221: Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva - Reinvent or Perish

In Ventures magazine calls her “The Reinvention Guru.” TEDxNavesink calls her “The Queen of Reinvention.” Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author specializing in resilience and reinvention.As a consultant and an educator, Dr. Nadya helped such companies as Coca-Cola, IBM, Cisco and L’Oreal Group, to name a few, reinvent their products, leadership practices, and business models to meet new market demands and prepare for incoming disruptions. As a speaker, she delivered keynotes to more than 100,000 executives – including four TEDx talks in Slovenia, Austria, Romania, and the USA.Dr. Nadya is the author of a number of books. Nadya’s latest book is, “The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos”.Dive into Dr. Nadya’s incredible and unique story and perspective to learn more about the intentional process behind reinvention and how it is vital to the life of our businesses, teams, and leadership.On this episode:Born in the Soviet Union to a family of dissidents and life full of challenges, learn how the art of disruption was cultivated in Dr. Nadya and how she brings it into her leadership todayLearn the valuable lessons and skill sets that Dr. Nadya took on as she was trained in leadership from a young ageIf we want to see change then we need to reinvent. Dr. Nadya talks about the alternative to reinventing is perishing.There are fundamental questions we need to be answering to take on reinvention. Who am I? What do I want? Why am I here? Dr. Nadya talks about how a lack of intention ultimately leads to a lack of attentionSo how do you reinvent? How do you disrupt? Change is a process and project that happens on a regular basisKey Takeaways:Leadership is not a title, it’s a space you enter and exit dailyAre you one of your favorite leaders? Lead yourself with love to lead othersHow we show up and see the world determines our leadershipReinvent or perish - we need to rethink or relationship with change altogetherWe aren’t facing an attention deficit in our day and age, but an INTENTION deficit Reinvention is a process/project - intention and mastery creates successTweetable Quotes:“I do not believe that you are a leader in the sense of a title or a noun. Leadership, for me, is a space you enter and exit.” - Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva“I think when we learn to love ourselves and lead ourselves, fully taking responsibility for every single choice, and doing it with a lot of love - then we can lead everyone else.” - Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva“Either you are out, or you are building the type of organization that is reinventing proactively, on a regular basis, without being dragged through transformation against your will.” - Dr. Nadya ZhexembayevaConnect with Dr. Nadya on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Check out https://www.learn2reinvent.com/ - start reinventing yourself, your leadership, your world.Resources:How to Thrive in Chaos - HandbookEmail: [email protected]: