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title: "Start 2025 Strong: Leadership, AI Coaching, and Change That Sticks💪🏻🥳"
subtitle: "From Art to AI: Coaching Insights for an Extraordinary 2025"
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tags:
  - Professional Coaching
  - AI and Coaching
  - Art Inspired Personal Growth
# newsletterSubject: Own 2025: Resilient Leadership, Artful Coaching, and AI-Driven Change
# newsletterPreviewLine: Coaching, art, and AI tools to shape your year---plus tips to make lasting change!
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*Dear friends of Positive Change,*

Welcome to 2025---it’s an auspicious* start to the year! ✨

Change is all around us, both in the world at large and within ourselves. In coaching, we focus on the _inner world_, where real transformation begins---helping leaders and teams build resilience, unlock career potential, and embrace positive habits.

I’m delighted to announce my [*Futureproof Mindset* coaching series](https://designchange.de/futureproof-mindset-coaching-vorteile/), which combines 1:1 leadership coaching and team development to create impactful results. And I’m excited to share a new idea in the works: *Art-Inspired Leadership Coaching*---a unique approach to bringing the human touch and emotional benefits into today’s digital world.

On the cutting edge of innovation, I’ve also joined the *AI Coaching Rebel community* to explore how AI technology can enhance coaching without losing its humanity.

Stay tuned for insights in April, when I’ll join the *Leadership Choices Impulse Podcast* to share more on this topic. For AI-curious coaches, don’t miss the upcoming [*Digital and AI Coaches’ Conference*](https://isaacson.uk/digital-and-ai-coaches-conference/)---I’d love to see you there!

Here’s to an inspiring year ahead! 🚀

Thanks for reading and cheers,\
[*Karla Schlaepfer*](https://karla-schlaepfer.com/) and the amazing *DesignChange* team

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I’ve been blogging about people-centered change since 2015, with [over 280 articles](https://designchange.de/blog/) packed with tips and insights 🌟. Here are some highlights to kick off your year:

- →Become a Coach Manager; [here Corinna’s personal story](https://designchange.de/unlocking-potential-a-journey-of-growth-and-transformation/).

- →The importance of [breaks for wellbeing](https://designchange.de/unlocking-potential-a-journey-of-growth-and-transformation/) -- a short refresh!

- →Ever heard the term Psychological Safety? [What does it mean and why does it matter for collaboration*?*](https://designchange.de/ever-heard-the-term-psychological-safety/)

## Useful Information and Compelling Insights

[Auspicious start to 2025](https://designchange.de/an-auspicious-start-for-change/). Omens, birds and successful change coaching 😉

How to [make change (New Years Resolutions!) stick past January](https://designchange.de/new-years-resolutions-sliding/)! Simple tips on making new habits that last ⚡

[Art-Inspired Coaching](https://designchange.de/success-in-a-digital-ai-world/). Impactful benefits of integrating art into leadership development.

Already feeling stressed in the fresh year? You’re not alone. [Try these to feel relief!](https://designchange.de/already-feeling-overwhelmed-in-2025/)😌

[AI and Intimacy: Brene Brown Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4u3SPGu69yRY5kWp3nWlZI). Insights from Unlocking Us Brown’s podcast on balancing technology and human connection.

## Book of the Month: _The Art of Impossible_ by Steven Kotler

What if achieving the impossible is more about biology than sheer willpower? Best-selling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler breaks it down in _The Art of Impossible_. Drawing from evolutionary science and neurobiology, Kotler reveals how to harness powerful internal motivators that drive human potential.🛣️

This book is a game-changer for anyone looking to tackle ambitious goals, whether personal or professional. Kotler’s insights will help you align your actions with your brain’s natural mechanisms for peak performance. If you’re ready to unlock what’s truly possible, this is your blueprint.

Why not make this year the beginning of your change? Where you push boundaries and explore your potential? 📖✨ Btw, Get Abstract makes a summary of this work available until January 25, 2025.

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Ready to rock your potential and tackle ambitious goals? 🚀 Whether you're inspired by Kotler's game-changing insights or looking to align your actions for peak performance, let's make 2025 the year you take off! The Futureproof Mindset Coaching series, which combines 1:1 leadership coaching and a team workshop, can help you and your team stretch and get you all where you want to go.

→Book a free consultation today (<karla.schlaepfer@designchange.de>) and take steps toward your transformation! ✨