The Anatomy of a Game Changer: Disrupting Without Breaking What Works
Every high-impact leader faces this tension: how do you drive disruption without destabilizing what already delivers results? In this episode of The Game Changer with Dr. Sharalyn, Dr. Sharalyn Payne unpacks the anatomy of a true game changer—those rare leaders who can build the future while honoring the foundation. You’ll learn how to introduce bold innovation without burning out your people or breaking the systems that sustain performance. This is disruption by design, not destruction.
In this conversation, you’ll discover:
Resilience isn’t individual—it’s institutional. True resilience is a culture, not a personality trait.
Pressure exposes what systems never supported. What breaks under stress reveals what wasn’t built for scale.
Recovery is a leadership strategy. The best teams win because they know how to restore, not just respond.
Cohesion is your multiplier. Trust and communication amplify performance under stress.
Leaders who normalize recovery create cultures that outperform through chaos.
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