In this episode, we’ll learn from Deborah Connors of Well-Advised Consulting how teams can intentionally disrupt themselves to innovate and reinvent how they work together to change the workplace conversation. and talk with where Deborah helps teams and organizations.

00:13 – Introduction
01:09 – Deborah’s personal journey with Parkinson’s disease
02:49 – Importance of disrupting yourself many times in your life

04:09 – Complacency is not good for business
05:20 – Questions to help your team reinvent itself
06:10 – Social connections at work
09:14 – 3 things to help people flourish at work
10:21 – Increasing positivity for creativity and innovation
12:36 – Practising mindfulness in teams
14:07 – Hidden powers of personal and professional growth
15:34 – Prevalence of wellness in organizations
18:46 – Dr. Barbara Fredrickson and loving kindness research
19:56 – Guidelines for taking breaks and working from home
22:27 – Research on the 52-minute work hour

Deborah Connors speaks internationally in the workplace and at conferences, both in-person and online. She is a captivating speaker, storyteller and workplace coach. From starting Canada’s first annual conference (The Better Workplace Conference) to authoring “A Better Place to Work: Daily Practices That Transform Culture”, she has distilled the knowledge of hundreds of thought-leaders, combining it with her own leadership experience to provide practical advice on organizational and team practices to create environments that allow for more creativity, innovation, engagement and fun. Deborah teaches leaders to radically shift workplace culture so that people can flourish.

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Originally broadcast in May 2020 during the Lead From Within Global Leadership Summit at the onset of the global pandemic. My purpose for republishing is that the value of the conversations with leading experts from around the globe is still relevant and will continue to be a touchstone for empowering business and community leaders with innovation and compassion during challenging times.