Carefully cultivated positive habits have the power to transform our personal and professional lives. On this episode of The Forward Thinking Podcast, FCCS VP of Marketing and Communications Stephanie Barton is joined by FCCS Senior Consultant and Director Jeannie Clinkenbeard. Jeannie is also the lead facilitator of the FCCS Leading Self and Leading Leaders Programs. Together Stephanie and Jeannie explore actionable strategies and expert advice to help positive transformation through the power of habits. They discuss the potential for continuous growth and achievement with the habit-building secrets that can elevate your career and enrich your professional and personal journey.

Episode Insights Include:

The significance of habits

• Habits are rated as one of the top key indicators of professional and personal success.

• Habits are rated as more important than luck or talent.

• When you can change your habits, you can change your life.

• Habits are the key to success, performance, and even team culture.

Cultivating team habits

• Leaders can cultivate strong habits by asking their team what their desired future looks like.

• Consider what habits need to be developed to create the future you are looking for.

• Help team members identify the habits that will help them reach future goals.

• If you want to change your life, you have to change your habits. The same applies to team habits.

Overcoming habit roadblocks

• Consider the rewards for performing either good or bad habits.

• Identify the emotions that are attached to the habit as well as ways to replace the bad for the good.

• Imagine a circle that loops from the cue to the routine to the reward of a habit.

• Set up your habit loop so that it continually works in your favor.

Identifying and implementing positive habits

• Health, diet, and productivity are common areas where people want to improve habits.

• Prioritize your top three must-do's for each day and the associated reward for achieving them.

• Maintain habit consistency by either increasing the reward or decreasing the effort.

Habit building as a leader

• Leaders need to consider habits as not just what they do, but who they are as leaders.

• Consider the mental reward of maintaining your habits – habits represent mental strength.

• Leverage habits to drive team growth in positive ways.

• Ask other leaders what habits have made the greatest impact on their leadership.

• Solicit actionable feedback from your professional circle.

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"If you want to change your life, you've got to change your habits." — Jeannie Clinkenbeard

"A successful habit has to be specific and it has to be doable." — Jeannie Clinkenbeard

"Consider if your reward is big enough and if your habit is small enough." — Jeannie Clinkenbeard

"Good habits tend to create other good habits." — Jeannie Clinkenbeard

"Don't diminish small, consistent actions over time.  They are what makes up your success." — Jeannie Clinkenbeard