Joy at Work Thinking
The founder and host of the Change & Innovation Summit, April Callis Birchmeier, interviews Roxanne Brown. Roxanne shares her thoughts about how to work with leaders and how to develop layers of change leadership.
Written by Ed Cook
The increasing frequency of calls to “go back” to the office is not surprising. The past year-and-a-half has been anywhere from difficult to deadly for nearly everyone on the planet. Who wouldn’t want to roll back the clock? Sure, we...
Part of the What-if Series: Risks Change Professionals navigate every day. What do you do as a Change Professional when you've just started on a project that's been in progress for a long time already?
Many Change Professionals believe that they're at a disadvantage when they don't start on a...
Written by Ed Cook
It’s a fascinating exercise to pose the question, “Are you a great Change Leader?” The personae that tend to emerge break in one of two directions, Lawyer or Scientist.
The Lawyer will begin with a recitation of presumably amazing evidence...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Imagine this: You love your work. You love being absorbed by it. You feel your life’s purpose reflected in the work you do and you can see the impact it’s having. Your family and friends are proud of you and the work you do. They can see why...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Today, many people are asking themselves what it means to work. Most of us have to work to financially support ourselves and others, to be safe in this world, and to create the life we want to have. Because that’s true it gets complicated. There are a lot of...
Written by Roxanne Brown
If you think change will be hard, it will be. We’ve seen it over and over again. If you believe your people can’t handle change or don’t like change then you are pretty much guaranteeing that it won’t go well. If you believe that your people...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Instead of feeling defensive and beat up by a conversation at work that’s filled with debate, maybe you should feel excited!
Sometimes what looks or sounds like disagreement is actually a sign that people are trying to engage with your idea.
When people ask...
Written by Roxanne Brown
The trick to adaptability is to have a strong point of view based on your experience and expertise yet hold a state of openness to take in and lightly evaluate new information, to see how your perspective changes and see if there’s any utility in that shift...
Written by Roxanne Brown
We see Joy at Work as this…an employee’s willingness to:
Commit, Participate, be Accountable
Trust
Belong and act with Cohesion
Adapt and Grow
Demonstrate Respect
Act with Integrity
Joy at Work exists when…
- The company, leaders, and managers...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Being adaptable at work means you’re willing to learn and evolve or expand your thinking. It means you’re willing to accept that some situations require different ways of doing things. Yes, you have experience that tells you what’s wise but you...
Written by Roxanne Brown
The first time we created Joy at Work on a team (a huge group of 250 people located all over the country), everyone asked us how we did it…
Was it more…
• Team lunches?
• Ice cream socials?
• Scavenger hunts?
• Roleplay simulations?
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