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Whittle Consulting Group. www.WhittleConsultingGroup.com. Doug D. Whittle, PhD 515. 208.4500 doug@WhittleConsultingGroup.com. Building a High Performance Workplace. ?. WHO are you? WHY are you here? WHAT do you need? WHAT is a HP workplace?. At the end of the day…. Identify our
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Whittle Consulting Group www.WhittleConsultingGroup.com Doug D. Whittle, PhD 515. 208.4500 doug@WhittleConsultingGroup.com Building a High Performance Workplace
? WHO are you? WHY are you here? WHAT do you need? WHAT is a HP workplace?
At the end of the day… Identify our vision of the future and what it will take to get there Experience tools & models to lead my team Today’s focus
Aim Fire Fire Aim Ready Ready
T ruths • There is no silver bullet • One size does not fit all • Building a high performing workplace……both a skill and an art • Getting there requires CHANGE
If you always dowhat you’ve always done,you will always getwhat you’ve always got.
success Today’s ground rules for • Tell the truth • Think outside the box • Be willing to take risks • What’s said here stays here
Models & Tools
YES Desired State Current State No
YES Desired State Desired State Current State No
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE (High) GROUP BEHAVIOR INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS Difficulty INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES KNOWLEDGE (Low) Time involved (Short) (Long)
GOOD is the enemy of GREAT
The real question is not, “Why greatness? but “What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?” p209
ALIGNS DIRECTS INSPIRES A well-developed VISION Business Performance, Employee Satisfaction, and Leadership Practices,, Michael Leimbach, PhD
5 The minute change vision
5 understanding interest in minutes
2007 Visioning
future Describe your organization’s vision
current Describe your organization’s culture
My PERCEPTION of TODAY gaps My VISION of the FUTURE
My PERCEPTION of TODAY obstacles My VISION of the FUTURE
Classify your obstacles Who/What can I CONTROL? Who/What can I INFLUENCE? Who/What is OUT OF MY CONTROL?
The good-to-great companies did not focus principally on what to do to become great; they focused equally on what not to do and what to stop doing.p11
A great company is much more likely to die of indigestion from too much opportunity than starvation from too little. The challenge becomes not opportunity creation, but opportunity selection. p136
Leading the vision
LEADERSHIP is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible. General Colin Powell
? WHAT is LEADERSHIP
I don’t really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the rightpeople on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we’ll figure out how to take it some place great. p. 41
Ground Rules
SAMPLE Be one team, one voice • Understand & accept that our agreement will not be unanimous at all times • We will speak with one voice • We will support the team decisions when apart
Two models of selling Trust 40% 10% Trust Qualify 30% 20% Qualify 30% Present Present 20% 40% Close Close 10%
Dealing with resistance Proposing Gaining commitment Identifying needs Follow-up Before the sale begins
Commitment Denial Resistance Exploration Anger Checking Out
Reasons for I don’t get it! I don’t like you! I don’t like it! RESISTANCE
People don’t resist change… …they resist being changed Edgar Schein
MANAGER LEADER
The difference between A boss says “GO!” A leader says “LET’S GO!” a BOSS and a LEADER E.M. Kelley
POWER AUTHORITY
65% Top training need: Leadership 69% Job satisfaction: Leadership 39% Bottom line employee satisfaction: Leadership The impact of LEADERSHIP Business Performance, Employee Satisfaction, and Leadership Practices,, Michael Leimbach, PhD
The Hedgehog Concept p96 What you are deeply passionate about What drives your economic engine What you can be the best in the world at
You can’t manufacture passion or “motivate” people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you. p109
High performance Ask the right questions Refocus your work Develop powerful leaders Recognize the power within people
Coaching vs. Management
Helping people to learn rather than teaching them Unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance COACHING
Principles of A skillful coach rarely provides or prescribes solutions Coaching focuses on future possibilities not past mistakes It may be harder to give up instructing than it is to learn to coach COACHING
Perhaps the hardest thing a coach has to learn is to SHUT UP!