Moe Carrick is a best-selling author and Founder of Moementum, Inc., helping brave people do the hard things that make organizations great. She holds a master’s degree in organizational development and is a Certified Daring Way™/ Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. Her newest book Bravespace Workplace: Making Your Company Fit for Human Life is on shelves now.
Top Takeaways: Maximize Potential with a Bravespace Workplace with Moe Carrick
- Bees are the ultimate example of a good business model
- Many of our business challenges are similar and not too complex but often we make finding a solution so much harder than we need to
- Most of us have hope and belief that a book will help us figure out how to resolve issues and how we deal with the people
- We need to see ourselves in the story when reading a book in order to feel that the author’s experience can be replicated
- Maximizing Potential
- What is it that people really need to work?
- What elements within our business do we need to emphasize to get the best from our workforce?
- We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves – we need to know that what we do really matters
- As a leader don’t create blame or shame but coach your team to be responsible and ask questions – allow them to feel supported in taking risks
- Be brave beyond the safe confines – create that environment by offering feedback and train people in processes and systems for a solid baseline allowing for creativity and innovation
- Boundaries, rules and protocol are important
- Bravespace workplace is where people can bring their authentic selves to work and feel safe to do great things together
- Lever – Where or when – purposeful design
- Team dynamics
- Protocol
- Workspace
- Hierarchy
- Ground yourself in what you need –make this an anchor in your workplace
- Ability to recognize that things change – we have to lean into it and make conscious decisions in how to utilize these changes to elevate the relationship between people and machines
- How do we keep a connection in a remote business setting – we have to plan face-to-face interaction for eye contact and visual clues and to feel the emotion of each other to fulfill the basic human need for connection
- Lever – Where or when – purposeful design
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization? by Aaron Dignan
When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua D Mezrich
City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
Leadership Superpower: Adaptability
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable cite=”Brené Brown”]It all made sense at the time (you do the best you can at the time and then you move forward)[/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems by Caroline Kennedy
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown
Additional Items Mentioned
Bravespace Workplace: Making Your Company Fit for Human Life by Moe Carrick
Moe’s website: moecarrick.com
