New Program Addresses Pivoting in a Changing World

Are you stuck? Does it seem like you are treading water, barely staying afloat? Do you feel as if the world is spinning around you, but you are stuck in place, not knowing how you are standing up straight and surviving? You are not alone. And that is exactly why Dr. Linda Liang, President, Organizational Resources, LLC, WBE, WOSB has created a new program to help deal with this situation.

So, how do we pivot and change in this difficult world when sometimes all we want is to feel safe and comfortable? “I remember that ride at Riverview, an old amusement park in Chicago, now gone, called the Rotor, where you spin and spin in a circle, faster and faster, and the floor drops out from under you,” says Liang. “Somehow you stay afloat through centrifugal forces, your body pressed up against the wall. You can hardly move. In a rapidly changing world, we can sometimes feel anxious, depressed, unmotivated, frozen and lost. If we look at the Kubler-Ross Change cycle, we see that many of the stages overlap with the stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance).”

Per Liang, “First, we are dealing with information and communication. We are shocked and in denial about what is happening. We question it, we look for different information, we freeze and don’t know what to do. Resilience, which is the ability to handle and recover from difficult experiences and setbacks, to adapt, move forward and sometimes experience personal growth. Resilient people tend to be both optimistic and realistic, they have faith in the future, and yet face problems and issues head on with a practical point of view.”

“Next, we experience frustration and anger, helplessness, and feeling lost. This is a good time to seek emotional support from friends, family and colleagues. Sometimes depression sinks in and we ask, ‘what will I do?’ ‘How will I survive?’ We might feel overwhelmed, angry, and frustrated.”

“Once we feel loss, sometimes it is called, ‘sitting in the fire,’ where we move into and feel grief, rather than go around it. Kubler-Ross believes that we need to experience every prior step before we can move on to the next one. We begin to experiment, think outside the box, and feel the beginnings of hope. We feel empowered to make decisions and take action. Taking action gives us energy and motivation to move forward. We start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Realizing COVID-19 has made change the rule vs. the exception, Liang is developing a new virtual live coaching program, “How to Pivot in a World of Rapid Change.” The program will help participants learn their change leadership style and/or problem-solving style and how to use it to pivot; identify strengths and how to use them to pivot; find a path to take care of responsibilities (Physical, Practice and Emotional); and set goals and gain support on what to do in the next two months. Group size will be limited to five to 10 participants.

The program will be comprised of five virtual live group courses (each 1.5 hours) over a two-and-a-half-month period; four half-hour individual coaching sessions with Dr. Liang; plus a toolkit, assessment and other materials to help you to survive and prosper. Reservations can be made and additional information can be found at orgresources.com.

Chicago-born Linda Liang has more than 25 years of experience in leadership development and coaching. With a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and experience working with Fortune 100 companies in manufacturing, healthcare, banking, higher education and non-profits, Liang provides insight and guidance surrounding employee engagement, coaching and connecting and helping leaders handle disruptive change, among other topics. For more information on Dr. Liang and Organizational Resources, call 847.712.9002 or visit www.orgresources.com