093: How to Reframe the Drama Narratives on Your Job | Annette Simmons

Reframe to Create

Are you dealing with insufferable people on your job? 🤔

Are you the insufferable person? 😆

Whoooo okay I won’t go there.

But seriously, how are the turf wars and the drama going these days at your job?

Are you ready to get a reframe so you can experience things differently?

If you are my guest Annette Simmons is going to help you do just that.

Annette is the CEO of Group Process Consulting and a best-selling author of books that define and promote “power-with” strategies and principles even though (and in some cases, specifically because) they undermine autocratic “power-over” strategies.

One of her bestsellers The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling was named twice as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.

This is the book that introduced me to Annette’s work but it’s just scratching the surface. We dive into the why and how to deal with the territorial games on your job that might be driving you mad.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How accepting your difference, leaning into your curiosity, and “following your weird” can lead you to the unique things you create

• Why it’s important that you not dismiss the drama on your job as simply noise

• How to spot the predictable tactics commonly used to protect silos on your job and how to deal with them

• How looking for and listening to stories of others can be your empathy superpower on your job

• The six stories you need to know how to share

• And so much more!

Annette is a wealth of wisdom and practical advice that you’ll only start to experience in this episode.

To keep up with her and learn more check out ways to contact her below:

Annette Simmons on LinkedIn

Annette Simmons Website

Annette Simmons Books

Six Kinds of Stories

About My Guest:

Annette Simmons is a vibrant keynote speaker, author, consultant, and CEO of Group Process Consulting. Annette’s most popular book, The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling was named twice as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. All five of Simmons’ business books define and promote “power-with” strategies and principles even though (and in some cases, specifically because) they undermine autocratic “power-over” strategies.

Annette uses storytelling to teach work groups how to dialogue about diverse perspectives and connect the dots between seemingly adversarial perceptions into a new shared bigger picture. Her first book Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work was the result of her recording true stories about “turf wars” that revealed ten predictable tactics commonly used to protect silos.

Her most recent book Drinking from a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action challenges traditional assumptions about what power is, what it is for, and who should have it. This book is a love letter to women who instinctively seek to balance “winning” with moral acts of generosity that protect the weak and preserve our planet.

Her clients have included NASA, Microsoft, Meta, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, businesses large and small, non-profits, and governments.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

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