Original post: https://www.forbes.com/sites/garrettgunderson/2021/03/31/trauma-in-the-workplace-happens-are-you-contributing-to-it/?sh=5a4ef3c53776 If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re probably someone who focuses on getting things done, moving the needle, and hitting your goals. You likely have an internal drive that makes you the perfect person to launch a new initiative or found a new company. You are what Tracey Lovejoy and Shannon Lucas, authors of […]

The term VUCA—short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity—originated with the U.S. Army War College to describe how the world was changing in the wake of the Cold War. Since then, its adoption has soared in an effort to describe our ever-evolving global environment. And if there was ever a year that perfectly encapsulated what VUCA […]

Unique Changemakers Require a Unique Understanding. Let’s start with an introduction to Catalysts. In a world marked by rapid change, changemakers can be found any and everywhere. In fact, when we’re talking about VUCA-readiness—the ability to adapt to volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous circumstances—the argument has been made that changemakers must be everywhere. The character traits […]

The following is adapted from Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out, by Shannon Lucas and Tracey Lovejoy. Catalysts don’t have super strength, though we sometimes try to carry more weight than we should. The truth is much simpler and more extraordinary than all of that: we’re doing the things that every organization values in a changemaker. […]

Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Etc. in the First Place? I didn’t set out with the goal to become an entrepreneur. I had jumped into a coaching course to support my leadership practice, and quickly realized coaching was a calling. This was wildly disruptive for me. Becoming an entrepreneur felt like something […]

Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Etc. in the First Place? Like many Catalysts, I have moved in and out of corporate roles, startups, starting my own companies. I’ve gone wherever the next most interesting challenge or opportunity arose. I feel so fortunate to be able to start this global Catalyst movement with […]

After spending time focusing on the challenges shared by all Catalysts. In this post we are going to deep dive into the challenges of Catalysts who are trying to LEAD others through the 3 most common mistakes of Catalytic leaders. When I met Anika she was in a state of paralysis because she had so […]

Self-doubt and questioning myself. If everyone here thinks things are OK, maybe it is me? I feel like I don’t fit in. Others may see me as ‘one thing is not like the other’. When I ask questions people look at me like I’m crazy. I see a bigger story. I am connecting pieces. I […]

Are you a Catalyst? Let’s discuss Six Telltale Signs. “As a catalyst I come into a situation, seeing what is there, bringing some of my own thoughts in, but holding back and seeing lots of different elements and allowing my mind to be big enough to swirl in it to come to some ideas and […]