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Stage 3A Bias for Action
60 minutes
bsharp The Winners’ WayMake winning a habit.
The Winner’s WaySTAGE 1 – Introductions & Ice-Breakers: 45 minutes • Introduce your neighbor • Visualize 3 years
STAGE 2 – The Winner’s Mind set: 50 minute session, 10 minute summary• SMATE
STAGE 3 –A Bias for Action50 minute session, 10 minute summary• Setting great personal goals• A Bias for Action
Zone 1: Personal ZoneWinning within yourself2 hours, 30 minutes
Zone 2: Team ZoneWinning with teams
3 hours, 30 minutes
STAGE 4 – Where are you: FIRO B : 90 minute session• Explanation• Questionnaire, Interpretation, Actions
STAGE 5 –Leadership Traits50 minutes session, 10 minutes summary• HIT GRID
STAGE 6 –Building Winning Teams50 minutes session, 10 minute summary• Winning teams• Team Evolution
STAGE 7 – Change Agent30 minute team session• Identify key problem• Present recommendations
STAGE 8 – Summary30 minutes team session• Our learning today• Next Steps
Zone 3: Org ZoneWinning for SPS
1 hour
Goal Setting: A cottage by the beach
Setting Life Time Goals
Where do you want to go? The GPS in your brain.
Your Life Your Destination
Goal Dimensions
Set lifetime goals
Set 1-2 year goals
Dimensions of your life:
FamilyCareer
Financial Education
Artistic Attitude
Physical/ HealthPleasure
Ownership Public Service
SMART GoalsSpecific
Measurable Action oriented
RelevantTime-bound
Next step of the visualization exercise
Aim for the stars• Positive statement • Be precise• Prioritize • Write them down • Outcome goals• Performance goals• Stretch realism
Exercise – 15 minutes• Next step of visualization exercise• Write down your top 5 goals • Get as precise as it is possible
• This is just the first step – next steps• Refine the goal,• Discuss with family • Discuss (relevant ones) with manager • Put in a long term, short term plan• Execute
• Update me on email: [email protected]
Sample
• Be a good son, husband, father.
• Lead a segment in the company, with 500+ people reporting by 2018
• Be a blogger / writer of influence on technology issues by 2013 - have 100K page views by Dec 2013.
• Build a network of 25+ friends new, in the areas of mobility software, photography and music by 2013 end.
• Do 8 trips for photography in 2012-13
• Have a house by the beach in 2020.
• Create a 1 Crore endowment fund for college by 2020
A Bias for Action
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt
the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George
Bernard Shaw
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Bias for Inaction• Lose Focus : An idea a week
• Focus on anti-idea: Why wont it work
• Overcomplicate the idea: Multiple people, high investment
• No failures, no dejection, no growth
Crossing the Rubicon
Motivation Will Power
Need for constant Stimulation.
Others advocate to you.
UnconditionalCommitment
You are the ambassador.
Babuji’s Action Bias1894: Found Natal India Congress, South Africa 1906: Satyagraha against Transvaal Govt. 1915: Returned to India, campaign on I World War1918: Champaran & Kheda agitations 1919: Khilafat Movement 1920: Leadership of INC1921: Non-cooperation movement 1928: Boycott Simon Commission1930: INC India Independence Day, Dandi March1931: Gandhi Irwin Pact 1933: Harijan Movement 1933-36: Out of INC1942: Quit India Movement 1947: Independence 1948: Assassination
Issues of impact Action vs. 100% perfection Revise views if requiredCommunicateMove!
A Bias for Action• An interesting idea? Stay Focused on it
• Focus on action: • What will work? Small steps. • Who will support, promote the idea• Pick up the phone - communicate• Steps for the next week, month, quarter
• Simplify: • Focus on portion of the idea• Focus on smaller team to experiment
Long term success
Action Bias
SummarySimple steps to greatness…
• Set SMART Goals
• Have action bias
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Quiz• 2 things people with “Bias for Inaction” look for?
• 2 things people with “Bias for action” look for?
• Expand SMART – in Goal Setting
• Should we set conservative goals?
Logistics Requirement • Paper to write down goals – 15 minute exercise