Increased Productivity and Leadership Confidence Through Mindful Self-Regulation and Team Empowerment

Dr. Tiffany Morris* (00:00) One of the things that surprised me about working with Coach Beth is it became more than a coaching session. And when I say that, I truly was surprised at how genuine she was about my success. So when I tell you we had the best time celebrating my wins, here was somebody that came right alongside me, and no win or no accomplishment was too small. In fact, she probably over celebrated even sometimes when I couldn't. And it was those positive messages. And I think truly having someone to believe in you, someone to root you on, especially in a leadership capacity was truly amazing and heartfelt, very heartfelt. Dr. Tiffany Morris*, I'm the director of nursing for the School of Nursing. Some of the things that I wanted to shift or improve on before working with Coach Beth was my ability to stay grounded in the ever-changing, ever-evolving work that I do. Secondly, I wanted to gain a little bit more insight on what are those things that were keeping me from maybe moving forward or taking risk on my job, and to learn a little bit more about how I could self-regulate. my own emotions, feelings while I was at the workplace. one of the things that helped me to move forward with Coach Beth was her authenticity, and genuine concern for me as a person. One of the things during our coaching sessions that always left an impression with me was her ability individualize some of the principles and things that we were talking to, to what I needed. She really demonstrated her ability to care for me as an individual, and she was genuinely concerned with my success or failures, as one may say. And that made the difference. Establishing trust was one thing that Beth did very well. Since working with Coach Beth, I've developed a routine pattern of mindfulness. in the sense that Right before I tackle a big job, I've learned to take a deep breath in. I've learned what we talked about, PQ reps. I've learned that I have the ability to do anything that I set my mind to and the key thing is set my mind. So my mind had to be set. So I will say the one big takeaway was how to set my mind to lead others and to lead myself well. Secondly, one of the coaching things helped me to identify those roadblocks and barriers. We identified as, you know, the sage brain versus the saboteurs. And I really appreciated how I can quickly now arrest those negative thoughts, and look at ways to move past them. Before I probably let those negative thoughts linger longer than they should have. And I can tell you that my confidence as a leader has grown exponentially because I'm able to now identify how to lead myself well so that I could lead others well. I do feel that my team has a mechanism now to articulate what we call the "yes, and," right? The faculty now understand approaching a collaborative way to solve problems, and not always looking at the negative. I think it also helped my team to identify that we were lacking in the mental health wellness space. just becoming mentally fit in terms of understanding that we came with our own biases and didn't realize that there's something missing in our team, it's cause we couldn't lead ourselves well. Therefore it hindered us from leading others well. But one of the biggest outcomes was increased productivity. I saw team members who would not volunteer for things, who maybe didn't feel empowered to take on leadership opportunities, really step up and begin to embrace their own leadership, and what it brought to the team. And so that helped to increase our productivity and being able to move things forward. The thing that stood out about Beth's approach to coaching, I'll go back to the authenticity. There were parts in our coaching where I didn't feel comfortable. I didn't feel comfortable maybe with some of the principles and the thoughts. And she allowed a safe place for me to say, "I'm not sure I totally understand that," or "I'm not sure I'm totally comfortable with that approach." And she was always open. She really took time to explore what my biases may have been or what my hesitancies are. It totally was where I had the control. And I loved She always started and ended with me, not the program per se, and not the the principles and practice. She always checked in with Tiff. I want to go back to the beginning principles to kind of stay grounded in this ever-changing work environment. And I mean, we would lose peace, and that cohesive work environment, that team. I'm confident that with all the changes that were happening among my team, without that coaching session, we would be in a much different place, and it would be negative, not positive. One sentence about this experience and really it's an old cliche don't knock it until you try it. I highly recommend working with Coach Beth for any leader working in any organization. It will truly make a difference in the way you work and the way you live.