As part of a recent webinar to ICG members, Lara Meyer shared a story that, until then, she hadn’t been brave enough to tell. It was about how she moved to Bahrain with her husband and how her overly optimistic “just get a job” plan quickly crumbled in the face of reality. Carrying on in her own words …
… at the time, I was caught between feeling like a failure, and realising that, in fact, this was a turning point for growth. Rather than panic, I leaned into a growth mindset.
This was something I had been practicing for years, ever since I came across the concept at Microsoft. At that point, I stopped focusing on my distant end goal and started focusing on daily progress, even if that meant taking small, uncertain steps. The journey of this self-discovery became transformative, and eventually, it led me to find my new path, in coaching and facilitating personal and company transformation.
But the real turning point came when I shared this personal story during the webinar to the ICG … as I shared my story and my insights, I could tell it was striking a chord with those attending from the comments, questions and general engagement with what I was sharing. But the most powerful thing was what happened after the webinar was over.
A fellow ICG member, Jeff Deighton, reached out to me directly. He shared that my story had resonated with him deeply, reminding him of his own journey of transition and growth at various points in his career, and how with the right mindset – achieving amazing things is truly possible, even if you’re away from your homeland and out of your comfort zone.
But what made Jeff’s message stand out was his genuine desire to help me. He didn’t just say, “Great story!”. He went a step further.
Jeff offered me some observations and thoughts that built on my webinar, identifying some areas where he saw potential for my business to build upon the thinking and foundations I had shared to the audience.
Over the past few weeks, his kind and wise input has been bringing clarity, focus and definitely challenge!
Like any great colleague, Jeff’s style isn’t about telling me what to do; it was about helping me think differently, take smarter risks, and create better strategies to achieve long-term success in easy to manage small steps and positive thinking. The heart of my own talk.
What was once a moment of vulnerability for me, became a door to collaboration and partnership that we both immediately knew we wanted to walk through together.
We see how we can make a real impact on individuals, teams and business in the insights industry from helping leaders enable their organisation to take the right steps to thrive through challenges and industry change
This experience has made L.M.I even more passionate about the importance of mentorship and collaboration. None of us have to figure it all out alone—and with the right mindset, the right people, and the right approach, organisations can equip their teams to thrive.
So, I’m thrilled to announce this new partnership between L.M.I. and insight engineers.
Jeff and I are walking this path together, bringing our combined experience to leaders and teams who want to bring mindset and action together for tangible results seen in business performance, staff well-being, and team collaboration.
- My role is to equip you and your teams with the tools to establish (and maintain) a growth mindset, through coaching, workshops and training.
- Jeff ‘s role is to help you track progress and to harness that new mindset to generate ideas that drive real, tangible, business growth
Ready to bring a growth mindset culture to your team? Then let’s connect.
If our story has resonated with you personally, or feels like it could help your organisation let’s have a short chat to identify a couple of concrete progressions
We’ll share our insights, make some recommendations and outline our tailored approach for you to rapidly improve performance, relationships and wellbeing, to help your organisation thrive.
You can email us both – and we’ll get right back to you to set up a time to chat
Lara: lara@lara-meyer.com