Creating Sustainable Change -- How People Use TL

Two TL alumni -- Shockyou Shiozaki, WG '10 (pictured below) and Goshin Mizuno, WG '12 -- partnered to deliver TL in Japan with the new Japanese edition.   

Here's what Goshin reported: "We made a first foot print of TL in Japan. Shockyou made an excellent presentation, navigating the audience well. I am privileged to be part of TL program."  

And here's what Shockyou had to say: "We successfully completed our first TL workshop. The feedback was very positive. The time was tight but we were able to finish everything according to our schedule. Goshin was a great support and helped me plan the workshop as well as facilitating the coaching sessions. I could not have done this without his ideas and encouragement."

Brad Jiulianti, WG '09 wrote: "In retrospect your class was incredibly valuable to me.  I still use TL as a touchstone and give it to folks on my team frequently.  My wife, who is also an executive at Capital One, also loves the book and the tools.  We have a family meeting every week and one piece of the agenda is choosing an experiment for the week.  This week we're each writing thank you notes to an old manager. What I have loved about the course is that as she and I have each gotten more responsibility at home (we have a 2 year old and a 6 month old) and at work the lessons have been even more relevant and practical. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to take your course.  It was a great experience for me."

Michelle Schultz, WG '09 wrote about her ongoing experiments: "I mentor a more junior marketing person at AbbVie.  I also sit on the board of my college choir, and mentored three young women as they planned their spring tour for the choir. This let me engage with music ( sadly I'm not performing now), execute on my desire to mentor, and find a means to volunteer some time so I could, ironically, feel less busy at work...I nearly burned out over the summer and became rather unproductive and overwhelmed as a result. I had to take stock, get external coaching, clarify expectations with my manager, and commit myself to focusing on experiments in the "self" domain while dialing dial back the work domain.   It worked: I'm now working less, spending more time on myself and my loved ones (including Sunday gym dates with my boyfriend), and negotiated a promotion at work as a result of revising expectations and clarifying what is most important.  And I've got more energy to boot...The experiments continue.  Thanks for teaching me the skills do to this."  

Monica Logan, WG '03, got in touch to say this: "I was in your first class TL class.  It was one of my favorite experiences from WEMBA.   As life evolves, the concepts ring true even more."

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