Excerpt from Enjoy the Uptime at TEDx USC

Enjoy the Uptime: How to Avoid Looking Back On Your Life With Regret

  • Audience: Professionals, educators, students, and anyone seeking work-life balance and fulfillment
  • Key Theme: Breaking free from the "weekend mentality” and finding joy and meaning in the little moments helps us to sustain energy and a positive mindset—even when times are tough.
  • Takeaways:
    • Simple strategies to infuse purpose and excitement into the workweek
    • Cultivating a mindset of gratitude and presence to make each day count
    • Recognizing and leveraging "uptime" moments for personal growth and connection

Likable Leadership: The Two Keys to Success

  • Audience: Broad; business leaders, education, organization, and community leaders
  • Key Theme: The right balance of warmth and competence fosters trust and productivity.
  • Takeaways:​
    • Building connections that inspire loyalty and motivation
    • Techniques for projecting competence without losing connection
    • Techniques for projecting warmth without losing authority or ourselves
    • Practical methods to merge emotional intelligence with effective decision-making

Clear Signals: Elevating Workplace Communication for Impact and Efficiency 

  • Audience: Corporate teams, HR professionals, and organizational leaders
  • Key Theme: We can all learn and use communication strategies to align teams, resolve conflict, and boost engagement.
  • Takeaways:​​
    • Messaging frameworks for clarity and alignment
    • Conflict resolution strategies that preserve relationships
    • Practical tools for creating a culture of feedback and open dialogue

Navigating the Storm: Managing Change with Confidence and Clarity

  • Audience: Leadership teams, educators, and industry-specific change managers
  • Key Theme: Leading change, managing resistance, and fostering adaptability in ourselves and others comes down to effectively handling people, processes, and purchases.
  • Takeaways:​​
    • Strategies to turn resistance into buy-in
    • The stages of change and how to guide teams through them
    • Case studies illustrating successful change management in diverse settings

Burnout vs. Disillusionment: Reclaiming Purpose in the Modern Workplace

  • Audience: Cross-industry professionals, wellness advocates, and HR departments
  • Key Theme: Burnout is different from disillusionment, and there are practical and unique strategies to address each.
  • Takeaways:​
    • Identifying and mitigating the root causes of workplace burnout
    • Tools to reignite a sense of purpose and collective energy in teams
    • The role of leadership in preventing and addressing disillusionment

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Contributor

Principal Parry is a passionate champion of healthy leadership, curiosity and the resilience that comes with reframing and responding to conflict and change in helpful ways. She is frequently requested as a podcast guest,  contributing author and subject matter expert for interviews and articles. Reach out if her perspective would be a valuable addition to a project you're currently working on.