At Desormeaux Leadership Consulting, we believe that leadership during challenging times can make a difference. Leaders are presently thinking through how to manage and how to lead with resilience and mental toughness amid a current changing world. 
 
Desormeaux Leadership Consulting associates have created and designed 10 - 45 minutes interactive virtual zoom meetings for your senior leaders and your managers. 
https://www.desormeauxconsulting.com/consultants.html
 
Here is a list of our 50 minutes interactive zoom sessions (limit 12 participants) we are offering to clients:

• Relationship Building for Leaders in a Virtual World 
• Leadership in Times of Change  
• Developing Mental Toughness for Senior Leaders and Managers
• The Leader-Coach during Times of Uncertainty 
• Adapting Strategies for Senior Leaders and Managers
• Leading with Agility, Uncertainty, and Adaptability
• Leading and Managing Virtually 
• Building Strong Teams to Navigate the Storm
• Personal Leadership: Leading Self While Leading Others
• Getting Your Organization Prepared for the New Normal

 
For More Information
If you feel that these virtual sessions could be helpful during this challenging time, please reach out to us. We are ready to help and support your leaders and managers.
 
Contact Lyne Desormeaux at [email protected] or call 646-634-5829.
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As every person on the planet must know now, the world is in a pandemic caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious respiratory illness. There are shelter-in-place guidelines for people everywhere.  How are you adapting to being confined to your home most, if not all, of the time?  
 
If you are like me, you’ve had to adjust every few days--or even every few hours! New information that shifts your perspective and awareness requires being able to navigate your cognitive, emotional, and physical reactions.  Information can trigger fear, panic, and frustration at needing to adapt over and over again. Being grounded throughout this time, staying centered as well as being able to navigate change, becomes so important. 
 
As I’m navigating this situation, I am also trying to understand how to adapt and listen to the specific needs of each client. Personally, I’ve found that meditation, nutrition, exercise, music, and good sleep have been central to staying centered and grounded. 
 
What are the key elements of my practice?

• Meditation: Doing 20 minutes of meditation in the morning or at night with Headspace Navigating Change series really helps me deal with fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. https://www.headspace.com​​
• Cycling: This is what really helps me. A few years ago, my coach Rob http://colburnbodyconcepts.com suggested I get a trainer for my bike so that I could cycle indoors during winter. When all the pools were closing and I had to stop swimming, I was so glad I already had the bike in place.  
• Physical therapy exercises: Three days a week I do warm up exercises recommended by my physical therapist, Sally Ryan at https://sportscare1.com/locations/nj/physical-therapy-hoboken/

 
What does a week of training look like?
 
This week I had my first Zoom video session with my physical therapist. Then I get on my bike and cycle to music from Fit Radio https://www.fitradio.com, or while watching a rerun of a NBA or college basketball game on ESPN, or watching reruns of Surfing competition on Fox Sports.  I feel amazing after these sessions. These are followed by weight training from Pauline Nordin’s challenge program https://fighterdiet.com/challenges/, which I’ve been doing for years now, and then more stretches for my knee and back. 
 
The other three days are dedicated to Yoga by Adrienne on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7xsYgTeM2Q, followed by surfing jumps and then my knee and back stretches and exercise. While I do the exercises, I watch WSL news or, to lift my spirt, past surfing competitions https://www.worldsurfleague.com, because that’s what surfing does for me. 
 
How will you build resilience to navigate these times?
 
In virtual zoom, webex, and call conversations with my clients over the last few weeks, I’ve been listening to what each leader is having to navigate during these changing times. Many are working from home with infants or young children who need help navigating technology (and more) to learn virtually. Some in financial services have had to create new offerings for business loans to help their clients, while others have had to lay off employees until the crisis is over. Most organizations and companies are looking at the financial implications for their business. 
 
Every one of them is coping differently with the adjustments.  Some are losing sight of their self-care and exercise, and find their anxiety increasing. Others are doing better at coping, having built resilience through previous challenges (including a client who grew up in a war zone). Still others are continuing to build awareness of their leadership communication and how they are being perceived under stress: strong, resilient, and grounded?  anxious, harried, and unraveling? centered and present?
 
I personally am learning to let go, be more collaborative, and leverage the talent that I have in my consulting firm. I’m also attuning to my clients and seeing how we can help. 
 
Wishing you health and resilience during this time, and let me know if I or my consultants can help. Stay safe. 
 

At Desormeaux Leadership Consulting we believe that leadership during challenging times can really make a difference. A client of ours asked if we could create interactive sessions for her employees who were dealing with the challenges of managing stress, dealing with uncertainty, adapting to working remotely as well as building resiliency.
 
Desormeaux Leadership Consulting associates have created and designed 11 - 45 minutes interactive zoom meetings for your leaders and your employees during COVID-19.  
https://www.desormeauxconsulting.com/consultants.html
 
Here is a list of our 45 minutes interactive zoom sessions we are offering to clients (limits of 12 participants: :

• Leadership in Times of Change  
• Managing Stress During Covid-19
• Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances: Assessing Anxiety and Building Resiliency
• Staying Healthy While Working from Home
• Working Remotely from Home and Homeschooling: Structuring your Day
• Working Remotely from Home and Living Alone
• How Emotional Intelligence Can Help During Time of Crisis
• Building Resiliency During Time of Crisis
• Getting Back to Center: How Mindfulness Practice Can Help You Navigate Challenging Times
• How to Work and Manage Your Emotions During Challenging Times
• Relationship Building In a Virtual World 

 
For More Information
If you feel that these sessions could be helpful during this challenging time, please reach out to us. We are ready to help and support your leaders and employees. 
 
Contact Lyne Desormeaux at [email protected] or call 646-634-5829.