top of page
THE CHANGEMINDSET CO
LEADING THROUGH THE AGE OF ACCELERATING CHANGE
What if the most important leadership capability is the one we've spent the least time developing?
We've spent decades developing leaders to think faster, make better decisions and execute more effectively. But how much time have we spent helping them recognize the assumptions, patterns and conditioned behaviors shaping those very decisions?
Awareness.
THE PARADOX
Anchor 1
We're surrounded by more intelligence than ever before. But are we becoming more aware?
We can generate answers in seconds, build increasingly sophisticated systems, and still spend weeks solving the wrong problems.
More intelligence doesn't necessarily mean more awareness.
THE PATTERNS WE CARRY
The behaviors that made us successful can become the patterns that limit us.
Be responsive. Have an opinion. Take ownership. Move quickly. Be in the room. Have the answer.
What happens when once-useful behaviors become automatic, even when the world around us calls for something different?
The world is changing faster than our conditioned ways of operating.
When uncertainty increase, we often reach for what feels familiar. Yet the very moment we may need to see differently is often the moment we are most likely to repeat what we already know.
THE PATTERNS WE CARRY
Awareness changes what becomes possible.
01 / NOTICE
Recongize automatic patterns.
03 / SEE
Understand the systems around you.
02 / QUESTION
Separate stories from facts.
04 / CHOOSE
Respond with greater intention.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
01 - THE FLAGSHIP EXPERIENCE
The Leadership Awareness Cohort
An invitation to see differently. A four-month experience for executives, consultants, founders and emerging C-suite leaders exploring the assumptions, identities, and conditioned patterns that shape how they lead.
4
Months
4
8
Group gatherings
Private coaching sessions
Chris Schmelzer | Founder
THE PERSPECTIVE BEHIND THE WORK
I've spent decades helping organizations change. Somewhere along the way, I began questioning how we think about change itself.
My career has been dedicated to helping organizations transform, and I have become increasingly curious about happens beneath the best plans: the assumptions we make, the patterns we repeat, and the things we fail to notice.
The question that drives my work, my research, and my life is:
what happens to the human system when it is confronted with periods of uncertainty?
-Chris
PERSPSECTIVES
Ideas worth sitting with.
Explorations in leadership, consciousness, and organizational change.
The Missing Link: The Bridge for Accelerating Change
This is my book, outlining my research, experience, and findings from my work. It is free to read. It is the collection of over 6 years of research and 12 years of management consulting experience.
The Patterns We No Longer See
What happens when the patterns that made us successful become the very ones we can no longer recognize? A short piece on a recent leadership team experience.
The World We No Longer Recongize
What happens when the world changes faster than the ways we've learned to operate with in it? A short piece exploring the tension we are all feeling.
The Last Annual Budget
What organizational rituals reveal about our attachment to familiar ways of working. A short piece exploring how old organization methods reward the wrong behaviors for todays world.
bottom of page