Entrepreneur, Thought Leader, Speaker, Author
Activate Your Passion, Potential, and Purpose
“Don’t settle for mediocrity. Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion. Know what you’re really worth."
Dr. Shawn M. Nicholson is a globally respected thought leader.
Dr. Shawn M. Nicholson is a globally respected thought leader who, for over a quarter of a century, has been devoted to helping individuals realize their passion, potential, and purpose.
Dr. Shawn M. Nicholson is widely considered one of the top leadership and personal mastery experts and speakers across the country, his clients include businesses, corporations, nonprofits. . . .
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PASSION
Bring all of YOU to what you do.
- View your time, energy, and resources not as fixed, but as fluid.
- Build a culture of continuous improvement no matter the circumstances.
- If overwhelmed, disengage from what’s already out of your hands and focus on the big picture.
POTENTIAL
If you limit yourself to what’s comfortable, you deny yourself what’s possible.
- Learn to push beyond limits in the face of adversity.
- If you think what you’re doing now is difficult, it’s probably time to try something harder.
- Connect to Purpose! Recommit to why this matters. Not once. Constantly.
PURPOSE
Is the future going to shape you, or will you shape the future?
- Success is not determined by circumstances but by your actions.
- Lean into change to unlock your greatest opportunities.
- To transcend your current level, you must change your patterns & actions.
Offering tailored trainings, keynotes and workshops in various areas of interest. I am able to customized these items*: Leadership, Equity, Strategic Planning, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Teamwork, Resiliency, Goal Setting, Success and much more.
*Faith-Based presentations available upon request.
- Clarity on development goals
- Greater self-awareness
- Ability to see reality and possibility simultaneously
- Increased leadership confidence in times of great uncertainty and complexity
- Ability to engage others in difficult/real conversations
- Enhanced ability to successfully sponsor change initiatives
- Opportunity to recapture the joy of leading others
- Strategic roadmap for success
- Greater employee growth and learning
- Tools and processes that facilitate change
- Enhanced employee engagement
- Alignment of leadership development strategy to organizational culture
- A pipeline of candidates to fill key executive roles
- Executive development strategy that facilitates achievement of organizational goals
- Lack of alignment between leadership development strategy and organizational culture
- Lack of executive “pipeline” to fill key roles
- Lack of or sub-optimal Executive development strategy
Are you or your team experiencing the following problems?
- Lack of progress on strategy/goals
- Suboptimal executive team performance, especially when there is lack of trust, openness and shared commitment
- Lack of clarity on future possibilities for individual leaders and organizations
- Conversations that are not giving you the results you want
- Unsure of how to take your own, or your team’s, development to the next level
Are you or your team facing any of the following leadership challenges?
- Major transformational change in your organization
- Planned shift in organizational culture
- Creating/updating your strategic plan
- Redesign of part or all of your organization’s structure
- Organizational culture that inhibits creativity and innovation
The Process: What to expect from a Leadership Development Consulting Engagement
- Entry: Clarifying scope of work and role of consultant and client
- Discovery/Data Collection: use of The Leadership Survey to understand your current and desired leadership culture
- Interview key leaders to identify what’s already in place
- Feedback: work with you to understand the data and what it means to your success
- Goals: Partner with you to co-create goals for your leadership development strategy
- Intervention: work with you to develop and implement a plan for aligning your leadership development strategy to organizational culture, and/or an executive talent assessment/development strategy
- Evaluation: Ongoing monitoring of progress as well as mid-point and final evaluation of success.
- Entry: Clarifying scope of work and role of consultant and client
- Discovery/Data Collection: use of The Leadership Survey to understand your current and desired leadership culture
- Interview key leaders to identify what’s already in place
- Feedback: work with you to understand the data and what it means to your success
- Goals: Partner with you to co-create goals for your leadership development strategy
- Intervention: work with you to develop and implement a plan for aligning your leadership development strategy to organizational culture, and/or an executive talent assessment/development strategy
- Evaluation: Ongoing monitoring of progress as well as mid-point and final evaluation of success.
TEACH ME HOW TO PIVOT
During COVID the need for flexibility іѕ nоt a сhоісе – it’s a nесеѕѕіtу for ѕurvіvаl. Business оwnеrѕ are requіrеd to соnѕіdеr pivotal сhаngеѕ tо bеttеr position thеmѕеlvеѕ fоr the futurе. Sо, what dоеѕ that mеаn tо уоu?
A pivotis a сеntrаl роіnt оn whісh a mесhаnіѕm саn tеrm оr оѕсіllаtе. Whеn іt соmеѕ tо уоur business, durіng dіffісult times уоu may nееd tо consider іmрlеmеntіng a pivotal strategy by making a few fundamental сhаngеѕ tо thе way you еngаgе wіth your сlіеnt аnd dо buѕіnеѕѕ, even if this іѕ оnlу a tеmроrаrу mеаѕurе. Thе kеу іѕѕuе hеrе is to keep thеm connected tо you. These tіmеѕ are ѕtrеѕѕful fоr everyone аnd reaching оut tо уоur clients wіll bе аррrесіаtеd аѕ you continue tо рrоvіdе them with gооd аdvісе and support.
There іѕ mоrе to ріvоtіng thаn most аѕріrіng entrepreneurs knоw, but іt is widely аgrееd uроn that ѕtаrtuрѕ should pivot оnlу whеn it’s nесеѕѕаrу, аnd thаt іt must bе dоnе wіth соnѕіdеrаblе рlаnnіng аnd thоughtful еxесutіоn. Because оf thе numеrоuѕ factors thаt muѕt bе соnѕіdеrеd before еmbаrkіng оn a ріvоt, we’ve created аn еxtеnѕіvе guіdе thаt dеtаіlѕ whаt pivoting іѕ, when tо knоw whеn your company ѕhоuld ріvоt, аnd how tо еnѕurе a ѕuссеѕѕful pivot.
