Judy Ryan

Change is happening at the speed of imagination, often causing high levels of confusion and strain on individuals and organizations. Outdated, autocratic approaches no longer work and new systems are needed that promote high levels of emotional and social intelligence and personal responsibility. The glue that holds us together in the future must be based on trustworthy teamwork and collaboration, through mentoring and mutual respect that expand human potential, and through a human system framework proven to bring about stability for our rapidly changing times.

The old ways of understanding human systems are not working anymore – the ways of superior versus inferior or management versus employees or adults versus children. They never really did without serious, negative side-effects. The illusion what we should go back to ‘The good old days’ is just that; an illusion. Back then, win/lose (actually lose/lose) still ran rampant and the need for mutual respect and caring was sorely lacking. This could not be more obvious today than in the volume of polarization we see between generations, religions, political parties, genders, races and more. Too often there is hate, gossip, withdrawal, withholding and harshness of every kind.

Every person needs to develop social interest (the awareness of the consequences one causes others) and strong, caring relationships. This presentation addresses the conditions needed to bring out belonging and significance needed to dissolve barriers and unlock the best in all people, no matter how diverse.

The time has come to balance the values of the masculine and feminine within each person and within teams of people no matter the setting. The masculine qualities and strengths of focus, courage, results-orientation and drive, without the feminine ones can become brutal and dehumanizing. The feminine traits of receptivity, nurturing, relationship building and empathy without the masculine traits, can be passive and ineffective.

In order to bring about a new workplace honoring both, all systems must reflect a commitment to psychological safety and opportunity to lead and follow for all members. There must also be room for consistent monthly mentoring support so that one is able to take the resolve to create what is good and blend it with the finesse of doing so with mutual respect, empathy and trustworthy collaboration.

This presentation covers systems and practices needed to meet today's challenges and to achieve today's goals, in a balanced and effective workplace community.

One of the most important factors in high performance for every person is connection to a caring mentor who checks in, asks the right questions, offers encouragement and provides consistent, frequent support. Each is provided a leadership development process for empowerment.

In this presentation, participants learn why and how to create and use a mentoring planning process, and engage in a mentoring relationship that allow for the development of emotional and social intelligence competencies and task ownership so each can manage one's relationships, productivity, engagement and blueprint plan of action.

Leadership development is a priority for all people in all roles, and mentoring is the method adopted to continue to achieve and develop it ongoing. The objective of this presentation is to help people adopt new tools and strategies, including a blueprint tool and a mentoring process to help people move from power over to development of empowerment from within.

Here are just a few of the common complaints leveled against millennial employees:

They lack persistence, are self-absorbed, act entitled, are arrogant, idealistic, and lazy, rude, job hoppers.

They can act quite so. But…millennial employees are deeply conscious of inequality and don’t readily buy in to, or cooperate with, the idea that they have less to offer. They also resist control methods, such as autocracy, dangling carrots, assumed hierarchy, and shaming/judging leveled at them in the forms of praise and disapproval.

This presentation explores the hidden psychological contracts between various generations and offers a specific approach to dissolving barriers within millennial employee relationships. The systems provided in this topic all for a mining of talent and motivation not found without this understanding and implementation of new behaviors that lead to authentic community and collaboration with these up-and-coming leaders.

Most people do not realize when they are thinking or speaking in ways that demoralize themselves or others. This presentation is designed to provide awareness and strategies for noticing and transforming communications to create more positive and encouraging relationships and effects.

Participants learn the difference between listening and hearing, and how to use language to impact positive change. Each draws upon new skills, including how to make accountable requests and agreements, encourage on another, transform frustrations, and eliminate gossip.

Most people do not understand what emotional intelligence constitutes and even when they do, they don’t always know how to engage in it. Then their behavior and thinking remains without structure nor systems to support emotional intelligence competencies.
In this presentation, each person leaves understanding what creates fear in us, the role of choices and adaptability, how to take full responsibility for all aspects of our being, including the healthy integration of our thinking, feeling and relating capacities.

We all know what it is to suffer at the mercy of those who are not self-aware or self-managing and therefore bully or otherwise neglect or violate the priority needs and values of others. We also know what it is like to be in the presence of those people who are highly aware of themselves and others so they know how to interact in the world in positive ways.

In this presentation, participants learn why and how to cultivate emotional intelligence for increased joy.

In a compassionate and straightforward manner, this presentation unwraps the understandable reasons people gossip, and common beliefs that must be examined and laid aside in order to transform gossip into meaningful exchanges that build rather than break down relationships.

Gossip is a highly toxic behavior for the givers and receivers involved and so common it’s epidemic. Most people tolerate gossip as a fact of life and don’t consider the core reasons we gossip, what to do instead, and commit to stop engaging in it. Throughout this presentation, participants consider the reasons, results, and their role and responsibilities in addressing this destructive behavior. Specific tools and strategies are introduced, including steps, intentions and implementation processes for drastic reduction or elimination of gossip.

Strong, positive relationships are key to success but many people do not know how to create or sustain them. In this presentation, participants learn about eight values that build trust, what helps to forge strong bonds and loyalties between people, the true meaning of teamwork and how to use practices in your daily life in order to enjoy positive relationships.

Being trustworthy doesn’t guarantee you build trust. The intention of this presentation is to explore characteristics of caring relationships and know how to be part of the commitment to support others in being wildly successful.

Participants become aware of common dynamics they may fall back on under situations of duress and how to be 'at choice' to make new responses, including how to use specific tools in order to enjoy encouraging relationships and engage in collaboration needed for achieving individual and group visions and primary objectives.

Challenged by people being irresponsible? Failing to follow through? Not delivering expected results? In this presentation participants are led through a process enabling each to understand the reasons for high or low accountability, including what it really means to be accountable, conditions and communications that support accountability and strategies to effect positive change. The intention of this presentation is to explore how accountability can dramatically influence life, work and relationships, enabling participants to become effective leaders who cultivate accountability in a respectful and conscious manner.

This presentation leads participants through a process enabling them to understand subconscious goals they and others operate out of related to high or low accountability. Participants leave with knowledge and strategies so they are effective inspiring responsible and accountable behavior, including follow-through based on commitment rather than resentful compliance.