Webinar | Challenge Is the Key

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August 2025

Details

Change is a constant in both life and work, but how we experience and respond to it is deeply personal. In this interactive webinar, we’ll explore how the science of flow offers a powerful lens and practical strategy for navigating change with greater ease, motivation, and resilience. We’ll begin by normalizing the diversity of emotional responses to change and highlight how empathy and perspective-taking can support both individual and team resilience.

Then, we’ll dive into the core flow principle of challenge-skill balance, the sweet spot where difficulty and ability meet to understand how this dynamic boosts focus and engagement and acts as a psychological buffer during uncertainty. Finally, we’ll turn reflection into action, helping participants identify opportunities in their own lives to cultivate challenges in a way that supports growth, creativity, and sustainable performance.


Resources

Presentation

Flow and Mindset Flier

eMbolden High-impact Coaching


What you’ll learn

  • Change is universal, but our experience is not. Understanding that everyone reacts to change differently opens space for empathy, compassion, and more effective collaboration during uncertain times.
  • Challenge is the doorway to flow. When our skills are matched with the right level of difficulty, we are more likely to enter flow and benefit from its powerful psychological effects.
  • You can design for flow. By reflecting on when, where, and how you’re challenged, you can begin to create more opportunities for flow in everyday life.

Who should attend:

This is perfect for individual contributors and leaders alike. Individual contributors can gain insight into how to leverage challenges to set themselves up for effective navigation through change. At the same time, leaders can learn the same and also gain a tool for helping them set their people up for success.

Speakers

  • Dr. Jon Metzler, PhD, CMPC, Senior Director of Human Performance
  • E Kruise, Performance Coach, Manager
  • Jeremy Richter, Senior Performance Coach