Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. This is episode 11, our third episode of our four-part series on new futures. In this episode, Kari and Paul talk about creating a new future amidst feelings of negativity, anger, frustration and resignation. Paul provides an example of a CEO who rolled out a new piece of technology to assist a merger between three large groups. According to Paul, in retrospect, it was a brilliant plan; however, the side effects were severe and debilitating. Kari provides insights as to what she believe went wrong. Kari talks about the importance of creating a new future by beginning with an end. When a future does not begin with a clear and distinct end of old era, people get left in no man’s land. It is imperative that their fundamental cares be taken into consideration, so they feel that they have a voice in this new future. Finally, Kari shares the strategy that she utilizes with clients who are dealing with post- merger and acquisition challenges. This ‘Era Work’ strategy starts with Kari asking simple questions to start an honest conversation in order to get to the root of the issues. By listening with the intent of understanding, Kari has been able to help clients complete the challenging era powerfully and create their new futures. For full shownotes: https://grangernetwork.com/11