Business By DesignYour Design Powers Your Future

There is only one person in the world like you

That looks exactly like you

Has your point of view

Has your ideas

Your talents

Your abilities

Your creativeness

Talks like you

Buys like you

Spends like you

Laughs like you

Behaves like you

Loves like you

Has your passions

Your drive

There is only one person in the world that thinks like you

Has your potential

Has your Purpose

Your Purpose; Your Passion; Your Potential and Your Drive Make You a Unique and Distinct Leader, Manager or Practitioner/Technician

Only one Person can bring your big idea to market.

That Person is YOU!

HOWEVER

. . . Most of Us Will Go to the Grave Having Never Graced the World with Our True Genius

Your True GeniusMost people think that they know their strengths, but they usually are wrong. They only know what they are not good at. But one cannot build performance on weaknesses.~ Peter Drucker

Your True GeniusThere are three things that are very hard; Diamonds, Steel and to know ones self ~ Ben Franklin

The StruggleWithout specific objective knowledge of where your true potential lies, you will likely struggle.

Struggle to utilize your true genius in the pursuit of living out your life purpose

Struggle to employ your most effective entrepreneurial role

Struggle to develop effective business planning to make your big dream a reality

STRUGGLE TO UTILIZE YOUR TRUE GENIUS IN THE PURSUIT OF LIVING OUT YOUR LIFE PURPOSE

WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU KNOW

THE CHALLENGE

The ChallengeYou don’t know what strengths and talents power your genius

The ChallengeYou don’t know what dormant behaviors power your true genius

The ChallengeYou don’t know what specific unutilized thinking patterns power your passion, purpose and potential

The ChallengeYou do not have intentional access to the built in tools that power your true genius.

The ChallengeAlmost all areas of education and learning focus on improving your genetic weaknesses

The ChallengeWhen your Genius is reactionary; It is unintentional, under utilized and unavailable to power your purpose

STRUGGLE TO EMPLOY YOUR MOST EFFECTIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL ROLE

Without Employing Your True Genius You Will . . .

What is my Most Effective Role?Is it as Leader?

Know Your RoleLeaders create vision for change; they develop initiatives that bring about change

What is my Most Effective Role?Is it as Manager?

Know Your RoleManagers plan change and prepare others for change and measure it

What is my Most Effective Role?Is it as Practitioner Technician or Worker?

Know Your RolePractitioners and Technicians know or can learn how to do what needs to be done.

What is my Most Effective Role?Is it a Mixture of all Three?

What is my Most Effective RoleYou must be intentional about your role(s) to be effective

What is my Most Effective Role?Without knowing your most effective role(s) you cannot live it

STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE BUSINESS PLANNING TO MAKE YOUR BIG DREAM A REALITY

Without Employing Your True Genius You Will . . .

Motive Passion is PrimalMotive - something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc; incentive.

Passion - any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.

What About My Dreams?Effective Planning is a product of Motive Passion

What About My Dreams?Effectivity is driven by strategy powered by motive passion

YOUR DESIGN CAN BE IDENTIFIEDYou Can Know Your True Genius. . .

You Can Know

Your True GeniusYou have specific underutilized Strengths Behaviors, Passion, Purpose and Potential

You Can Know Your True GeniusYou can put your design to work to serve your purpose

DESIGN DETERMINES ROLE RELATIVE TO LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT OR PRACTITIONER

You Can Know Your True Genius. . .

Know Your RoleLeaders, managers and practitioners exponentially power their purpose by utilizing their specific traits of their design within specific roles

Perspective LeadershipUse These in Your Initial Contact, Proposal and

Discovery Process

ManagementManage change but not the one

implementing the change

PractitionerStay within these boundaries in the actual

hands on work you do

Overview This is Your Competitive EdgeBring this part of how you are designed to find what the right things are to do (Only 10% of the people fall

into this category) Focus Here To Sell Yourself and

Differentiate Yourself

This is Your Mission Once in the Implementation PhaseThese are the strengths you bring to bear to make sure things are being done right Doing the right things (30% of

the people)

Bring this part of how you are designed to make sure your plans for change are being executed and done correctly

This is where your trouble shooting expertise comes into play This is what you know how to do right The right way (60% of the

people)

Stay within these boundaries when actually doing work.

Bring this part of how you are designed to guide what work you actually do.

Perspective LeadershipUse These in Your Initial Contact, Proposal and

Discovery Process

ManagementManage change but not the one

implementing the change

PractitionerStay within these boundaries in the actual

hands on work you do

Natural Strengths and Bent

IntellectionFind outlets to brainstorm‚ to discuss issues‚ to formulate ideas for the greater good. Focus inward to find answers to questions that have evaded you.StrategicFind opportunities to lead in helping yourself and others avoid unnecessary risk; help them sort through the clutter and find the path that helps meet well defined objectives.

DeliberativePursue opportunities to be involved in risk mitigation‚ in brainstorming‚ and in the decision making process. Help others find potential problems in a process‚ procedure or idea.ResponsibilityFind opportunities where you can own outcomes‚ projects‚ responsibilities or objectives where you have control of the outcome. Use your sense of responsibility to achieve.

RestorativeWork and play in problem riddled environments where you can put your ability to solve problems to work for the good.

BehaviorsDC Creative Work as a change agent. Get involved in organizations where change is the norm‚ where you can help initiate and or design needed changes.

Natural Thinking Patterns, Passion & Drive

INTJ - The ScientistsFind opportunities to work on complex problems where you can use your insights and intuition to discover solutions to big problems.

Perspective LeadershipUse These in Your Initial Contact, Proposal and

Discovery Process

ManagementManage change but not the one

implementing the change

PractitionerStay within these boundaries in the actual

hands on work you do

Action Items Action Items Design solutions that use involve the

implementation of strategy Develop “mental models” for clients in

which they can implement change (strategies in themselves)

Collaborate in brainstorming sessions to design risk mitigation plans

Collaborate on developing initiatives to bring about change

Action Items When clients implement your

recommendations manage the process to assure risk is managed

Stay engaged in the change process relative to the outcomes you have outlined

Assure changes stay on course

Action Items Keep involved enough to be able to

spot issues Trouble shoot issues that arise Create solutions to problems

Sales and Marketing

Seek industries with constant change, Example consumer electronics.

Find strategic partners that sell into those industries, such as software developers

Provide services that makes their product offering more sellable

Enter into these strategic partnerships through the sales arm of their organizations

Understand your partners mission, product set and sales and marketing process

Collaborate with them on how your services will bring about a better product offering for their services

Provide action item plans and planning sessions with partners

Assure plans are being executed by both parties

Own the plan outcomes

Assist strategic partners in the sale of their products from an expert perspective

Try and find opportunities to work with troubled accounts where your expertise can bring resolution

YOUR DESIGN IS THE PRIME INFLUENCER IN PLANNING

Utilize Your Genius to Live Your Dream . . .

Planning By DesignYour Motive Passion can only be understood in the context of your true genius.

Planning By DesignIf you can articulate your motive passion to your team they can create significant efficiencies by aligning to it, if not they will align to their own agenda

KNOW THYSELF

UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE DESIGNED

First . . .

Know Your Design

Know your Strengths, Behaviors, Passions, Purpose and Potential

Fuel Your GeniusOnly one person in the world is made like you; knowing how you are designed will fuel your genius.

UNDERSTAND YOUR ROLEStrengthen Your Role

Know Your RoleTen percent of the population have predominate leadership traits, thirty percent have management traits and sixty percent have practitioner traits ~ Gallup Corporation

PLAN USING YOUR MOTIVE PASSION

Plan to Succeed . . .

Plan With PassionMotive passion must be implicit or at least implied in your Vision, Mission, Core Competency and Strategy development

Plan With PassionUnderstand the design of team members and put their unique genius to work

Plan With PassionBuild teams that cover your weaknesses

Plan With PassionBusiness By Design is About Getting The Right People in the Right Place Where They Do the Right Things the Right Way for the Right Reasons

Mark Twain

Greatest General That Ever Lived

Alice in Wonderland

Purpose, Passion and PotentialIt is where you find sustainable passion that will drive you to live your Genius.

HOWEVER

. . . Most of Us Will Go to the Grave Having Never Graced the World with Our True Genius

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