About Shift
Small Shifts = Bottom Line Impact
The Shift Effect is the value of small shifts that create bottom line impact. Those shifts may be behavioral, attitudinal, or organizational.
As Founder and CEO of The Shift Effect Initiative, Tom Finn helps leaders scale up their impact and get unstuck, whether in their professional or personal lives.
For the first 30 years of Tom’s work, he operated as a coach and consultant. Now we honor that rich experience, first, by publishing Tom’s conclusions from those years in the book, The Shift Effect. Secondly, we are transforming the business into The Shift Effect Initiative, where the knowledge from those 30 years will be available not only to business and government but more broadly to challenges in the larger world.
The Shift Effect has helped leaders handle overload, become more strategic, and complete large, mission-central projects, as well as helping them repair key relationships and handle conflict.
The Shift Effect in Action
Here is an example of The Shift Effect in action in regard to conflict. Handling differences is a key leadership skill, and many people struggle with conflict. Tom used this Shift Continuum, Cower/Battle, to get some of his clients to be proactive and effective with conflict. Hover over different points on the continuum to see small shifts his clients made.
Being Adept with Conflict
Tom’s Discovery
The Shift Effect Initiative seeks to spread the notion of small shifts throughout our society, where complexity can often stifle action. Tom’s discovery of the power of small shifts came out of his years of coaching business and government leaders. Two conclusions stood out, in evidence from 50 leaders featured in The Shift Effect book.
1) Surprisingly, many of us get stuck and lose opportunity for business or personal results because we tend to think in extremes, or either/or mindsets. We overdo habits or strengths, or we underdo needed action – in many cases because we don’t want to become something that we are not.
2) Small shifts off those extremes generate options and big results, like organization-wide system implementations, collaborations, strategic impact, and the ability to handle crushing workload.
The Shift Effect Initiative is a framework and method that helps people, conflicts, and projects to get unstuck and thrive. We are bringing the Shift Effect method to a world where complexity and stagnation can be discouraging, and where small shifts can provide momentum and positive change for individuals, teams, or societal problems.
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Shift Effect: Themes & Topics
Tom is available for live and virtual keynotes, online workshops, podcasts and media interviews on topics such as:
- The Shift Effect Keynote
- The Shift Effect at Work; How to Get Unstuck and Up Your Game.
- The Shift Effect in Relationships and Families
- The Shift Effect for Coaches
- Handling Overload
- Bigger Impact in Work and Life
Clients & Media Appearances
Clients
Tom’s clients include The Weather Channel, Verizon, numerous government agencies including the FDA and NRC, The Argentine Education Ministry, and NASCAR.
In The Media
The Shift Effect has been featured on NBC4 Washington and on RTE Lyric FM’s Marty in the Morning program in Ireland. Tom has delivered webinars/seminars on The Shift Effect for the Federal Reserve Bank, ACTO (Association of Coaches and Coach Training Organizations), and the Ireland chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).