Getting BetterEmily’s LabshareOct. 9, 2015
QUOTE
Do I contradict myself?Very well then, I contradict myself.(I am large. I contain multitudes.)
-- Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Do we believe we can change?
(like, on purpose)
The answer is yes!
YES, we can change...
We believe we can improve over time
⊡ Project retrospectives
⊡ Team offsites
⊡ Annual goals
Do we know how to change?
The answer is yes.
YES!
We know how to support change
⊡ 1:1 Meetings
⊡ Annual Review process
⊡ Company & team-wide offsites
⊡ Encouraging, supportive culture
Change is hard.How could we get better at it?
Let’s get betterat getting better.
“How the Way We Talk Can Change
the Way We Work”by Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey
STEP 1
What change would positively impact your professional growth?
STEP 1
I need moretime
What change would positively impact your professional growth?
STEP 2
I need moretime
Reframe Step 1 as “I am committed to the value of …”
STEP 2
I need moretime
Do great work
Reframe Step 1 as “I am committed to the value of …”
STEP 3
I need moretime
Do great work
What do you do that gets in the way of Step 2?
STEP 3
I need moretime
Do great work
I don’t push back
What do you do that gets in the way of Step 2?
STEP 4
I need moretime
Do great work
I don’t push back
What else are you committed to?
STEP 4
I need moretime
Do great work
I don’t push back
Don’t rock the
boat
What else are you committed to?
TENSION
I need moretime
I don’t push back
Do great work
Don’t rock the
boat
TENSION
I need moretime
I don’t push back
Do great work
Don’t rock the
boat
you contain multitudes!
TENSION v.2
I need moretime
Do great work
Dis-trac-tions!
TENSION v.2
I need moretime
Dis-trac-tions!
Do great work
Be in the
know
you contain multitudes
TENSION v.3
I need moretime
Do great work
I say yes to all
things
TENSION v.3
I need moretime
I say yes to all
things
Do great work
Be in demand
you contain multitudes
Don’t rock the
boat
DOOMED
I need moretime
Do great work
I don’t push back
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Creative partner
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Creative partner
Collab. problem- solving
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Creative partner
Collab. problem- solving
I don’t seek out partners
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Creative partner
Collab. problem- solving
I don’t seek out partners
Defer to others’
preference
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Creative partner
I don’t seek out partners
Collab. problem- solving
Defer to others’
preference
Change is hard.How could we get better at it?
Let’s get betterat getting better.
Reactions?thoughts?
feelings?goals?
EXAMPLE NO. 3
Swift decisions
were made
I roll with it.
Efficiency and order
Confident, relaxed
reputation