes of the person or people who are also involved in this situation. And then take a third perspective, put yourself in the shoes of the business or the organization. Look at it from the greater good and the whole picture. Where are you wearing blinders and having too narrow of a vision, you need to expand that vision and take multiple perspectives.

4.\xa0And the last trigger is \u201cwhere are you wasting your time trying to change someone else?\u201d I see this so often within organizations and companies that leaders or managers think \u201cWell, I just have to change my people and then everything will be better.\u201d That is such a weak place to come from and one that will never produce the results that you want. You have to know that YOU need to be the change you want to see. If you\u2019re in a situation where you want people to take more initiative or you want to see more enthusiasm around you\u2026YOU need to step in with more initiative and with more enthusiasm. When you show up, you teach people how to respond. When you show up and become the change you want to see, you give others permission to do the same.

Each week I'll be addressing your most pressing challenges at work on the Work Can Be Different podcast</a