Hey Hi Everyone,
Still PUMPed up? Remember what that stands for? … Passion Ultimately Means Performance.
As we discussed in our session on Friday, 9/9 a couple hours of throwing ideas around is hopefully informative. But it’s the long term investment of coaching your team – guiding them to implement and hone the techniques we talked about, that’s where real results (the Magic) happens. A few of you asked if there might be a way to keep a dialog going to help coach you through this process. So to that end, I would like to add tips and techniques on an ongoing basis to support you in that effort. Please view this as a forum, a “Coach’s Corner” if you will, where we can share ideas, ask questions and build onto each other’s ideas and resources. But most importantly, keep the momentum and the process moving forward.
Building the kind of employment engagement we were talking about will take some time and effort – but that’s where your natural assets of developing people, kicks in … AKA coaching. As Brigitte Richerson of Potawatomi put it so well, “I thrive when I helping someone maximize their true talents”. Can we drop in the 80% / 20% rule here? I think so.
My friend, Dr. Stan “Break Through” Harris, say’s, and I agree, “You have the opportunity to implement a SYSTEM”. He defines a system as.
Save
Your
Self
Time
Energy &
Money.
Ok, Ok. It looks like I’m not the only acronym lover. Anyway.
Here is a system that we discussed, the PUMP You Up System, that will provide you with techniques that can ignite your team’s desire to “want to put skin in the game”. Why? Because they know they have gifts, talents and a history of success they know they can leverage to contribute to success of your team and the organization over all.
Let’s review what the first step of the system looks like.
Tip # 1. D.I. G.
Discover What Makes You Truly Unique
How do we do that?
Inventory Your Successes and Achievements
Then
Give Your Gifts
My first recommendation is that you gather your team. Have each member do their Love Tos vs Have Tos Walk Down Memory Lane exercises (seen below). Have them start this process as a group. Have them find at least 5 situations, but if they can find 10 that’s better.
YOUR LOVE TOS VS HAVE TOS
WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
Write down a few of your favorite and most meaningful activities you have had professionally.
Think about a few situations that have brought you great satisfaction? What are some events that have given you a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment? You felt you “hit it out of the park”. You, “nailed” it. You made a big difference to its success. Think about statements like…
I’m at my best when I’m…
I’m very proud of the results when I’m …
The type of environment I thrive in is …
When I’m involved with this activity I could spend hours at it, but it never seems like it. Rather, it’s effortless.
Go over your list from your Love-Tos vs Have -Tos and reevaluate your list. Select the top five of your experiences. They should have the following qualities:
- You feel proud of the outcome.
- It needs to be one of your favorite experiences, you thoroughly enjoyed it.
- You need to recognize you are good at the activity.
- You had to meet and overcome a challenge or objective (very important).
- You feel you made a significant contribution to the success of the situation
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Then if you would like to go on with your group in this session, have them start to flesh one or two of their situations into a C.A.R. (Challenge Action Results) story. Eventually they will want to do all ten situations. Let them each share a situation, as you did with your small group.
We will start with this, and I will share with you how we can build onto this in your next group sessions in the next posted tip.
Good luck – have fun!!! Remember it’s supposed to be fun. Let me know if I can help you.
Take care and …
“Keep it Passionate”
Susie Mathews
Susie@winning-directions.com
262-391-3828
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