Catalyst Constellations

Ready to elevate your changemaking skills? Download and complete the Skills Self-Assessment to discover where you shine and identify opportunities for improvement. Below are skill areas that help us maximize our effectiveness as change-makers. While there are several attributes that Catalysts share, we have diverse ability across the areas below. In your self-assessment you indicated how successful you currently feel in each area (using a scale of 1-10). The next Catalyzing Organizational Change course begins on October 31st, 2024. During this 6-week Catalyzing Organizational Change course, you’ll learn essential hard skills and tools to more successfully lead change initiatives while reducing the personal toll that change-making can take. Don’t miss this opportunity—join us today and start your journey toward leading impactful change: https://lnkd.in/gY5npKEb

In our latest episode, we are thrilled to welcome Susie Coelho, a best-selling author, television personality, lifestyle expert, and entrepreneur, who is currently the founder and CEO of Susie Coelho Enterprises. Susie’s journey, marked by her incredible drive and resilience, showcases her ability to reinvent herself and succeed in diverse fields. Susie emphasizes that hard work and necessity are critical drivers of success. She never borrowed money from anyone, relying solely on her ability to generate income and create opportunities. This mindset, instilled by her immigrant background, underscores the importance of working diligently to make one's mark and achieve financial independence. Susie's journey is a testament to her adaptability. She transitioned from being a model to an actress, and then to opening a store on Melrose Avenue after a divorce created the need for money to pay the mortgage. Susie shared the details of reinventing herself after taking time to raise her son. She conducted a “listening tour” with friends to identify her strengths and passions, which led her to establish a personal brand, combining elements of Oprah’s inspiration and Martha Stewart’s style. Susie successfully built a lifestyle brand and company that gained widespread recognition. Susie demonstrates the power of courage and persistence, and her ability to sense the right timing has often led to her success. As she moves forward with her next venture, she firmly believes that "the best is yet to come," – both for herself, and as a central message she will be sharing with others - inspiring others to strive towards their future goals. Her new phase is deeply aligned to what we found in research we did for our Catalyst Leadership Trust https://lnkd.in/gjaJa3HQ, that Catalysts never really retire, they move into their ‘third 3rd’ of their career focusing on projects that fill their souls. Tune in to hear more about Susie Coelho’s inspiring journey and insights: https://lnkd.in/g38feFzk

How should leaders think about investing in and embedding innovation in their company? Scott Kirsner, Co-Founder & CEO of InnoLead, shares his thoughts. “Institutionalizing [innovation] is really important and making sure that people think it's here to stay… I don't think this needs to be as big as the marketing function or the human resources function, but it does need to be thought of as something that's important and here to stay.” Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gTG8ziiy

What’s more critical for your company’s future—embracing AI, shaping culture, or embedding innovation into everyday operations? Here are the 3 key takeaways from our conversation with Scott Kirsner, Co-Founder & CEO of InnoLead: Listen to the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gTG8ziiy

Curious about the biggest pressures that innovation teams have been experiencing this year? You’re probably not alone in your struggles. Scott Kirsner (CEO and Co-Founder of InnoLead) highlights the five biggest challenges teams are facing today: 1. Driving more impact on revenue growth 2. Accelerating agility and speed in the company 3. Fostering a more innovative company culture 4. Doing more with less – the power of minimalism 5. Understanding and adopting new technologies, especially AI Which of these pressures feels the most urgent in your organization? Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gTG8ziiy

Feeling frustrated about your ability to drive change in your organization? You’re not alone. We’ve designed a 6-week online experiential course to help you more successfully create change while minimizing the personal toll creating change can take. You’ll practice skills to support you through the entire change cycle – vision setting through implementation. All while connecting with other Catalysts facing similar challenges - from companies like Adobe, Hitachi, Ford, Amazon, P&G - in a safe space where you can troubleshoot together. We’re excited to announce the Fall 2024 registration is officially open. Note: Early Bird Price ends on October 3rd. Link: https://lnkd.in/gY5npKEb

What is the biggest challenge you face when trying to create change in your organization?

We had the amazing opportunity to speak with someone who has his finger on the pulse of innovation, Scott Kirsner, Co-Founder & CEO of InnoLead. He has years of experience supporting innovation leaders and researching the innovation industry. When we asked him his opinion on the biggest challenges facing large organizations as they try to drive change, he had a pretty clear answer: Turning insights into action. Here’s what Scott had to say: https://lnkd.in/gTG8ziiy

We LOVED the insights from Ashley Alebiosu, Manager CxO Experiences at Salesforce, about how to overcome some of the classic challenges to driving change. 1. Leverage the power of influence. 2. Knowing when to let go. Listen to more amazing insights from Ashley here: https://lnkd.in/gYrSSHXz

Want to know the latest trends in innovation from one of the world’s thought leaders on the subject? So did we. We sat down with Scott Kirsner, CEO of InnoLead, in our latest episode, to pick his brain and tap into his phenomenal research on all things innovation. Scott shares his journey from his early days being a Catalyst at the Boston Globe, where he helped build the newspaper’s first website, to founding Innolead in 2013. Since launching InnoLead, Scott has had his finger on the pulse of the latest trends and insights about corporate innovation. In this conversation, Scott shares some key takeaways from their latest research,"The Future of the Innovation Team" including innovators' top challenges: driving revenue growth, increasing agility, and adopting new technologies like AI. He highlights the importance of acting on gathered insights within large organizations, which is something we know you do Catalysts! “The problem in large companies is not the gathering signal and understanding what's happening. It's the doing something about it.” Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gTG8ziiy