Transformations

Congratulations to each of these groups!

Sonic - How Successful People Think

Congratulations to this amazing group from Sonic! I am so proud of how they challenged their thinking by engaging in this process of growth through the 11 thinking skills of successful people. It was amazing to watch them apply new insights week in and week out and hear how much of a difference it was making in their current conditions and circumstances. I am excited to share some of them with you:

I had shut off my thinking because it was so negative and just went through my days. This process and material has taught me to think in a positive way and changed my days for the better. Life Changing!
Exposed me to new areas of successful thinking that I have missed. I can now describe what successful thinking is and what it means to me.
I was so nervous coming into this class, because I have never done anything like it, but I am so glad I did. I have changed my thinking and things are improving because of pushing myself to think better.
I love going through these classes because you force us to apply what we are learning.
I didn’t have the freedom to try new things because of a fear of failure (I was raised that you only do things if you can do them right) and this group helped free me up to try new things.

Good Shepherd Community Clinic - DISC Personalities

I am extremely proud of this group for the way they took themselves on, purposefully engaged in this process of development. We worked through understanding our personal leadership styles and how to adapt to the styles of those around us using the DISC model of human behavior. Here are some of their top takeaways:

Change and conflict can be healthy.
I am clearer with communication and direction
I learned that I can be a great leader without changing who I am. I was trying to be someone I was not and it caused a lot of stress instead of just adapting.
I've learned how to hear more objectively based on other’s personalities and adjust rather than taking what they say personally.
The only thing I can control is my actions and my reactions, not other's thoughts and opinions of me.
I realized that I couldn't just do surface work, I had to go deeper and see myself more objectively because the way I see myself is not always how others see me.
I am now engaging in difficult conversations with candor. Growing even stronger relationships with my team.
Have lowered my self doubt which has given me much more security. I now see my value.

Taco Casa - Becoming a Person of Influence

What an amazing group that stretched themselves and their leadership ability to influence others. I wish you could have heard all the stories of impact, significance and growth throughout this mastermind group. Leadership is like investing, it compounds. Some of their Top Wins & Learns:

25 years of teaching others to make tacos and now empowering others to lead.
Learning to connect, enlarge, navigate, and empower others.
Seeing the multiplication effect of leadership.
Shifting from making tacos to making People.
I am influencing all the time, positively or negatively, it depends on how intentional I am.
People will do anything to live up to your faith in them.
It’s not what we are that holds us back but what we think we are not.
Listening especially past the point of disagreement.
The key to success and leadership is understanding people - why they do what they do, we have to hear them.
If you want to help people succeed you have to get to know them.
We build people who build tacos.

Lighthouse - Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Learn

Inspired! Wow this group blew me away as they opened up in our mastermind group and grew together through Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Learn. I am so proud of each of you for the growth and changes you have made throughout your life and the ones during our time together. Some of their biggest wins and learns:

RESPONSIBILITY is the most important ability a person can possess.
Learning to feed the right emotions because the one I feed dominates. No longer feeding guilt and shame.
It's not a failure unless I don’t learn from it. Focus on learning the right lesson.
Accepting feedback and criticism without DEFENDING myself.
My Attitude has gotten so much better - and not allowing others to control it.
No longer getting wrapped up in negativity
More positive attitude
I cannot control anyone's views, actions or attitudes BUT I can control mine.
The only person I can change is myself.
If you're not making mistakes you're not trying - mistakes are not failures - only failures if I quit.
Experiences, positive or negative, are only valuable if you evaluate to gain the lesson and apply it.

REI Oklahoma - Leading Through Crisis

Over a period of a few months, this team has invested in their growth by digging into the 11 Perspective Principles of Turning Adversity into Advantage. They dove into the deep end on these topics to serve, encourage, and grow each other through all life has thrown at them over the last couple of years.

During our last session we built upon that foundation and worked on developing a vision of where they want to go using the Law of Navigation.

We started by defining reality, a leader’s first responsibility. Then we began to clarify their vision of how they want to grow and perform as a team.

Murray State College - Making Sense of Your People Puzzle

What a fun day of growth with this group from Murray State College as we journeyed through understanding their personalities, making sense of their people puzzle, and diving deeper into their purpose/why so that they can work more effectively as a team. Here are some of their top takeaways from the day:

Continue to grow in my awareness so that I can better view things from the perspectives of others.
No one has a wrong personality. Understanding this was a personality assessment...not a test. Never put wrong in from of person.
I am understanding more about myself, others, adapting, and evaluating how I should deliver something based upon how they would be able to receive it.
I can choose to change myself, and when I change, everything will change for me. The first change is keeping my why the most important thing.
My way of doing things is not the only right way of doing things. I now have the awareness that others will complete tasks differently than I would.
To work at adapting to other personality preferences, we have to change, not change others.
I am now conscientious of how others might misread me, my blind spots. I want to adapt my expectations of others and use the insights I gained during the session to build
relationships with them.
I need to work on being unoffendable by people who have more of a task focus versus people focus.

GSCC - Becoming a Person of Influence

It was a privilege to serve this team from Good Shepherd Community Clinic during our mastermind group around "Becoming a Person of Influence." I am so proud of how they took themselves on and purposefully engaged in this process of growth as they strive to live out their core values of love, respect, fight, resilience, and flexibility. Here are some of their top takeaways:

Now that I have identified fear as one of the main barriers of understanding others, I am overcoming it. “Fear, you will not own me”
I learned to see and understand others from their perspective instead of just jumping to judgement.
By learning to ask and gain permission before giving advice, it has strengthened my relationships and created more respect.
I have been empowered to stay positive and maintain a strong attitude toward the challenges I face. This growth stuff is hard, however, the outcomes are absolutely worth it.
I learned that I can lead authentically in my strengths and gifts.
Now that I have identified fear as one of the main barriers of understanding others, I am overcoming it. “Fear, you will not own me”

Sonic - The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

The Law of Process - “Champions are not made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.” Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day
The Law of Navigation - Anyone Can Steer the Ship, but It Takes a Leader to Chart the Course
The Law of Addition - Leaders Add Value by Serving Others
The Law of Connection - Leaders Touch a Heart Before They Ask for a Hand
The Law of Empowerment - Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others
The Law of the Big Mo - Momentum Is a Leader’s Best Friend

Citizens - Developing the Leader Within You

I cannot become a great leader until I lead myself effectively.
Gained valuable insight on how to train new hires more effectively
Changed the way I see my leadership role. I learned how much of an impact I can make in the entire organization. I thought I had to be over someone to lead them which is just positional thinking not realizing that influence is leadership.
I am not alone in this process of growth nor the only one who needs to work on things. Being in this group has greatly encouraged me.
Determined priorities by organizing and structuring what is important and urgent versus just urgent.
Re-prioritized the team’s daily list of tasks and what a difference that can make.
Gained clarity, structure, and accountability around our team members' roles.
I learned to focus on where I am most effective (my strengths) and not on things that I am not good at so that I can hand those things off to others who are more gifted in those areas and love doing them.

FUMC - Intentional Living

Congratulations to this amazing mastermind group from First United Methodist Church in Ardmore on applying the principles from Intentional Living.

Intentional Living is the deliberate decision to use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others, the relentless pursuit of a life that matters.

Mid-American Steel - Leadership Series

Congratulations Mid-American Steel! They have just finished up a monthly leadership series we have been on for almost 2 years! I learned so much from you through this journey together. Some takeaways:

The hardest person to lead is yourself
Communicate the Vision clearly
Great leaders, became great leaders by becoming great listeners
It's up to me to connect with my team first
It's my job as a leader to create momentum
Self evaluation is critical - to identify blind spots
Build up trust - it's the foundation for success
Reflection is critical to success
Surround yourself with people who will challenge you
Leadership never stops
Give your people the opportunity to grow and equip them with the tools necessary