463: Leadership Through Massive Change, with Elizabeth Lilla

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Elizabeth Lilla: Metro Stars Gymnastics Elizabeth Lilla is the owner of Metro Stars Gymnastics. With her husband Erik, she has owned and operated gymnastics facilities for 13 years. She was named the Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association's Practitioner of the Year for developing the Special Stars Program at her facilities. Liz has previously served as the USA Gymnastics Nebraska State Chair, and loves sharing the sport of gymnastics with boys and girls of all ages. She is also a member of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. In this conversation, Liz shares the struggle of owning a small business that had to close its physical doors due to COVID-19. She tells the story of her business, the struggle in leading change in recent weeks, and their early success in pivoting to Metro Stars Online. Key Points Metro Stars Gymnastics has a long success story of serving kids and families for 13 years, until COVID-19 shut their doors. Liz and Erik made the difficult decision to retain their full-time staff and pay salaries, despite having almost no revenue incoming. Working to innovate quickly, Liz and their leadership team tested a new, online instruction format to help kids and families stay engaged during this difficult time. Metro Stars Online has already connected with hundreds of customers and, more importantly, allowed kids to stay connected to the important work of physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Resources Mentioned Metro Stars Online Related Episodes How to Be a Non-Conformist, with Adam Grant (episode 238) How to Start Seeing Around Corners, with Rita McGrath (episode 430) How to be Diplomatic, with Susan Rice (episode 456) The Power of Why Over How, with Gina Bianchini (episode 460) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	What do when you've been leading a successful mission-driven business for years?
0:05.0	And then one day, the world changes and it seemingly vanishes overnight.
0:11.0	That happened to today's guest in just the last month. On this Saturday cast, Elizabeth Lilla on how she's led her team through massive change.
0:20.0	This is coaching for leaders, episode 463.
0:24.4	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:30.9	Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your
0:38.4	host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made. And this weekly show helps you discover leadership
0:45.8	wisdom through insightful conversations. You've heard many times on the show before the importance of leadership as a function of
0:55.3	leading change. Leadership is of course about change and this is our monthly
1:00.4	Saturday cast. The Saturday cast we air just about once a month to feature one of the stories from a listener, one of our Academy members, and today a story about change. And of course we are in the midst of change. And of
1:13.7	of many of us, really everywhere around the globe,
1:17.2	of handling the crisis with the pandemic.
1:19.8	And it has affected so many many including our guests today.
1:23.5	I am really glad to welcome to the show today.
1:26.4	Elizabeth Lilla, she is the owner of Metro Star Gymnastics.
1:30.7	Her husband, Eric and Er, have owned and operated their gyms for 13 years.
1:35.0	She has been named the Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association's Practition
1:39.0	of the Year for developing the Special Stars program at her facilities.
1:43.0	She has previously served as the USA Gymnastics Nebraska State Chair
1:47.2	and loves sharing the sport of gymnastics with boys and girls of all ages.
1:51.2	She is also a member of the Coaching for Leaders Academy.
1:54.4	Liz, I am so glad to have you on the show.
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