Reflective Inquiry: Breaking through Resistance Activates Meaningful Change:
Reflective Inquiry is an active replay where people are invited to see their own truth. Dr. Marcia Reynolds is the expert organizations call on to breathe life into their conversations and cultures using reflective inquiry.
Marcia is energetic, funny and 100% committed to transformational leadership.
As a child, she was described as precocious, opinionated and with some kind of social problem. When she was 19, she found herself in jail struggling with drug abuse and low self-esteem. But that changed when her cellmate unwittingly reflected what she saw – a smart, strong woman who cared about people. Her cellmate told Marcia, “when you get that in here (pointing to her heart), you can do anything out there.”
And Marcia has done just that. Over the past 30 years, she has spoken and coached leaders in 38 countries and reached over 100K people worldwide in her training programs.
“REFLECTIVE INQUIRY PROVOKES INSIGHT; QUESTIONS JUST GET ANSWERS.”
My Interview with Marcia will be of benefit if you want to:
- Develop others
- Hold conversations that activate meaningful breakthroughs
- Enhance your listening and / or leadership skills
- Create profound connections that activate change, creativity, and joy
- Inspire others to step up and work on their own
- Project confidence and a powerful presence
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Highlights of my interview with Marcia
- The skills of Reflection and Reflective Inquiry
- The power of Reflective Inquiry to help us learn and think more broadly
- Coaches as Knowledge Sherpas
- You want to be a better leader – a demonstration of Reflective Inquiry
- Leading the agile workplace: Advice for leaders who want to develop their people
- The dominant emotions in the workplace – worldwide
- Cultural differences that impact leadership transformation globally
- Benefits of being present when feeling anxious, exhausted, overwhelmed, stressed out, and dissatisfied
- Marcia’s mantra that keeps her focused on her larger purpose: what is it that I want to create in the bigger picture?
Bio and links
Marcia Reynolds is the best-selling author of three books including Outsmart Your Brain, Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment & Direction and her latest bestseller, The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs. She also has two highly engaging TEDx talks (links are below).
Marcia uncovers and applies the latest discoveries in neuro and behavioral research. With a doctoral degree in Organizational Psychology and master’s degrees in Adult Learning and Communications, Marcia’s expertise ranges from holding powerful conversations to how to activate passion and courage at work.
A true pioneer in the coaching industry, she is a past president of the International Coach Federation. Marcia is one of the first 25 people to earn the designation of Master Certified Coach (MCC) and is only one of two people in the world to hold both her MCC and CSP.
The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Psychology Today, Globe and Mail, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The New York Times have featured Marcia’s works. In addition, she has made appearances on CNN. com, Forbes.com, NBC.com, and ABC World News.
Marcia has worked in a multitude of industries, from banking, financial services, and technology to government agencies and global associations. Her work in building high-trust, high-growth communities has consistently garnered remarkable results. Using her Covisioning Process, she was instrumental in shifting the culture of one company from near bankruptcy to become the #1 stock market success in three years.
- How to Use Anger As A Force for Good TEDxAtlanta
- How to Handle Precocious women. April 2018. TEDx
- How we Think by John Dewey
- Connect with Marcia Reynolds at Outsmart Your Brain
About Inspired Wisdom
Cynder Niemela, MA, MBA is an award-winning author and internationally recognized expert in executive coaching and developing global teams. As a result of growing up in the Middle East and Europe, Cynder leverages her international experience working in the Middle East as one of a few women permitted to work in Saudi Arabia. First, as a marine biologist followed by years of developing leaders and teams for Saudi-ARAMCO. Mission: Interview 100 people from 100 countries who are working with heart and mind for positive social impact.