Heroic !Consultants  

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Agenda

•  Hero aspects and attributes

•  Hero’s Journey

•  Hero’s Framework

•  Heroic Benefits

•  We are Heroes!

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Housekeeping

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Who We Are

•  test  

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Exercise One: 8 mins !(4 mins each)

•  Turn to the person on your left and tell them

about a time when you were a hero (2 mins)

•  Identify someone who is your personal hero,

and why (2 mins)

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Heroes?

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Noble  purpose    

Excep,onal  courage  

Strength  

Hero Defined

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Heroic Acts

Acts in the context of change

Known by their deeds – often acts of service

Are at the centre of the narrative

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Hero’s Journey

Finisterre

Series of Tests

Greatest Challenge

Transformation

Call

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Hero’s Journey No   Stage   Meaning  

1   Call   Why  the  journey  is  needed  

2   Finisterre   End  of  the  known  world  

3   Series  of  Tests   Learning  how  to  manage  in  the  new,  changing  environment  

4   Greatest  Challenge  

Demonstra,on  of  assimila,on  of  new  knowledge  

5   Transforma,on   Change  comple,on  /  homecoming  ©  Mythos  Solu,ons  

Hero’s Framework

     To undertake the Hero’s Journey include:

•  Set of Values

•  Companions

•  Knapsack

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Exercise Two: Sense check    (3  mins)    

•  Think of a heroic moment – can be one already used

•  Identify values, companions and knapsack

•  Do the three components appear to be in balance?

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Why this Approach?

•  Change Management is hard!

•  Traditional approach has merit

•  Other approaches may also provide value

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Kubler Ross

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Trajectories of Change

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Chronic  

Recovery  

Resilience  

             Time  

     +                Stress    levels                  -­‐        

Improving Resilience

•  Identity, relationships and the unknown

•  ‘Hardiness’ – purpose, influence and learning

•  Self-enhancement

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Exercise Three: Coaching Taster    (25  mins  –  @7  mins  each  role)    

•  Divide into 3s: coach, coachee, witness

•  Four questions:

Mission : what change are you seeking? You : values, companions and knapsack Tasks and Timing: do what, and when by? Heroic: what makes this heroic?

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 Coaching Feedback

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Application Scenarios

•  Full transformational change

• Wicked Problems

•  Partnership working

• Outplacement

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 Final Thoughts

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Mythos Solutions Using the language of myth for the achievement

of change

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Further Reading Book     Author  

The  Other  Side  of  Sadness   George  Bonanno  

The  Hero  with  a  Thousand  Faces   Joseph  Campbell  

The  Secret  Language  of  Leadership   Stephen  Denning  

The  Happiness  Hypothesis   Johnathan  Haidt  

Guide  to  Personal  Transforma,on   Joseph  Campbell  

The  Social  Conquest  of  Earth   Edward  O.  Wilson  ©  Mythos  Solu,ons