Unique is one of those loaded words to use to describe yourself or your course. On the one hand you cannot say you are entirely unique, as you have built your material on the back of other people’s hard work, as these fine artists say.
Austin Kleon and many artists before him say – “Steal Like an Artist”
David Bowie – “The only art I study is stuff I can steal from”
“Art is theft” Pablo Picasso
Then on the other hand your unique combination of genes, life experience, your upbringing and natural skills, means you and the DYLOP course will be unique. Below are 3 reasons that will help add substance to this existential crisis.
What is indeed unique about Design Your Life on Purpose (DYLOP)?
It combines Organisational Change Management (OCM) with Personal Coaching
It is wholistic – treating you as a whole human being with responsibilities
It has been developed over 7 years and way over $66,000 has been invested, so you do not need to
It combines Organisational Change Management and Personal Coaching
DYLOP combines two areas of knowledge and expertise Organisational Change Management (OCM) and Personal Coaching.
Organisational Change Management (OCM) is the ability to move an organisation from current situation to future desired situation. It can be a sub part of the organisation or the whole organisation. It is super fun and challenging at times, but you learn a lot about people and their reaction to change, which isn’t always bad btw.
There are skills, techniques and strategies that you use to help people move through change. Often it is viewed at 50,000 feet that you are moving the whole organisation as one, when in fact each person needs to choose to change. So, you need to appeal to the masses and to each individual at the same time.
From my bio, you will see that I have been doing OCM for some time. What you might not appreciate is that my experience spans organisations, industries and different types of change, e.g system, cultural, process, compliance change. Applying the same skills and techniques and strategies, but adapting them for each organisation and its unique needs. That translates to an understanding of change as it applies to different industries, different work cultures, different demographics and basically every version of humans you can think of. That is some deep knowledge right there and here are some stats to really drive it home. I have loved working with:
16 Organisations
28 Projects/Programs
3,500 Workshop attendees
75,000 People impacted by the implemented changes
Development of 99 OCM strategies
Personal Coaching is where you work with people one on one to help them create change in some aspect of their life, helping them towards a desired future state. (see the parallels). Inevitably in every organisational change, you will also need to do personal coaching. It could be with executives on how to sell the change and gain confidence of the organisation and their program teams working on getting the thing done. It could be coaching team members that are melting down from the pressure of embarking on this change, or it could be coaching people, who are passively or actively resisting.
Apart from coaching in the organisational change perspective I love collaborating with individuals who want to do something different, whatever that different is.
Some of my techniques and strategies are different to Organisational Change Management and some the same. Early on in my Org Change Career, I realised that coaching skills would help me be better and I would be a better coach, as a result of my organisational skills.
Both organisational and individual change draws on aspects of positive psychology, Neuroscience, personal productivity, strategy, human centred design, facilitation, project management and governance and a host of other fields and skills. Pulling together the right combination for an organisation or this individual is what makes it super fun.
It is Wholistic
DYLOP is a wholistic approach to your life, treating you as whole human being. Your family or personal circumstances will absolutely affect where you can place your energy and time. So, it works with where you are and what you have right now. Once the course is complete, even 1 hour a week will continue to move you forward towards your dreams. It does not matter if you are working full time, part time, just getting by or in your dream job, it suits all.
I have invested – so you do not have to
I cannot remember a time when I was not looking at ways to improve. It started to crystallise when I started working in organisations in 1992. I now know that what I attributed to constructive discontent is actually an inherent talent called “maximiser” (see more about strengths at Clifton’s Strength Assessment). I am always looking at ways to be a better human, and to get more from this life, a burning desire to leave a legacy.
I have calculated, over the last 7 years alone – when I started working on DYLOP in earnest – I have invested well over $9,500 per year in this space. So, $66,000 over 7 years, at least.
Why am I telling you this? I am telling you this, so you do not have to invest as much. I have distilled what is good and jettisoned what does not work. I did not start this with you in mind, just selfishly for me. What has dawned on me through my roles in Organisational Change Management and Coaching, is that this helps people, a lot.
I am a sharer, cannot help myself. Sharing works best when it is relevant and applicable to the person at that time. When it is adapted to suit a person or an organisation, then it becomes a collaboration, creatively solving problems to create a desired future state. That is why my company is called Incahoots – I work “in-cahoots” with you and/or your organisation.
My Word for 2020 was Forge – it was about making this work enduring, the 7 years and over $66,000 have culminated in DYLOP, so you can stop deferring your dreams, develop a strategic life map answering the question – now what?
Bottom Line
Bottom Line is… I know CHANGE. I know how to plan for change, how to start change, how to adjust change in progress, how to track changes and how to embed change.
When you attend a DYLOP course you will be gaining the collective wisdom, that has been condensed and distilled from over 20 years of experience, from both Organisational Change Management and Personal Coaching. You are getting the research, and investment to designing your desired future state. You are getting a wholistic approach that is focused uniquely, on you, your personal Strategic Life Map that suits you and no one else.
Take advantage of this uniqueness here
Design your Life on Purpose (DYLOP) workshop
DYLOP is designed to guide professionals who have deferred their dreams to unearth possibilities and to design a strategic life map to answer the question - now what?
DYLOP attracts 2 types:
Know Exactly - Peeps who know exactly what they want to do, but are unsure how or have some blocks to overcome
No Idea - Peeps who are unsure what they want to design their life around, or know what they do not want
All details about the one day are contained on this page. It is packed to the gills with everything you can ever imagine asking, such as:
How is the 1 day and the retreat different?
What is different to other offerings?
Bonuses for the first 6 registrations and if you bring a friend
What was the experience like again….
Here are the details about Designing your Life on Purpose experience of the attendees.
Design your Life, on Purpose workshop
Saturday 20th March
9.30am to 4.30pm
(confirming the ideal location, shortly)
Investment: $495
READY TO GO!
If you are ready to create a 2021 Strategic Life Map that suits you personally, register right here
Once registered, an invoice and details about preparation will be provided.
Is this the year that you start designing a life that suits you perfectly?
I would love to see you at the workshop and see what amazing things you can achieve in 2021.
Yours collaboratively,
Christina MM
Not quite ready for the 1day DYLOP workshop
Here are some other options to get you started on designing.
DREAM QUEST
As we start moving into adulting, we let go of the ability to dream, or it gets schooled out of us. This is an absolute tragedy, and probably responsible for the deluge of sameness we get surrounded with.
People that create amazing, desirable lives are the ones that never let go of dreaming and make those dreams come true.
Dream Quest is about kickstarting that process to unearth possibilities and expand your thinking beyond your now, developing the critical super habit of dreaming. Without this super habit of dreaming it is hard to know what you are designing your life towards.
More Info here
REFLECTION REVOLUTION
Our lives were already packed with loads of things, very important and valuable things, and then Global Pandemic! The world literally stops….. It then becomes even more important to take stock, and determine whether the life you were heading towards at break neck speed, is really the life that you truly desire.
Reflection is something that you do generally do periodically, rather than an everyday habit, therefore, Reflection Revolution will be offered as preparation for Design Your Life on Purpose workshops or retreats. It is important to note, that this can be done as a stand alone activity, still very valuable.
More Info here
Incahoots exists
To guide professionals who have deferred their dreams, to unearth possibilities to design a strategic life map that answers the question - now what?
About CMM
Christina Morgan-Meldrum (CMM) is a coach, facilitator, author, change professional and creative. She particularly loves helping people and organisations unearth what’s possible to design a future that suits you perfectly (a Strategic Lifemap).
She has cultivated the ability to walk into any industry; see what is not seen, distil what is complicated, and simplify the chaos. This skill has been forged in a deliberate and concentrated way for over 20 years, through Personal Coaching and working in Organisational Change Management.
Christina fills her time on various side hustles, blogging, creating and learning the piano. If you are looking for her, she is likely at her spiritual home JB Hi-Fi, exploring stationery stores or artisan markets.