Tajan Renderos

In this presentation you’ll learn how impostor phenomenon and perfectionism stifle leadership ability. The presentation elucidates specific behaviors, skills, and habits to improve leadership presence and influence. You’ll also learn how to build and lead more inclusive teams where you intentionally create conditions that leverage diverse strengths and leadership styles.

The ability to take a coaching approach to difficult conversations is a skill and an art. In this presentation I teach relevant coaching techniques that are applicable for navigating these conversations. I
teach leaders how to get in the right ‘head’ and ‘heart’ space to have tough conversations with the level of neutrality and curiosity required for these conversations to be constructive. This knowledge is then cemented through realistic scenarios and lots of feedback through role-play practice.

Is there a habit that you've been trying to form that you just can't seem to consistently do? It's incredibly frustrating and you're starting to lose hope. The answer to cracking this nut doesn't lie in white-knuckled determination it lies your ability to implement proven advanced strategies for habit formation. In this Elective, you'll identify a habit that they've been trying to form or break unsuccessfully and we'll use that as a working example throughout the elective. I'll outline the current research literature and leverage my experience as a coach to offer a step by step process you can use for developing and breaking habits to reach goals. I'll also identify tips and common pitfalls to avoid on the journey towards habit formation. At the end of this elective, you'll take away strategies, hacks, and tools you can use for future habits you want to form or break to crush your goals.

In this uplifting session, I unpack dynamics at play during periods of rapid organizational change that will help to normalize your experience and give you common language to name what is happening. I then offer tangible evidence-based strategies I've learned through leadership development to help all staff from individual contributors to senior leaders navigate this kind of change with a greater sense of grace and ease. In addition, I will review how all staff can create new habits to better prepare for when the phase of rapid expansion or VUCA change naturally ends. Some strategies highlighted include how to reframe change in a positive way, reduce anxiety, and the role of light-house leadership during rapid change seasons.

Major Take-aways:
-New language to name, describe, and normalize VUCA seasons

-Strategies you can implement to address VUCA impacts regardless of your position

-New habits that will better prepare you for the next VUCA season