49| Shift Your Mindset, Shift Your Impact: 3 Reframes for Positive Leadership

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Chain of Learning: Empowering Continuous Improvement and Lean Change Leaders

Katie Anderson

58 episodes

20 hours ago

You’re a leader who knows that people are at the center of an exceptional organizational culture. You're excited to activate a culture of continuous learning – where everyone is capable, confident, and empowered to solve problems and innovate at all levels. This podcast is all about inspiring and equipping you to do that – through the power of learning and leading. Chain of Learning® is where the links of leadership and learning unite. Join your host, Katie Anderson, internationally recognized leadership consultant, award-winning author of “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn”, and fellow learning enthusiast, for a journey that will help you master the skills to lead your organization from a traditional culture of “doing” into a vibrant, high-performing organization of continuous learning. Chain of Learning® is the trusted source for purpose-driven leaders and continuous improvement, lean, and agile practitioners seeking positive inspiration, innovative ideas, proven best practices, and actionable strategies to lead transformational change. Tune into each episode to gain the knowledge and skills you need to build a thriving people-centered learning culture, achieve needed business results, and expand your impact, so that you – and your team – can leave a lasting legacy. Subscribe and follow Chain of Learning® today so you never miss an episode! Share this podcast with your friends, fellow leaders, and colleagues, and let’s strengthen our Chain of Learning® – together. Podcast website: ChainOfLearning.com Katie Anderson’s website: KBJAnderson.com Connect with Katie Anderson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbjanderson/ Read Katie's book: LearningToLeadLeadingToLearn.com

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49| Shift Your Mindset, Shift Your Impact: 3 Reframes for Positive Leadership

Chain of Learning: Empowering Continuous Improvement and Lean Change Leaders

29 minutes

3 months ago

49| Shift Your Mindset, Shift Your Impact: 3 Reframes for Positive Leadership

Apply for the Nov 2025 (limited spots remaining) or May 2026 Japan Leadership Experience
https://kbjanderson.com/japantrip/

When you encounter challenges or setbacks, and it feels like things just aren’t going your way, it’s easy to get caught into a downward negative spiral.

But could simple mindset shifts change not just how you feel, but how you move forward and influence those around you with positive momentum?

In this episode, I’m sharing three powerful reframes that have helped me reset, regain perspective, and move through challenges with intention and empowerment.

These reframes aren’t just personal practices—they’re leadership strategies that can help you model resilience, learning, and agency, and inspire the people around you to do the same.

This episode isn’t about blind optimism or sugarcoating hard things. It’s about real, actionable ways to reframe challenges and move forward with greater clarity, strength, and purpose.

Learn the three reframes that have helped me (and the leaders I work with) get back up and lead with heart and intention.

YOU’LL LEARN:

How to reframe your focus from negative to positive and rise with more clarity and confidence
The story behind the motto that inspires me daily –“Today’s a great day” – and how gratitude can ground you in tough moments
Why setbacks and failures aren’t the end, but an opportunity to learn your way forward
How the Japanese daruma doll became a lesson in resilience—representing the proverb “Fall down seven times, get up eight”
How to move from feeling powerless to empowered and why the ball is always in your court

IMPORTANT LINKS:

Full episode show notes: ChainOfLearning.com/49
Resources and ways to work with me: KBJAnderson.com
Follow me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kbjanderson
Download my free KATALYST™ Change Leader Self-Assessment: KBJAnderson.com/katalyst
Read my book featuring lessons from Isao Yoshino’s 40 years of Toyota Leadership: LearningToLeadLeadingToLearn.com

TIMESTAMPS FOR THIS EPISODE:

01:56 [1st REFRAME] Find the good—even when it’s hard
02:03 Katie’s dad as the inspiration behind the motto, “Today’s a great day”
04:23 Isao Yoshino’s influence in learning how to shift from negative to positive
07:22 The importance of focusing on the good for improvement
09:23 [2nd REFRAME] Seeing failures and setbacks as learning opportunities
10:17 Why daruma dolls are a reminder of resilience and the Japanese proverb "Fall down seven times, get up eight"
12:04 Questions to maintain a learning mindset
12:33 The learning zone versus the performance zone from Chain of Learning Episode 5 guest Eduardo Bricino
13:37 Reframe exercise to reframe failure to learning opportunity
15:17 [3rd REFRAME] Moving from powerlessness to agency

15:51 Understanding, “The ball is in your court” to help how you respond to negative conditions
17:07 Achieving goals versus fulfilling your intention
18:14 Katie’s previous organizational role and how a reframe launched her consulting practice
20:19 How two executives used coaching and reflection to shift from solving problems themselves to enabling their teams
21:26 Stepping away from frustration and reframing the problem to influence things differently
22:51 Reframe exercise to move from inaction to action
23:33 Summary of the three reframes
25:31 Questions to help shape your day and impact

Apply for the Nov 2025 or May 2026 Japan Leadership Experience
https://kbjanderson.com/japantrip/