Jackie Yun

Mini-Saga 1: The Tsunami and Your Leadership

February 16, 2014 — 8 Comments

Your leadership will face untenable constraints.

How will you respond to the Tsunami that awaits your Leadership?
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T S U N A M I !

Crushing, demolishing, relentless.

Then, miraculous

L I F E !

The son, focused on getting his injured mother to safety amid destruction,

purposely ignores a whimper.

Until his mother speaks.

“What if that boy was Simon or Thomas?

You would want someone to help them…

Even if it’s the last thing we do.”

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Those words of extraordinary heart-centered leadership are from Maria Belon, the real-life mother who wrote about surviving the 2004 Tsunami that hit Thailand. Her book is the basis for the movie: “The Impossible” and the powerful “Even if it’s the last thing we do” scene:

From which a question emerges for us as leaders:

When the tsunami-at-work hits,

In Leadership Books, Confidence, Empowerment, Gut, Leadership, Management, Mindfulness, Movies, Stress

Getting Your Work Groove Back via The 4th of July

July 2, 2013 — 4 Comments

Independence Day Songs Will Re-Ignite Your Work Passion

4th of July Celebration Songs – A Way to Re-Ignite Your Work
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Flag waving, parades, hot dogs, lemonade, family and friends. It’s the 4th of July and you’re looking forward to a break from work.

How about if you not only get a break, but return to work with a new sense of excitement, boldness, ownership, inclusion, and pride?

These 5 Independence Day songs (plus a bonus song) might just do that for you…

1. “Coming to America” by Neil Diamond

Got a dream to take them there
They’re coming to America
Got a dream they’ve come to share
They’re coming to America…

You’ve lost the dream and work is pure drudgery. Your energy and anticipation have dissipated. Revitalize by remembering when it was new. Feel what our forefathers and foremothers felt with the awesomeness of “Coming to America”.

If the song isn’t enough to re-kindle your spirits, read Alli Polin’s “Clear the Dust Off Your Passion”. Alli will get you re-directed. I like her observation and suggestion that “If your current perspective is ‘this sucks’, clearly you need to tap into a more powerful perspective”.

In Leadership Alli Polin, Career, Confidence, Connection, Empowerment, Gut, Jennifer V. Miller, Jesse Lyn Stoner, Leadership, Leia Cator, Lolly Daskal, Motivation, Music, Relationships, Tanveer Naseer

Would You Let Your Gut Speak in the Corporate World?

December 21, 2012 — 2 Comments

Hello Leader. Your Gut Is Speaking. Are You Listening?
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“I’ve been mandated to shut down the office by next June, after we deliver on our key project this upcoming April”.

All eyes quickly turned my way. It was as quick as a door slamming shut and I hoped that wasn’t what it would portend. I knew conventional wisdom would not have approved of what I had just said. Our HR Generalist’s shocked reaction re-confirmed that. Instead, I had taken my direction from my gut.

Would my team walk out and make an already terrible project situation disastrous?

Was the Gut Wrong?

Will Lukang graciously encouraged me to write about it at his blog. Please read more.

Note:

Leaders in the corporate world are taught to get as much information as possible before making a decision. What if that information comes from your gut? What would you do? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section.

And remember…

#TakeThisMoment and create a partnership with your gut. – Jackie Yun

In Leadership Gut, Management, Mindfulness, Relationships

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