In the second episode of our series on Leadership Withitness, we look at examples of leadership NON-presence… Examples in which leaders did NOT bring their “best self” to the situation. By the end of the episode, you’ll be able to apply these examples, and assess your own leadership development… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Events page at https://www.g...
Aug 20, 2021•26 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode in our new podcast series on Leadership Withitness… In this episode, we look at what it means to have Presence as a leader. Ray, Colleen and Sharon will talk about leaders they’ve known who’ve had that quality, and by the end of the episode, you’ll learn 3 takeaways that will help you have more presence in your leadership role. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership sk...
Aug 13, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 1
It’s our last episode in this podcast series on the Essence of Change! And this week, we explore better ways to have the difficult conversations in our lives… Watch how Ray and the team roleplay different ways to approach difficult conversations… By the end, you’ll be able to practice these methods, yourself, to hopefully lead to better outcomes for your own difficult conversations The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their commu...
Aug 06, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In the penultimate episode of our series on The Essence of Change, Dr. Ray and the team talk about the concept of servant leadership, and what mindset a leader must go through when moving between the roles of servant and leader, especially in times of change of transition… Stay tuned for Colleen’s three recommendations to help you get there! The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find o...
Jul 30, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In this short podcast, Ray and the team discuss self talk, and how “what you focus on, grows.” You’ll learn how to turn your self talk into something positive, so that when change and transition come into play in your life, you’ll be prepared. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Events page at https://www.gojlc.com/inlearning-events
Jul 23, 2021•14 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Self-talk creates in you certain beliefs and mindsets… and that self-talk determines how we respond to events, changes, or transitions in our life … In this episode, we’ll learn to identify other ways to talk to ourselves, so that we can improve our mindset, and in turn respond differently to these life-altering events… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Eve...
Jul 16, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Welcome to Episode 6 in our podcast series on The Essence of Change. As change and transition occurs in our lives, how does what we say to OURSELVES impact how well we respond to those changes? By the end of the episode, you’ll be able to notice and acknowledge the language you use in your own self-talk that leads to a particular belief or behavior The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To...
Jul 09, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In our latest episode of our latest series on change and transition, Ray and Colleen speak with their guests about the transitional periods in their lives. As we listen and watch, notice how we can apply what Bob and Rebecca learned about change to the changes we encounter in our own lives… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Events page at https://www.gojlc....
Jul 02, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 5
As we continue our podcast series on the Essence of Change, Ray and Colleen welcome special guests Vice Admiral Forrest Faison and Rear Admiral Terry Moulton of the U.S. Navy. In this episode, these experienced leaders give their insight on the changes and transitions in their own lives and careers The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Events page at https://ww...
Jun 25, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Adults process change differently than young people, through the benefit of things like wisdom and experience. In this episode In our ongoing podcast series on The Essence of Change, Dr. Ray talks with two teenage friends in order to get their perspective on dealing with change, especially the changes that came with the 2020 pandemic. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more...
Jun 18, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Change is occurring around us constantly, and 2020 showed us just how much change can impact our lives. In this episode, the JLC team talks about how they responded to the significant changes In their lives. Their conversation will hopefully open you up to your own strengths and attributes that will help you respond to change more effectively. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find...
Jun 11, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to Episode 1 in our latest podcast series on The Essence of Change. Change can come from any part of our life… Family, work, personal, geographical, etc. In this episode, Ray, Joe, Vince, and Terry discuss some of the transitions they’ve experienced, and what the takeaways were from those experiences that help them better respond to, and manage change and transition moving forward… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance the...
Jun 04, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of our podcast/video series on Resilience… In this episode, Ray and Colleen will offer you some tips and strategies on how to use ALL of these tools in your “day-to-day” to help you grow as a leader, and be more resilient in all areas of your life… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Events page at https://www.gojlc.com/inlearning...
May 28, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 10
What do we mean by “Stoic Resilience?” It’s the ability to respond to high-stress events or environments in a way that’s measured, reflective, and not overly emotional… In this episode, Ray, Julie, Vince and Colleen draw on their own life experiences to illustrate this idea of Stoic Resilience. By the end of this podcast, you’ll learn three steps you can take to be more resilient when faced with such a significant life event… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individ...
May 21, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In the next episode in our series on resiliency, Ray shares a short piece from author David White, and asks the other members of the JLC team to weigh in with their thoughts on the piece. The exercise leads to a discussion about… you guessed it: Resiliency! And the importance for each of us to take a moment to focus on our relationship with ourselves, and strengthen our resilience in order to mature and grow as individuals, and as a team. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of program...
May 14, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Organizations are always transitioning in some way, and even more so in the age of the pandemic. So how can leaders be more mindful of the people in their charge during these times of transition? In this episode, Ray and the JLC team share their own stories of personal resiliency, and discuss how you as a leader can improve and foster your own resiliency, and how that enables your teammates to move forward during these times of transition. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of progra...
May 07, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 8
What’s your day-to-day like? Are you consistently moving forward, growing, and evolving in your roles and relationships? Or are you just ”getting it done,” and “checking the boxes” as you go through your day? In this episode, Ray, Julie, Colleen, and Vince talk about the importance of moving beyond simply “working on work,” and taking actions that give us the perspective to see and experience things we may not have seen. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals ...
Apr 30, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 6
How does the story of a runaway farm horse correlate to resilience, and our ability to bounce back from adverse events? Find out in this latest installment of the JLC podcast, as Ray, Colleen, and Bob talk about the importance of taking a moment to pause… assess… reflect… and view these adverse events in as positive a perspective as possible before reacting and responding… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication ...
Apr 23, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 5
How do YOU respond to a setback? In this episode of our podcast series on resilience, Dr. Ray and the JLC team talk about the importance of the relationships in your life, and how those relationships can help you bounce back from those setbacks. By the end of the episode, you’ll learn how to use the conversations from these trusted relationships to help you become even more resilient, so you can better recover from the next of life’s little setbacks. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variet...
Apr 16, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this third installment in our series on resiliency, Ray, Colleen, Vince, and Julie will follow up last episode's discussion on Responding to Positive Events with a conversation about the other side of that equation: the different ways we can handle negative events that crop up in the course of our lives, and how to create self-talk around those events that will help up bounce back stronger. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance...
Apr 09, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode in our series on resiliency… In this episode, Dr. Ray and the team will discuss how you can strengthen your “resiliency muscle” by focusing on the positive events in our life – and recognizing the things that go well. By the end of the session, you’ll have a stronger ability to spot those positive moments, and respond to them in ways that make us stronger and more resilient. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations...
Apr 02, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 2
What does it mean to be resilient? In this next series of the JLC podcast, Dr. Ray Jorgensen and the team will explore the facets of resilience… In this episode, the team shares personal stories of resilience, and discusses how things like self talk, and our reaction to the positive and negative events in our life affect that resilience… The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out m...
Mar 26, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
One of the best ways a team can move forward in its directives is to treat one another with Respect. Responding respectfully to your colleagues builds trust, strengthens relationships, and creates a "safe space" in your organization that will help the team move forward. In this episode of the JLC podcast, Colleen, Vince, Nichole, and Dr. Ray will talk about the shared understanding that comes through intentional conversations that are guided by respectful interaction. The Jorgensen Learning Cent...
Mar 19, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join the JLC Team as they talk about the importance of making sure your leadership conversations are disciplined and intentional... The result of continued practice of these kinds of conversations is that your team becomes more engaged, more intimate, and more connected. You'll learn how to structure conversations among your teammates so that you're always thinking about the reasons behind the conversations you have, and the outcomes you desire. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of ...
Mar 12, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Self-talk -- both positive and negative -- can influence your performance by influencing your beliefs. In this story, Ray and the JLC team talk about a guy named Cliff Young, a marathon runner who had no idea of the previously-held beliefs about distance running, so he went ahead and won! Great story, and great discussion that follows. Stories and storytelling are an integral part of the learning process... Often a story can shed light or land on us in a way that makes a much bigger impact than ...
Mar 08, 2021•7 min
This episode of the JLC podcast is about "leading to a success condition." What does that mean? In part, it means planning for a pre-determined "end state," which you then build your leadership and conversations around as you work toward that outcome. The Jorgensen Learning Center offers a variety of programs for individuals and organizations to enhance their communication and leadership skills… To find out more, visit our Events page at https://www.gojlc.com/inlearning-events
Mar 05, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Listen as Ray Jorgensen and the JLC team share a story that Herbie Hancock tells about playing with one of the jazz greats, Miles Davis, and how dangerous it can be to let a person believe his/her thinking is wrong... Stories and storytelling are an integral part of the learning process... Often a story can shed light or land on us in a way that makes a much bigger impact than through other communication like lectures or debate
Mar 01, 2021•10 min
Ever heard of the Abilene Paradox? It's the situation that arises among a group in which members of the group may agree with a plan of action, even though they may have reservations, but may feel pressured by the group to "go along," despite objections or uncertainty. In the latest episode of the JLC podcast, we'll explore the feelings that come from saying "Yes," when we really want to say "no," and how those feelings affect our relationships and the planning in our work. The Jorgensen Learning...
Feb 26, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Join the team from the Jorgensen Learning Center as they share discussion around a story about Franz Kafka, a distraught little girl, and her missing doll. (Turns out the doll isn't lost, it's out traveling the world!) Guaranteed, you'll enjoy the perspective this story puts on your approach to your business relationships! Stories and storytelling are an integral part of the learning process... Often a story can shed light or land on us in a way that makes a much bigger impact than through other...
Feb 22, 2021•11 min
We at the Jorgensen Learning Center are huge fans of the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz… It teaches us how to reconcile one of the most important relationships we have: the relationship with oneself. In this installment of the JLC Podcast, Ray, Colleen and Julie talk about different ways to apply The Four Agreements in our effort to have meaningful conversations, not just with our colleagues, but also with ourselves.
Feb 19, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
