3. 1. Manager to Leader 2015
With good leadership, any problem can be solved. William R. Rhodes
FOUR STYLES OF MANAGEMENT
-Influence, Direction, Collaboration, Delegation
Managing Task vs. Managing Relationships
Leadership Styles - What Does The Situation Require?
Involvement Over Surveillance, Communication Over Intimidation
Leadership Over Authority
The Power of Situational Management
Jesus, CEO
Traits Common To The Success Of Leaders
The Challenge Of Change Leadership
Strategies For Leading Change
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4. 2. The XYZ of Management:
Managing Across The Generations
“Dem young people ah guh mad mi!” Why
demcaan just duh what dem fi duh?”
“The tech divide is too wide. She just won’t cope with our work flow”
Why The Workplace is Changing & What To Do
Defining The Generations: Who Are They & What Makes Them Tic
The Generations in 2015
Traditionalists: 1922 – 1943 (over 70)
Baby Boomers: 1944 – 1964 (51– 70)
Generation X: 1965 – 1980 (35 – 50)
Generation Y: 1981 – 1994 (21 – 34)
Generation Z: 1995 - ? (Under 20)
How to Recruit and Retain
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5. 3. Work/Life Balance: Regaining
Control, Saving Your Life
Work/life Balance defined: what it means, what it
doesn't mean
Achievement and Enjoyment as the basis for life-
time goals
Accepting responsibility for your own work and life
results
Staying in focus despite interruptions
Connecting daily activities to work-life goals
Effectively adjusting your work life balance over
time
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6. Format for Workshops
Part 1: The Presentations
Part 2: Participant Work Groups
Participants join small working
groups to explore issues arising
from the presentations.
7. Part 3: Format of Responses for
Work Groups
How Will You…
Foster Growth
Recognition
Work/Life Balance
Recruitment and Retention
Career Development
Gen X & Gen Y team members
8. Format for Workshops
Part 3: Group Presentations
In this session, the participants will share
experiences and conclusions from the working
groups with the full gathering.
Part 4: Participant Action Plans
Each participant will identify what s/he as
individuals have decided to include in their
“Toolkit”
specific techniques and action plans for
practical application after the workshop.
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The “TEAM” is Spiritually Significant
Jesus formed a team
Even Jesus knew he
could not change the
world by himself
You need to coordinate
the energies of a range
of complementary
people working towards
the same goal
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Jesus on Team Building
He had a plan
He had a clear picture of the big
picture and always gave his team
clear instructions
He trained his replacement
He constantly reminded his team that
“Greater things than I have done shall you do”
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Jesus: Lead by Example
He set an example
The team was shocked
when he took off his
garment and washed their
feet
His answer was simple,
“I am doing this to set
an example for you”
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Like everyone else,
LEADERS ARE NERVOUS
about learning new skills, behaviours, and
working relationships
Unlike everyone else,
LEADERS HAVE TO GO FIRST
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LEADERSHIP IS THE HIGHEST
COMPONENT OF MANAGEMENT
a) Provides vision
and direction,
values and
purposes
b) Inspire people to
work together with
common vision and
purpose
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Some Have One And
Not Another
Brain theory research
explains why some
people are excellent
producers but poor
managers
or great managers but
weak leaders
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21. The Questions
Why do workers behave the
way they do?
Why does it seem that
workers see employers as
their enemy?
Because We Violate The 10
Principles For Selecting and
Nurturing Our Teams
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22. An organization is
a perfect system
shaped to be what it is
by the behaviours that are reinforced
This can be by
direct or indirect actions
intended or un-intended actions
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23. Energizing Your Team Forward
The effective selection and utilization of
human resources
in order to enhance and
maximize organizational
performance
10 Principles For Picking &
Nurturing Your Team for The
Next Inning
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24. The New Paradigm
Education makes you
trainable
Training makes you
employable
Attitude makes you
successful
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25. 1. The IMF Model
When worker
continually fail
to do what they
are required to
do
Is
Management
Fault
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26. 2. The Fish Model
Fish
rotten
from the
head
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27. 3. Who vs. What
What people know is less
important than who they are
Hiring is about finding people with
the right mind-set
What you know changes
who you are rarely does
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28. 4. The Domino Rule
Draw good card
or quickly dump your hand
Select Only The Best
“We Only Hire People Who
We Believe Are More Talented
And Smarter Than We Are
What Better Way To
Guarantee We'll Succeed?”
Sue Ellis - President and CEO, The
Murrayhill Company, Denver - CO US
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29. 5. Hiring Criteria - D.A.T.A.
DESIRE
Do they really want the job
ABILITY
Are they good at the tasks required
TEMPERAMENT
Does their personality fit the situation
ASSETS
Do they have other resources that the
work requires
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31. 7. Pay For Results, Not Activity
We can draw on the
model used for sales
compensation
No room for pay
based only on
seniority
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32. 8. Beware The Lara Effect
(The Peter Principle)
Pay for Skill and
Performance
Promote for Ability
irrespective of age
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33. 9. Be Willing To Act
When Leaders Fail To Make Hard
Decisions
The result is that they get harder
decisions to make … in the future
Cecile Johnson Semaj
Solutions Officer, The JobBank
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34. 10. Build On Your Strengths
“Weakness fixing might prevent
failure
but strength building leads to excellence
Focus on your strength
and manage around weaknesses”
Marcus Buckingham,
coauthor of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover
Your Strengths
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35. Why This Position?
Focusing on your strengths
is the only chance to
distinguish yourselves and
excel
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36. What To Do?
We need to
pick people with a keener sense of how their
strengths match the demands of the role
We need to
change our performance appraisals so they
aren't so remedial?
We need to
redesign our compensation and recognition
systems so they really reward and motivate
people
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37. “Fia Bun” New Speak
We're going to have to
change the way we
communicate
The language of weakness
fixing is still pervasive
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38. In Most Companies Today
A weakness isn't a "weakness";
it's an "area of opportunity,"
The implication being that our
greatest areas for development
can be found in our weaknesses
not our strengths
Nonsense
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39. Similarly,
When we are coached
We are often told to
focus on our “skill gaps”
as though
a) plugging our gaps is the secret to
success and
b) all skills can be learned if we just
work at them long enough
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40. What To Do
We must change the everyday rituals
of working life that distract us from
the real challenges of exploiting our
strengths
What are your strengths?
What did you do well this year?
What can you do better than
every one else?
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43. NEW FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT OUR
BRAIN'S ANALYTICAL AND SOCIAL
NETWORKS ARE HARDWIRED TO
CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT.
Fortunately, There Is A Way For Leaders To
Toggle Successfully Between The Two.
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44. Your monthly report is due
and you’ve got to focus.
But your team is hovering, they need
feedback for the first phase of a new
project.
Can you turn away from the spreadsheet
and offer something constructive
feedback on a new creative project?
The answer: it depends.
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45. It turns out that
our brains have two distinct networks that
align with two different leadership styles:
1. The Task-Positive Network (TPN)
kicks in when it’s time to get things done, like a
drill sergeant.
2. The Default-Mode Network (DMN)
is believed to be activated when we’re being
introspective or chewing on an ethical decision.
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46. Effective leadership
depends on being able to switch from one to the
other seamlessly in the moment.
But years of management studies indicate that
instead of flexing between the two,
bosses tend to fall into one mode of operating,
rendering them stuck and their teams ineffective.
Put simply,
the task master’s leanings can inhibit innovation
while the relationship-oriented leader can lack focus
and fall short of goals.
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48. TWO MENTAL NETWORKS,
ONE BIG CHALLENGE
Researchers at Case Western Reserve
University
led by management expert Richard
Boyatzis and cognitive neuroscientist Tony
Jack
looked at MRIs as they related to these
long-established leadership styles in a
recently published paper appearing in the
journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
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49. The Experiments
MRIs were used to record brain activity while
participants did social or analytic tasks.
The social tasks required them to answer
questions about the beliefs and attitudes of
the characters in text or videos.
Then, they had to solve science puzzles in
physics videos or text passages.
For a rest period, they were told to stare at a
fixed point.
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50. The result:
when the TPN was in play,
it deactivated the DMN and vice versa.
Ever notice how the pressure of a
deadline tends to make us bark at
someone who might just be stopping by
to see how we’re getting on?
Toggling between the two modes,
is easier said than done, the findings
indicate.
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51. The MBA
Then, there are MBA programs
Which are heavy on the accounting,
statistics, and other financial analytics
courses.
A leadership course might be thrown
in,
but only by studying cases,
not dealing with real people.
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52. By the time
someone is rising up the ranks in the real
world,
they’re at risk because most companies
don’t have a very enlightened way they
view general management.
That’s when reinforcement and rewards
play into developing leaders who lean
more heavily to one side.
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53. The History
companies that have historically put
too much emphasis on the balance
sheet are particularly guilty of
developing lopsided management.
“Show me someone who opens a
meeting with financials and I’ll show
you an ineffective leader,”
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54. BOTH SIDES NOW
There is evidence to suggest the
pendulum might be swinging away from
elevating that behavior.
Observing the amount of press devoted
to emotional and spiritual issues,
is not happenstance.
“People are hungry for meaning, they
want to know they make a difference.”
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55. What to do
increasing functional capabilities in both
networks could make it easier to switch back
and forth, and make for a more well-rounded
leader.
companies need to stop siloing people
and move them through different functions of
the business.
Shifting responsibilities from accounting to
HR balances the social and analytic sides of
the brain’s networks.
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56. What to Do?
It can be as simple as structuring your
schedule to avoid having to perform socially
immediately after doing something with a
heavy emphasis on analytics.
Using meditation techniques to reset in the
moment can also be helpful,
to ensure “personal sustainability.”
It’s essential to have sustainable leadership,
“People don’t want to be human resources.”
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57. Does a Good Leader Have To
Be Tough?
Deepak Chopra
February 12 2014
https://www.deepakchopra.com/blog/view/1467/does_a_good_lead
er_have_to_be_tough?
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58. In modern business and government,
leaders are expected to behave in a
peculiar way.
Success depends on adopting the
model of warfare.
To describe someone as tough,
ruthless,
a winner in the battle for supremacy
these are compliments.
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59. We've become used to toughness as
a desirable attribute for success.
What's peculiar about this is that the
same warriors, if they are normal
people, don't apply the war model to
their personal life.
"I love you, Daddy, because you're so
ruthless with me"
isn't something a young child would
say.
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60. I realize that there are successful
people
traditionally men
who exude toughness in every aspect of
their lives.
But the real question is whether
toughness actually produces success
or whether the war model is actually
ineffective.
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61. Do you have to make yourself tough
if you want to be a leader?
Each of us has natural tendencies
that we can build upon or avoid
the choice is ours.
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62. Here are the positives and negatives
of a tough leadership style,
which are well worth considering
in your own career path.
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63. Positives:
1. Toughness provides sharp focus.
2. You quickly know who is an ally and who is an
enemy/rival.
3. You can use intimidation as a competitive tactic.
4. If people fear you, they will respect you.
5. Weaker people will submit to your will.
6. Time isn't wasted making friends - what counts are
results.
7. You will be labeled a winner in the eyes of other
warrior types.
8. You won't have a guilty conscience about hurting
others - this is war, after all.
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64. Negatives:
1. Other warriors will gun for you.
2. Loyalty based on intimidation can't be trusted.
3. Setbacks will be labeled as defeats.
4. Tough minds are generally closed minds.
5. Constant vigilance is called for, since everyone
is a potential enemy.
6. The lack of friends eliminates the possibility
for personal connections.
7. Tough leadership generally thrives only in an
atmosphere of crisis.
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65. There's a long tradition
of ignoring the downside of
toughness and overvaluing the upside.
Notoriously tough generals like
Patton were not as effective in WW II
as a conciliator like Eisenhower, for
example.
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66. The attitude of "you're either for me
or against me"
that is the code of tough leaders is
quickly interpreted by others as
"This is all about me,"
and that is the opposite of how good
leadership works.
Good leadership is about fulfilling
the needs of those you manage
and oversee.
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67. The bottom line,
is whether you view life - and business,
which is part of life - as a battle.
Many people do.
They deeply believe that success requires
constant struggle against the odds.
There is little joy in such a worldview;
at its worst, it is soul-killing.
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68. As you consider what kind of
leader to become,
it's valuable to know that there are
workable alternatives to toughness
not the opposite, which is to be soft.
An entirely different model takes
you out of the hard-soft, tough-
weak scheme.
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69. The model I have in mind
breaks needs down into a
hierarchy,
where the leader examines the kind
of need the situation presents
and then adapts the tactics that fit
that need.
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70. There are 7 basic needs a leader
must confront
1. Safety and security.
When people don't feel safe, your tactic
should focus of reassurance, providing
security, pushing back against threats,
and bringing a dangerous crisis to a safe
conclusion.
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71. There are 7 basic needs
2. Achievement and accomplishment.
When people crave material success,
your tactic should focus on rewards for
good work, effective competition,
and providing an avenue to personal
success.
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72. There are 7 basic needs
3. Community and cooperation.
When success depends upon a group effort,
your tactic should focus on loyalty, forming
alliances, establishing esprit de corps,
and creating a work atmosphere where every
member can make a contribution.
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73. There are 7 basic needs
4. Being understood and valued.
When people are being asked to push to the
limit, your tactic should focus on
appreciation, bonding at the personal level,
showing that you care ,understand, and listen.
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74. There are 7 basic needs
5. Creativity and discovery.
When a situation calls for creative
breakthroughs, your tactic should focus on
giving everyone free time and an open space,
tearing down barriers between workers and
managers,
and opening the door to many viewpoints and
approaches.
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75. There are 7 basic needs
6. Inspiration and values.
When people need to feel inspired by the
challenges that lie ahead, you can't adopt a
tactic.
Inspiration comes by living the values you
preach, making yourself a beacon of light for
others to admire and follow.
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76. There are 7 basic needs
7. Higher purpose and enlightenment.
Finally, there is the deep need to feel an allegiance to
God or a spiritual goal that will bring fulfillment to
the soul.
You can't plan in advance to fill this need.
If you are called on, there will be a transformation
within yourself.
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77. In this model of leadership,
toughness is only one of many qualities
that a leader must possess.
No one can expect to be a universal
leader;
situations change, and when they do,
specific leaders rise to meet the challenge.
But you will hold an enormous advantage
if you have seen the whole landscape.
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78. Life is unpredictable,
and chaining yourself to toughness
as your only response is a narrow
strategy,
one that may succeed in a crisis
while failing miserably in many
other areas.
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The Next Level
4 Management Styles
Low Task
High Relationship
COLLABORATION
High Task
High Relationship
INFLUENCE
High Task
Low Relationship
DIRECTION
Low Task
Low Relationship
DELEGATION
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82. Transformational Leadership
A leadership style that that creates
valuable and positive change in the
followers
Focuses on "transforming" others
to help each other,
to look out for each other,
to be encouraging and harmonious
to look out for the organization as a
whole
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83. Transformational leadership
In this leadership style,
the leader enhances
the motivation,
morale
and performance
of his follower group
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How do we get these in place?
“The LORD giveth and the LORD taketh
away. Praise be the name of the LORD."
(Job 1:21)
If you can’t be a good example,
then you’ll just have to be
a horrible warning.
-Catherine Aird
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85. Do You Know The Rules?
i before e …
30 day hath September…
π R²
Pi or π = to 3.14159
Represents the ratio of any circle's
circumference to its diameter in Euclidean
geometry
The same as the ratio of a circle's area to the
square of its radius.
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More Teachings - Mark 12:1-9
1) And he began to speak to them in
parables.
"A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge
around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and
built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went
into another country.
2) When the time came, he sent a servant
to the tenants, to get from them some of
the fruit of the vineyard.
3) And they took him and beat him, and
sent him away empty-handed.
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More Teachings - Mark 12:1-9
4) Again he sent to them another
servant, and they wounded him in the
head, and treated him shamefully.
5) And he sent another, and him they
killed; and so with many others,
some they beat and some they killed.
6) He had still one other, a
beloved son; finally he sent him to
them, saying,
They will respect my son.'
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More Teachings - Mark 12:1-9
7) But those tenants said to one
another, `This is the heir; come, let
us kill him, and the inheritance will be
ours.'
8) And they took him and killed
him, and cast him out of the
vineyard.
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More Teachings - Mark 12:1-9
9) What will the owner of the
vineyard do?
He will come and
destroy the tenants,
and give the vineyard
to others.
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Management & Leadership
Efficient management without
effective leadership is like
“straightening deck chairs on the
Titanic”
No management success can
compensate for failure in leadership
But leadership is hard because we
are often caught in a management
paradigm
Franklincovey.com – March 7, 2006
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Leadership
Displaying “Management” Characteristics
will get you promoted to middle management
Displaying “leadership” characteristics
will get you to the top
True leaders break things and take risks
to build long-term value
Al Wasserberger
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Spirian Technologies
Chicago - IL US
6/10/2015
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LET'S GET RID OF MANAGEMENT
People don't want to be managed
They want to be led
Whoever heard of a world manager?
World leader, yes
Educational leader. Political leader.
Religious leader. Scout leader.
Community leader. Labour leader.
Business leader. Gang Leader
They lead. They don't manage
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THE CARROT ALWAYS
WINS OVER THE STICK
Ask your horse.
You can lead your
horse to water,
But you can't
manage him to
drink
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IF YOU WANT
TO MANAGE SOMEBODY,
Manage yourself
Do that well and you'll
be ready to stop
managing
And start leading
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104. What Will Work Here?
1. The Task-Positive Network (TPN)?
2. The Default-Mode Network (DMN)?
3. Managing Processes vs. Relationships?
4. More Toughness?
5. Transformational Leadership?
6. Situational Leadership?
WHY?
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105. Part 3: Format of Responses for
Work Groups
How Will You…
Foster Growth
Recognition
Career Development
Productivity
106. Format for Workshops
Part 3: Group Presentations
In this session, the participants will share
experiences and conclusions from the working
groups with the full gathering.
Part 4: Participant Action Plans
Each participant will identify what s/he as
individuals have decided to include in their
“Toolkit”
specific techniques and action plans for
practical application after the workshop.
113. Post-War Cohort/Traditionalists
Born: 1928-1945
Coming of Age: 1946-1963
Age in 2012: 67 to 84
Jamaica 65 & over Population 2011: 217,606
This generation had significant opportunities in
jobs and education as the War ended and a post-
war economic boom struck America.
However, the growth in Cold War tensions, the
potential for nuclear war and other never before
seen threats led to levels of discomfort and
uncertainty throughout the generation.
Members of this group value security, comfort,
and familiar, known activities and environments.
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115. Generation X
Born: 1965-1980
Coming of Age: 1988-1994
Age in 2012: 36 to 46
Jamaican Population 1970: 1.8 million
Jamaica 30–64 Population 2011: 1.03 million
Sometimes referred to as the “lost” generation,
this was the first generation of “latchkey” kids,
exposed to lots of daycare and divorce.
Known as the generation with the lowest voting
participation rate of any generation,
Gen Xers were quoted by Newsweek as
“the generation that dropped out without ever turning
on the news or tuning in to the social issues around
them.”
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119. Gen X
often characterized by high
levels of skepticism,
“what’s in it for me” attitudes
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120. Gen Xers
arguably the best educated generation with
29% obtaining a bachelor’s degree or higher
(6% higher than the previous cohort).
And, with that education and a growing
maturity they are starting to form families
with a higher level of caution and pragmatism
than their parents demonstrated.
Concerns run high over avoiding broken
homes,
kids growing up without a parent around and
financial planning.
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121. Generation Y,
Echo Boomers or Millenniums
Born: 1977-1994
Coming of Age: 1998-2006
Age in 2012: 18 to 35
Population 1982: 2.2 million
Jamaica 15-29 population 2011: 751,489
The largest cohort since the Baby
Boomers, their high numbers reflect their
births as that of their parent generation..
the last of the Boomer Is and most of the
Boomer II s.
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123. Gen Y kids
are known as incredibly
sophisticated, technology wise,
immune to most traditional marketing and
sales pitches...
as they not only grew up with it
all,
they’ve seen it all and been
exposed to it all since early
childhood.
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124. Gen Y members
are much more segmented
as an audience aided by the
rapid expansion in Cable TV
channels, satellite radio, the
Internet, e-zines, etc.
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125. Gen Y
less brand loyal and the
speed of the Internet has led
the cohort to be similarly
flexible and changing in its
fashion, style consciousness
and where and how it is
communicated with.
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126. Gen Y kids
often raised in dual income or
single parent families have been
more involved in family
purchases...everything from
groceries to new cars.
One in nine Gen Yers has a
credit card co-signed by a
parent.
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128. What do they bring to the table?
They are the most tech savvy and
demanding generation ever on this planet
Technology is in their DNA.
The internet is their life.
they will use it for everything
They will be a transient workforce.
They will 'follow the work' and live where
the work is based.
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129. What do they bring to the table?
For them the virtual world is real –
Friends, Fans, Followers and Contacts
Geography and distance are
no hindrance,
Everything is here and now - just a click
away.
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130. What do they bring to the table?
They are more self-directed
process information at lightning
speed.
are smarter than any other
generation
(how wise? Time will tell?)
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131. What do they bring to the table?
They will give new meaning to the term
Social workers:
Raised in an educational culture of
working in teams
and being highly socially connected
through
computers, cell phones, text messaging,
instant messaging, social networking,
blogs, multi-player gaming, etc.,
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132. What do they bring to the table?
Millennials are extremely social
workers.
they are the first generation to
begin to build relationships
virtually
and are now bringing a culture of
constantly working together
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134. There’s a big birthday coming up:
In 2015, the first Generation
Xers will turn 50 years old.
Commonly cited as born between
1965 and 1980,
How many in this room?
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135. But that’s not all —
they’re poised for great
leadership
the average age of an S&P 1500
CEO is 50.
And they’re already leading the
majority of growing companies:
68% of Inc. 500 CEOs are Gen
Xers.
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136. We are still ignoring them at work
Generation X may be the smallest portion of the
workforce, but they’re your company’s rising and
current leaders.
So why do we ignore them?
With the rise of millenials (predicted to be more
than 40% of the workforce by 2020), we’re
obsessed with pleasing the masses and
concerned about the aging Boomer workforce.
But we’ve forgotten about our middle children,
the silent, independent ones.
And they matter much more than you might
think.
Here’s why:
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138. Gen Xers play the 7-up game daily.
They are known for keeping their heads down
and assuming their work speaks for itself.
They constantly plug along and feign
satisfaction, too afraid to upset the apple
cart.
And that’s a productivity and engagement
killer.
We know Generation Xers are less engaged
than their millenial counterparts,
and that makes for less motivated, energized and
prepared leaders.
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139. The burden of
the work-life balance debate
As the average child-bearing age
increases and life expectancy
expands,
Generation X is bearing the burden of
raising young children while also
managing aging parents more so than
ever before.
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140. Like it or not,
we can’t ignore the stress, concern and
lack of sleeplessness that follows them
into the workplace and into positions of
leadership.
This also means Generation X is more
likely to use the Family Medical and Leave
Act
resulting in increased absenteeism from work
for months at a time.
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141. The downward financial spiral
The generation under the most financial
stress,
In the USA
Generation X lost 45% of its wealth–almost double
that of the Baby Boomers before them.
We know how financial stress affects work
quality and engagement
This also means this generation may take
fewer risks in the workplace
for fear of losing their jobs and have a lower
propensity for change and shifting jobs even when
opportunity arises.
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142. Thinning ranks
Because Gen Xers will make up only 20%
of the workforce,
as leadership roles are vacated by older
workers,
there are fewer Gen Xers available.
And Millenials may not have the
experience and maturity needed for such
roles.
Can we say war for talent?
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143. 3 to 5 years from now
experienced leaders may be impossible to
recruit.
Impossible recruiting?
Absent and unfocused workers?
What sounds like a recipe for leadership
disaster can be avoided if organizations don’t
assume their middle children are doing just
fine.
Focusing the same attention on the
generation that isn’t demanding it could be
even more productive than helicoptering over
your Millenials.
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144. Start by looking inward first–
Then you can work on removing the
roadblocks in their way
engagement,
financial,
Personal
and develop tailored plans for those high-
potentials you want and need to be ready for
the top jobs.
Sometimes all the middle children need
are a little attention and care.
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145. Start by looking inward first–
that’s where data comes into play–
not the large sweeping global trends on
generations, but a deep look inside your
organization:
Who are your Generation Xers?
How are they performing?
What are their specific challenges?
How is the organization helping to address
those challenges?
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146. Part 3: Format of Responses for
Work Groups
How Will You…
Recruitment and Retention
Your Gen X & Gen Y team
members
147. Format for Workshops
Part 3: Group Presentations
In this session, the participants will share
experiences and conclusions from the working
groups with the full gathering.
Part 4: Participant Action Plans
Each participant will identify what s/he as
individuals have decided to include in their
“Toolkit”
specific techniques and action plans for
practical application after the workshop.
150. 3. Work/Life Balance: Regaining
Control, Saving Your Life
The data is accumulating evidence that work-life conflict is
an increasing problem. This situation is impacting on both
business and individual health issues. The social costs of
work-life conflict demand that we identify innovative
initiatives that can be developed to suit the work-life
balance needs of employees and the business demands of
employers.
What is work-life conflict? Work-life conflict occurs when
the cumulative demands of work and non-work life roles
are incompatible in some respect so that participation in
one role is made more difficult by participation in the other
role. A particularly important element of work-life conflict
is work-related stress. Working conditions such as heavy
workloads, lack of participation in decision-making, health
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151. 3. Work/Life Balance: Regaining
Control, Saving Your Life
Work-life conflict erodes the mental and physical well-
being of workers, affects the quality of their personal
relationships outside of work, and increases costs to
businesses. Employees with high levels of work-life conflict
are more likely to experience poor health. Work-life conflict
has negative impacts on employees' relationships with their
children and their spouse. Work-life conflict also has
consequences for an organization's bottom line. Employees
experiencing high levels of work-life conflict are likely to
miss more work days per year, are less committed to the
organization, are less satisfied with their job, and are more
likely to intend to leave their job.
Worklife Balance defined: what it means, what it doesn't
mean
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Control, Saving Your Life
Achievement and Enjoyment as the basis for life-time goals
Accepting responsibility for your own work and life results
Staying in focus despite interruptions
Connecting daily activities to work-life goals
Effectively adjusting your work life balance over time
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153. The Evidence Is Accumulating
Work-life conflict
an increasing problem
Impacting on both business
and individual health issues
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154. The Social Costs
We need innovative initiatives that
can be developed
to suit the work-life balance
needs of employees
and the business demands of
employers
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The Challenges Facing Businesses
as a consequence of the growing
epidemic of chronic disease,
Approximately 5% of capital
spent on workforce is lost to
Disability
Absenteeism
Presenteeism
156. What is work-life conflict?
When the cumulative
demands of work and
non-work life roles
are incompatible in
some respect
Participation in one
role is made more
difficult
by participation in
the other role
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157. Work-life conflict
Produces work-related stress
Working conditions such as
heavy workloads,
lack of participation in decision-making,
health and safety hazards,
job insecurity,
and tight deadlines
are all associated with work-related stress
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158. Work-life conflict
Erodes the mental and physical well-
being of workers,
affects the quality of their personal
relationships outside of work,
and increases costs to businesses
Employees with high levels of work-
life conflict
are more likely to experience poor
health
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160. Work-life conflict
Has consequences for an organization's
bottom line
Employees experiencing high levels of
work-life conflict are likely to
miss more work days per year,
less committed to the organization,
less satisfied with their job,
more likely to intend to leave their job
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162. The 10 Keys to Improving Your
Work-Life Balance
1. Define Success
How much is enough?
without some kind of
yardstick it’s difficult to
know how well we are doing
or where we really want to
be
One thing is for sure, money
is not the same as success!
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163. 2. Get in control
Working in an environment unable to
manage things the way we would like is
stressful
Someone else is pulling all the strings
Over time
reduce as many of these elements
as possible
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Things You Can Control
Your reaction to others
Your to-do list (and the number of items on it)
How your day is spent
Your goals
How much time you're willing to spend on a particular project
Your self-esteem and self-worth
How you treat others
Your exercise and eating habits
The communication of your needs to others
Telling people when you're stressed out and need time alone
or help with projects
Whether or how much you smoke or drink alcohol
How old you act
The way you raise your children
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Things You Can't Control
The age or stage of development your children are in
The way you were raised
Whether the stoplight turns red or green
How fast other cars are driving
The number of hours in a day
Other people
The timing of your teenager's mood swings or your toddler's
temper tantrums
Your age
When work or a project takes much longer than expected
Waiting for your doctor 30 minutes after your scheduled
appointment
A death, illness, or accident in the family
The calendar (helpful to remember when holidays are
approaching)
Being laid off from a job
Messes made right after you have cleaned the house
166. 3. Comfort zone
Take on ‘stretch’ tasks
get you thinking outside
your usual frame of
reference
This is how you grow
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167. 4. Technology
Try to learn 1 new technological
thing each month
Start with your cell phone
It’s only a matter of time before
many become useful
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168. 5. Create room
Clear-out some of those existing
preconceptions, activities, outdated
knowledge, (and people)
to create space for new things
If you do not let go and open your
hands
you can’t get more and new experiences
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169. Maturity Means That
We Know When To Hold
& When To Let Go
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170. WHEN TO HOLD & WHEN TO LET GO:
The archer sets up for the kill
by pulling back and holding
the bow,
but the accuracy of the shot
is determined by
knowing just when to let go
Both components are critical
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171. WHEN TO HOLD & WHEN TO LET GO:
"Knowledge is
learning something
new every day.
Wisdom is letting go of
something every day."
Zen Proverb
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173. 6. Challenge Norms
If you don’t challenge your
present behavioural traits,
You will not grow
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174. As our careers evolve, so
do the things that make us
happy and more fulfilled
Finding the tasks that
improve our self-esteem
and confidence is a
continual moving goal,
needing to be tracked
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175. Evaluate people you deal with by
their results only
not how long they spend at their
desk
or how quickly they get in contact
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176. Anyone who thinks
they have seen the
tail-end of this
workplace revolution,
needs to hold onto
their hat
The ride will get even
more bumpy!
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177. Try to spend more
time with people
who are positive,
get things done and
open to change
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What Can You Do?
You cannot
change the people
around you....
But you can
change the people
you are around!
181. Part 3: Format of Responses for
Work Groups
How Will You…
Maintain Work/Life Balance
In The Staff?
In Self
182. Format for Workshops
Part 3: Group Presentations
In this session, the participants will share
experiences and conclusions from the working
groups with the full gathering.
Part 4: Participant Action Plans
Each participant will identify what s/he as
individuals have decided to include in their
“Toolkit”
specific techniques and action plans for
practical application after the workshop.