BUILDING SERVICES There are people looking to build a better world. They’re looking beyond business models and consumerism. They’re looking at the development of a collective approach with a collaboration of ideas and support defined by service. This is a different model and way outside of the business box. It is defining what we are about in a different way. It is about setting different expectations of ourselves, proactively supporting those we know and those we do not know. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What is your model for working with others? 2. How are you proactively working with others to build a better world? HIDE AND SEEK Come out from under your duvet. We need to see you. It’s a beautiful sunny morning. We need to hear from you. Come out from yourself. We need you to be with us. It’s your day to shine. We need you to help us. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. How have you been hiding recently? 2. How will you shine today? LEADERSHIP Leadership is not about changing roles or shifting direction. It is not about team development or business strategy. Leadership is a fundamental shift in our being - what we are, how we think, the priorities we set and how we behave. Leadership is a behavioural, emotional and spiritual process. It's rewiring the hard disk of our being for a completely different output. We are no longer mass market products of the consumer age but pilgrims with a purpose. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What does it mean to be a 'pilgrim with a purpose'? 2. What are your outputs? 3. How can you rewire your being for a different type of leadership? MINIMUM WAGE As we emerge cautiously into a different world, what will we bring to this new normal? What have we learned that will now make life better for us, our family and for others? How will we relate to all others without regard for status, income or position? For we have learned that those who were paid nothing or so little have become our champions. They have turned our thinking upside down and empowered us with compassion to change everything. So, as we emerge cautiously into a different world, what will we bring to this new normal? PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Kindness and compassion don't often get onto job descriptions. Where do they sit in your role? 2. How have you changed over recent weeks? What have you learned? 3. What will you bring to the 'new normal'? LOST We tend to think of being lost as negative. It seems to indicate that we’ve gone off our path, gone astray, lost our way or we are not where we should be. But perhaps the opposite is true. Perhaps being lost is an opportunity to find a different way, be in a different place or to explore something new. I remember on holiday when I was young, my Mum sitting with a map on her knee, my Dad 'driving too fast’ and missing the right turns. He would never go back! He would always find a new way. So, can we deliberately choose to be lost? Can we step out of our predictability and discover an unfamiliar route? Can we put ourselves in situations that lead to a different set of outcomes? PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. In what way has your life become predictable? Where are you yearning for something different? 2. How might you step out of 'more of the same'? How could you take a different way and get lost? CAUSE AND EFFECT If you move sideways You’ll get a better view. If you take a few steps back You’ll make bigger jumps. If you need to stop for breath You’ve already gone too far. If you laugh and smile You’ll learn to enjoy yourself. If you feed someone You’ll not go hungry. If you stop and plan your route You won’t go round in circles. If you are tired You can rest. If you close your eyes You’ll see more clearly. If you can sit in silence You’ll hear the answer. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Which of the above nine statements has most meaning for you at the moment? 2. How will you act on this? YIELD Give way. Let the other win. Operate at a higher level. Give way. Let it all pass you by. Stay detached in your own place. Give way. Let your rate of return be what cannot be measured. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What are you trying to win? 2.Who are you competing with at work or at home? 3. How do you measure your yield - your rate of return?
MESSENGER When you were born you were given a message for the world. As you live your life you will uncover and understand this message. And then, for the rest of your life you must share your message with the world. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. How much of your message have you uncovered? 2. Write down what you understand and what you have yet to make sense of, the questions still unanswered. 3. You message (however incomplete) is your purpose. Be brave and be true to yourself. How can you share who you really are today? DETERMINATION Early this morning as I sat in the woods I spotted a young woman jogging in all her gear. She was pushing her pram and baby in front of her as she ran, maintaining a steady pace. I thought to myself ‘what determination!’ About ten minutes later she approached where I was sitting reading. I looked up and said ‘I think you’re marvellous!! Absolutely amazing!’ She looked at me, laughed and said ‘thank you!’, without changing her pace. Sometimes when we try to get across the true meaning of a word, the definition is not enough and an image can perhaps capture it better. ‘Determination’ for me will always be a young woman running with her pram. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What does determination mean to you? What's your image? 2. How is your determination made real and visible each day? BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION Deep programming, social conditioning and learned behaviours cause us to think this way or behave in that way. We have learned what works for us and what doesn’t. It is easy to see why we continue to confine our thinking to that which we know or are used to. Our current levels of understanding and routine behaviour have hidden other routes and areas of unknowing. What should we be doing that we haven’t even thought of? We need to find a way through, around, above or beyond our knowledge base. Perhaps we need to go deeper than our normal dialogue. Perhaps we need new conversations, perspectives and insights. For this time is about making connections with pieces that we may not know to deliver a dream that we would never have imagined. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What are your areas of unknowing? 2. What new connections might you explore that you have never even thought of before? 3. What is the dream that you have never imagined? |
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