Who am I—and what am I doing in this place?

1. Who am I—and what am I doing in this place? Steve Piscitelli, Professor Florida Community College at Jacksonville

2. “Turning on the peopleNow, that’s a beautiful place to beBut ifI spend my time making them up a rhymeWell, who’s gonna turn on me?”-Jimmy Buffett- Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

3. Today is for YOU ! • Part 1: Balancing act of integrity and the 3 Ps • Part 2: Losing balance & passion • Part 3: Regaining balance & passion (individual level) • Part 4: Regaining balance & passion (group level) • Part 5: Where do we go from here? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

4. Part 1: What does integrity mean? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

5. What are your thoughts? • "If the work we do lacks integrity for us, then we, the work, and the people we do it with will suffer.” (Palmer) • What does professional integrity mean to you? • From where does our integrity flow? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

6. Integrity: Some perceptions • “Integrity is something you sell the public.” (Robert Vaughn’s character in the movie Bullitt) • “Steadfast adherence to a strict moral code.” (American Heritage Dictionary) • …with a connection to virtuous standards… • “Character. What you do when no one is looking. You do what you are intended to do.” • “Becoming more real by acknowledging the whole of who I am…It reaffirms identity.” (Parker Palmer) • “…walking your talk daily. We are at peace when our work aligns with our values. (Richard Leider) • Or even more to the point: “I can’t do that!” Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

7. Warming up: A brief individual activity(Leider) List 3 things you are most passionate about • What do you wish you had the time to put your energies into? • Where/how would you like to invest your talents? • Write this sentence: “My passion is ….” [fill in the blank with your passion] • Are you following your passion? • What is the connection to integrity? • Passion’s impact on integrity Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

8. “The challenge is to be yourself in a world that is trying to make you like everyone else.” --Renee Locks Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

9. A brief individual activity • In what life and work situations are you most comfortable expressing your talents? • From what environment do you draw energy? • Are you in that environment? • What is the connection to integrity? • Place’s impact on integrity Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

10. “Do what is in your heart and you will be fine.”--Robin Williams’ character in Good Will Hunting Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

11. One more brief individual activity • List three people, from your campus, you consider to be nutritious people • What is the connection to integrity? • What is your place within this framework…that is, are you nutritious for yourself and for your colleagues? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

12. “… if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and … then we will almost certainly have a great life….”(Collins) Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

13. The 3 Ps: Maintaining balance (Leider) • People—who? • Place—where? • Purpose—why? • passion for the profession • Who/what are the 3 Ps of your workplace—and what is their connection to integrity? • Recap: Are your passions fed in your workplace? Do you draw energy from your work place? Are there nutritious people in your workplace? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

14. The 3 Ps Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

15. “People are happiest and most prosperous in their work when it is aligned with what is meaningful to them and what they’re passionate about. We happen to live in a rapidly changing work environment. What was joyful work one day can become dreaded work the next.”--Jeanne Sharbuno Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

16. Part 2: Losing Balance—it can happen to you or a colleague or an entire institution Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

17. Losing balance: Four options? (Palmer) • Stay and suffer • ? • Move on & move out—seek peace on an individual level • Reconnect identity and integrity • Seek a new place, different people and/or a rediscovered purpose. • Move on & remain • Reconnect identity and integrity • Restructure from within • Reclaim our profession from those forces who either don't know about it or have lost touch with it • Reconnect on the community level • Let’s recognize and reaffirm one another • Let’s join with one another and recognize our virtues Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

18. OK…so what do you do if the balance is lost? How do you regain that passion? Part 3: Regaining balance & passion (individual level) Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

19. “Once you realize that a certain kind of food makes you sick, would you carry on eating that food and keep asserting that it is okay to be sick?” (Tolle) Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

20. Activity: Who am I? (Leider) • (Y) Step one: Identify one of your accomplishments of which you are really proud! • (Y) Step two: How did you achieve this enjoyable accomplishment? What did you actually do? Don’t be modest! • (N.P.) Step three: Explain the above to your “new” nutritious person • (N.P.) Step four: What talents of yours are exhibited in this accomplishment? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

21. Follow-up activity: Who am I?(Leider) • When you get home (or back to campus), sit down with someone who knows you. • “What are my talents? What am I good at? What is my uniqueness? What will be missed?” • Don’t describe in terms of labels, occupations. Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

22. Follow-up activity: Place and purpose • Journal for a work week • Everything you love • Everything you really, really dislike • How much of your time are you doing what really moves you--what you love to do? • Can you restructure…or do you move on—and move out? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

23. Your talents—your calling (Levoy) • Make a list of what resources are needed to succeed at your calling • Make a list of which of those resources you already have • Subtract list 2 from list 1 • This is what you need • Now, who “out there” can help you get those resources? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

24. Have you lost touch with the essence? (Beck & Sharbuno) • Do you listen to your essential self (your true beacon)? • Energized • Healthier • Lose track of time • Socially adept • List 4 things you really enjoy doing • When was the last time you did each one of these things? • Make a commitment to do one of the 4 for each of the next 4 weeks Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

25. “People dream about what they do when they’re awake…If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.”(Kingsolver) Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

26. Part 4: Regaining balance & passion (group level) Regaining community Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

27. Reaffirming integrity: Recognizing the principled people in your workplace • Trying to keep “purpose” in focus: A simple way to recognize community • Value: Something that is held dear; considered to be important • Virtue: Something that makes the world a better place • Examples of virtues (Jacobs): • Courage:taking up too much room? • Fortitude: sticking with something? • Patience: not easily provoked? • Generosity: sharing resources? • Honesty: trustworthy? • Humility: freedom from arrogance & pride? • Who on your campus would you recognize? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

28. Some additional virtues to consider(Joseph M. Marshall III—The Lakota Way) • Perseverance • Respect • Honor • Love • Sacrifice • Truth • Compassion • Wisdom Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

29. Reaffirming integrity—a community approach • Start a 4-stage movement (Palmer) • Institutional claims = foreign to your integrity • We look for support from others • Put people on notice • Your own investigated truth • Reclaim the profession • Reclaim & reaffirm your professional integrity • Reconnect identity to integrity Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

30. Worth retaining or worth integrity? • “If you think too much about being reelected, it is very difficult to be worth reelecting.” – (Woodrow Wilson) • “If you think too much about being retained in your job, it is very difficult to be worth retaining.” – (Piscitelli) • When the people decide that the institution’s punishments are irrelevant, the institution’s power starts to decline—and the people can reassert their rightful authority and reclaim their integrity. • But that takes … . Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

31. Virtues, balance and nutritional people • Virtue • Courage • Fortitude • Patience • Generosity • Honesty • Humility • Balance • The 3 Ps • Postcard activity Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

32. Part 5: Where do you go from here? Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

33. So what have we learned? • Know your passion and pursue it! • Know the energizing places for youself • Know your nutritious people • Confront the brutal facts (Stockdale Paradox) but never lose focus—never lose your intention. Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

34. Identity and Integrity: A Balancing Act • Integrity = Identity • The melding of virtue and 3 Ps • Integrity  Identity • Reconnect and reclaim by moving on OR Either way is a positive step! • Reconnect and reclaim within the profession/withinthe workplace Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

35. Where do you go from here? How can you keep this alive? • Teaching circles • Teaching lounges • Teaching and learning centers • TGIFs • Track down “nutritious people” • Remember: Good-to-great requires looking at the “brutal facts!” Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

36. The Four Agreements (Ruiz) • Be impeccable with your word • Speak with integrity • Don’t take anything personally • Others project their own reality • Don’t make assumptions • Communicate clearly • Always do your best • Situations change…simply do your best Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

37. “Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is cash in hand.”(Leo Buscaglia) Yesterday, tomorrow, today: Being in the moment Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)

38. Enjoy the journey Steve Piscitelli (spiscite@fccj.org OR s_piscitelli@yahoo.com)