How to Handle Anything: Navigating the Unscripted as a Chief of Staff
🗓️ Join us on November 12th!
What do you do when the plan changes, the answer isn't obvious, and everyone is looking to you to figure out what happens next?
For Chiefs of Staff, that's often the job.
Join author, TED speaker, entrepreneur, advisor, and former Chief of Staff herself, Mary Lemmer, on the publication day of her new book, How to Handle Anything: Four Improv Principles for Navigating Life's Curveballs (Bloomsbury), for a conversation about what the principles of improvisation can teach us about navigating the unscripted and figuring out what comes next when there isn't a clear script.
We'll talk about the ideas behind the book and how Chiefs of Staff can use them to approach the unexpected with greater adaptability, creativity, and confidence.
Come celebrate publication day, learn a few ideas from the book, and bring your questions!
*When you pre-order the book before this event, you get a signed copy! https://promo.porchlightbooks.com/pages/promotions/howtohandleanything
🎉 In NYC? Come celebrate with Mary IRL!
After our virtual conversation, Mary will be celebrating the official launch of How to Handle Anything that evening at Liz's Book Bar in Brooklyn. If you're in NYC, come join Mary for the launch, meet some fellow Ask a Chief of Staff community members in real life, and celebrate publication day!
November 12 at 7 PM | Liz's Book Bar, Brooklyn: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mary-lemmer-launches-how-to-handle-anything-tickets-2002963633145
🎙️ More About The Speaker
Mary Lemmer is the author of How to Handle Anything: Four Improv Principles for Navigating Life’s Curveballs (published by Bloomsbury), a TED speaker, entrepreneur, advisor, recovering venture capital person, who helps people and organizations navigate the unscripted. Over nearly two decades, she has built companies, invested in startups, led strategy and growth inside high-growth organizations, and advised founders and teams navigating change. Her work combines the principles of improvisation with behavioral science and original published research to help people adapt when plans change, communicate and collaborate more effectively, and create what comes next. Mary has worked with organizations including Google, Verizon, Pfizer, Lyft, KPMG, Strava, SoFi, the University of Michigan, LA28, and Riot Games.
💜 Ask a Chief of Staff
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