Eureka Leadership Institute Webinar Recouping Your Mojo

1. Eureka! Leadership Institute Webinar Recouping Your Mojo Thursday, February, 25, 2010 12:00/Noon to 1 pm Presenters: Shawna Sherman, Amanda Jacobs Foust & Yuri Kenney

2. Presented by:  Shawna Sherman, Hayward Public Library Amanda Jacobs Foust, Marin County Free LibraryYuri Kenney, County of Los Angeles Public Library2009 Eureka! Leadership Institute Fellows

3. AgendaSelf-LeadershipMaintaining FocusOrganizing Your Game Plan

4. Find Your Inner LeaderTechniques for Self Leadership

5. �Leadership is not a role or set of strategies. Instead, it is a point of view that begins with the inner work of integrating and translating past relationships and experiences into powerful habits of mind.�

6. Stop Dysfunctional Thinking Overgeneralization Mental Filtering Making the positive negative Jumping to conclusions Magnifying and minimizing Emotional Reasoning Should statements Labeling and Mislabeling Personalization

7. �I Think I Can, I Think I Can�

8. Mental Practice

9. Get to Work

11. Maintaining Focus I don�t know about you, but this is a good visual to demonstrate how my work days are ending up. I begin each day working with my colleagues with a clear goal and a plan on how to achieve that plan. I may not be seeking the Golden Idol in the depths of the Peruvian Jungle, but I still encounter booby traps that derail both me and my colleagues from our goals. I need more tools to help me maintain focus instead spending each day trying to outrun booby traps . I don�t know about you, but this is a good visual to demonstrate how my work days are ending up. I begin each day working with my colleagues with a clear goal and a plan on how to achieve that plan. I may not be seeking the Golden Idol in the depths of the Peruvian Jungle, but I still encounter booby traps that derail both me and my colleagues from our goals. I need more tools to help me maintain focus instead spending each day trying to outrun booby traps .

12. Maintaining Focus So, when we started planning for this webinar, I went to the Library, where books about focus are filed under the subject: attention. But all the books had more to offer on achieving a life/work balance, identifying your personality type and selling their specialized method. Everyone agrees focus is essential, but little is offered that is useful.So, when we started planning for this webinar, I went to the Library, where books about focus are filed under the subject: attention. But all the books had more to offer on achieving a life/work balance, identifying your personality type and selling their specialized method. Everyone agrees focus is essential, but little is offered that is useful.

13. Maintaining Focus So, I returned to the experts�So, I returned to the experts�

14. Maintaining Focus You may recall, we spent quite a bit of time discussing how to build critical mass within your community. I think we can all agree that we, as Eureka! Fellows, are part of the front 3%, the explorers. Since returning from San Jose, I find that I spend a lot of time working against a combination of the back 18%, the early resisters and pit-dwellers. As you are surely aware, pit-dwellers are highly effective at wasting your time. So, let me remind you of what I constantly forget, PIT DWELLERS ARE TO BE IGNORED. They only exist as an obstacle and a distraction. Early resisters act in a similar manner, but sometimes have valid, non-urgent feedback that can be helpful, but placed on the back burner. Focus our time and energy on those who facilitate change, the early adapters and rank and file. That�s where change gathers momentum. You may recall, we spent quite a bit of time discussing how to build critical mass within your community. I think we can all agree that we, as Eureka! Fellows, are part of the front 3%, the explorers. Since returning from San Jose, I find that I spend a lot of time working against a combination of the back 18%, the early resisters and pit-dwellers. As you are surely aware, pit-dwellers are highly effective at wasting your time. So, let me remind you of what I constantly forget, PIT DWELLERS ARE TO BE IGNORED. They only exist as an obstacle and a distraction. Early resisters act in a similar manner, but sometimes have valid, non-urgent feedback that can be helpful, but placed on the back burner. Focus our time and energy on those who facilitate change, the early adapters and rank and file. That�s where change gathers momentum.

15. Maintaining Focus This is a new technique that is being trialed by Tech Services here at Marin County and hasn�t been released to staff, but it�s a helpful tool to use, especially when confronted by a pit-dweller., where 99.9% of their complaints fall under the Advisory ListThis is a new technique that is being trialed by Tech Services here at Marin County and hasn�t been released to staff, but it�s a helpful tool to use, especially when confronted by a pit-dweller., where 99.9% of their complaints fall under the Advisory List

16. Maintaining Focus One coping mechanism I�ve been employing to deal with early resisters is based on Becky and John�s Eureka! Coaching: establishing and meeting deadlines. This is most effective within a group or committee dynamic, but I find that when the majority, including early adapters and the rank and file, can�t reasonably complain if you are organizing your work by deadline and meeting those deadline. It raises everyone�s expectations and unifies priorities. You�ll find most research on fucus/attention tell you to make deadlines, but the trick is to meet deadlines.One coping mechanism I�ve been employing to deal with early resisters is based on Becky and John�s Eureka! Coaching: establishing and meeting deadlines. This is most effective within a group or committee dynamic, but I find that when the majority, including early adapters and the rank and file, can�t reasonably complain if you are organizing your work by deadline and meeting those deadline. It raises everyone�s expectations and unifies priorities. You�ll find most research on fucus/attention tell you to make deadlines, but the trick is to meet deadlines.

17. Maintaining Focus One final reminder from Becky and John� don�t forget your mantra (I use �I am stronger than I think I am�) and don�t be afraid to rely on your fellow Eurekans for continued inspiration. One final reminder from Becky and John� don�t forget your mantra (I use �I am stronger than I think I am�) and don�t be afraid to rely on your fellow Eurekans for continued inspiration.

18. Organizing for Momentum

19. You�re already halfway there You�ve identified and defined your goal You�ve laid out a rough timeline You�ve moved on to the next step You�ve identified and defined your goal You�ve laid out a rough timeline You�ve moved on to the next step

20. Procrastination You�ll procrastinate until the anxiety of putting things off becomes worse than the anxiety of taking action You have to take action anyway, why double your angst by procrastinating? You�ll procrastinate until the anxiety of putting things off becomes worse than the anxiety of taking action You have to take action anyway, why double your angst by procrastinating?

21. Face your anxieties

22. Feel the mojo!

23. Define your projects A project is a goal that requires more than one action step. You can�t tackle a project directly, you have to break it up. Your big project is actually a lot of smaller projects.A project is a goal that requires more than one action step. You can�t tackle a project directly, you have to break it up. Your big project is actually a lot of smaller projects.

24. Identify Action Steps Project: boiled eggs Action steps: Buy eggs Find a pot Boil water Add eggs Set a timer Peel boiled eggs Season with salt and pepper Eat your boiled egg! Project: boiled eggs Action steps: Buy eggs Find a pot Boil water Add eggs Set a timer Peel boiled eggs Season with salt and pepper Eat your boiled egg!

25. Focus your effort

26. Remember your team

27. Delegate

28. Getting Things Done Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen Teaches you how to move things off your mental plate so you can focus on action and accomplishment

29. Define your project by identifying all the individual steps Each step must be an action step�something you can do If a step takes less than two minutes, do it right away Define your project by identifying all the individual steps Each step must be an action step�something you can do If a step takes less than two minutes, do it right away

30. Organizing for the Creative Person Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goal by Dorothy Lehmkuhl

31. Horizontal organization (everything laid out and visible) Horizontal organization (everything laid out and visible)

32. Vertical organization (things filed neatly, hierarchical to-do lists) Vertical organization (things filed neatly, hierarchical to-do lists)

33. Pomodoro Pomodorotechnique.com Use a timer Work in 25-minute increments (a �pomodoro�) After 25 minutes, take a five minute break Every 4 pomodoros, take a longer break

34. Timer time Using a timer creates mental space for you to work A timer signals to others that you are occupied and focused Timer time Using a timer creates mental space for you to work A timer signals to others that you are occupied and focused

35. Synthesize

36. Persevere

38. Questions?

39. Thank You!

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