It is important to operate from a win:win perspective when approaching conversations with prickly personalities. It is tempting to (accidentally) adopt a "I win:you lose or I lose:you win" mindset.
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Lets play!
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This week I was talking to a coaching client who is new to a leadership role.
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As a leader there are many different ways of getting to where you want to go. Maybe you want to become more self-aware, empower your people or craft an inspiring vision.
Think about these things as the destination that you want to reach. Now, imagine that you have in front of you your Google Maps app. You are typing in the destination that you want to arrive at - "an inspired team" for example. Google Maps will plan out a route for you, and you can choose things such as avoiding motorways or roadworks. You can choose the most direct route or the quickest route.
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24 lessons and pieces of advice on going flexi on purpose. From this morning's Culture (& Coffee) Collective.
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It’s the small things that matter.
Watch the video and tell me your thought of the day.
Mine is “When you really think you need to win, surrender”.
It’s hard to believe that Vend is 10 years old. I’m humbled to be able to contribute this to the series of blogs, this time looking at people and culture.
I remember very well sitting on the floor of our daughter’s room in Kerikeri when Vaughan said to me “I’ve got an idea but we would need to move back to Auckland”. That idea was Vend. And to say that it’s been a wild ride since that conversation would be an understatement. For context, Vaughan and I were married and separated about six years ago. We remain good friends (maybe better friends than when we were married lol). The family has expanded since then with Vaughan’s new partner Zoe, my new partner Simon and various children all joining the new family.
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I was sitting in a meeting explaining the steps to the change plan. Dave was engrossed in his phone. This was an important change initiative and I couldn’t believe he was simply ignoring me. What a plonker. Well, I decided right then that I would show him, I know he needs to be involved, but all of that extra effort I was going to, he’ll be lucky to get that engagement from me. After all, he doesn’t even give me the courtesy of paying attention.
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For those that are interested these are all the questions from the harvesting Sandra Otto, myself and the team did in the Culture Collective Future of Work Cafe this morning.
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