Esther Weinberg, The Ready Zone
Esther Weinberg, Founder and Chief Leadership Development Officer of The Ready Zone, joined host John Ray on Business Leaders Radio to discuss the changes in workplace culture over the last few years, reorganizations, why they succeed or fail, advice for leaders navigating change, and much more.
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The Ready Zone
After 20+ years of working with organizations in the media and technology industries, Esther Weinberg has observed that when leaders cultivate and nurture a high level of alignment, especially during chaotic and uncertain times, they deliberately—and intentionally—create an engaged, powerful, and profitable workplace culture despite of change or unforeseeable circumstances.
And by extension, when these organizations operate with a mindset whereby valuing one another is not only a high priority, it’s as “measured” and valued as the bottom line, they are operating in what she defines as The Ready Zone: An environment in which the leader, the team, the employees, and the organization as a whole, are 100% committed to people feeling valued for who they are, their contribution, their humanity, and the value they bring to the table by being themselves. And this is exponentially more important in a virtual environment. Creating this culture facilitates leaders to step into being ready to powerfully take on the opportunities and challenges in front of them.
Through executive coaching and a series of comprehensive change management programs, Ready Zone leaders are empowered to elevate 6 key Zone Performance Indicators (ZPIs).
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Esther Weinberg, Founder and Chief Leadership Development Officer, The Ready Zone
Esther Weinberg is a business growth accelerator that equips executives in high-growth media and technology industries to create game-changing breakthroughs, increase profitability in declining markets and create successful and sustainable “portable” virtual cultures with executives, leaders, and teams.
As Founder & Chief Leadership Development Officer of The Ready Zone, she moves leaders through change with proven systems to create big pivots, big impact, and big returns. Esther’s strategies assist companies through such impactful conditions as planning and executing reorganizations; moving employees from burnout and exhaustion to empowered, innovative, and driven; and implementing clear priorities and strategies for growing a virtual and global workforce.
Esther provides proven, transformative, yet practical tools and systems that help benchmark and measure results. Despite uncertain times, Esther is not afraid to tell eye-opening truths that dives deeply into the impact of change and consolidation. She does so to create the access and opportunity for meaningful dialogue and action to develop workplace cultures of trust, respect and safety. In fact, she rolls-up-her-sleeves, authentically and methodically helping organizations build sustainable company cultures that thrive vs. survive. From the fundamentals behind developing a collective philosophy of readiness to take on any industry challenge, to coaching leaders on how to reframe, refocus, and realign, Esther is a true powerhouse.
Esther is the author of the eBook on The Ready Zone’s unique framework entitled, Better Leaders. Better People. Better Results: 6-Eye Opening Strategies to Thrive Through Change You Didn’t Ask For. With over 20 years’ experience, her innovative strategies have assisted clients to grow, scale and thrive during the worst and best of times including Netflix, NBCUniversal, Microsoft, ESPN, WarnerBros., Discovery, CNN, DreamWorks Animation, Disney, IMAX, National Geographic, TelevisaUnivision, and Sony.
A respected thought-leader with first-hand experience, Esther has held executive positions at Disney and Fox, as well as stood in the shoes of C-Suite executives as an interim CEO and leader at numerous organizations. Esther’s drive for developing global leaders stems from her work abroad, including Botswana, Israel and Uganda.
Esther is the Co-Founder of the Being Me Foundation along with her wife, Lin. The organization’s mission is to create breakthroughs through global Ontological coaching and leadership programs that redefine diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for LGBTQIA+ young adults.
She is a graduate of New York University and a member of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital. Esther is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and a contributor to Forbes.
Questions and Topics
- What is the biggest mistake organizations make during times of change? How can they resiliently overcome it?
- What is the one skill leaders undervalue that’s needed more than ever now?
- I’ve heard of so many reorganizations failing. How can organizations approach this in a more thoughtful way?
- How have reorganizations impacted the way people work today?
- What are the new skills leaders now need to powerfully lead permanent, ever-evolving change?
- How do leaders need to better prepare people to be resilient?
- What advice would you give to leaders to do first who are leading change?
- What are the most common costly mistakes that derail organizations from staying relevant and powerful?
Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.
