How Strategic Planning Creates Unity with Christine Riordan

In this episode of Start With A Win, Adam introduces Christine Riordan, President of Adelphi University and RE/MAX board member. She is the 10th President of the university and the first woman to serve in the role. Christine developed a strategic plan for Adelphi University, known as Momentum. She is also an internationally recognized expert in leadership, career success, and diversity and inclusion.

Christine explains the purpose behind the strategic plan—Momentum—and how every organization will benefit from developing strategic initiatives. She emphasizes how strategic plans provide efficient foundations for defining clear organization goals, aligning jobs, and providing language depth. This structure enables people to focus on a collective objective, creating consistency and direction within organizations.

In an ever-changing workplace, Christine reveals that by 2030, a prediction of 375 million employees will have to transition jobs due to automation, technology, and business changes. Her book, Shift Happens: How to Adapt and Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World of Work, helps people successfully navigate through any change in personal and professional endeavors while explaining the different types of change and how it impacts how people adjust and transition.

Christine provides an overview of her TED Talk, “Dare to Be Extraordinary,” which presents three key attributes of extraordinary people—passion, courage, and resilience.

1) Passion for what you do

2) Courage to make hard decisions and do the right thing

3) Resilience to not give up and get back up when something doesn’t go well

Links:

Shift Happens: How to Adapt and Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World of Work

https://www.shifthappensbook.com/

Dare to Be Extraordinary | Dr. Christine Riordan | TEDxAdelphiUniversity

https://youtu.be/FnUo4D-Taqc

Connect with Christine:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineriordan/

https://christineriordan.com/

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