THAT MONKEY
DOESN’T BELONG
TO YOU!
Don’t Take
On The
Move If
The Move
Isn’t Yours
LET’S BE CLEAR
The SPF/SIG has a number of pieces to it
Although the Strategic Prevention
Framework is a collaborative process as
coordinators you will be the ones
responsible for the completion of the
steps
The purpose of this training is to help you
find ways to make decision-making a
collaborative process
LET’S BE CLEAR
The goal of the training is to give you
tolls to expand the capacity of your
project by engaging your partners in
meaningful ways.
It is not the intent of this training to have
any of you supervise others or make
others responsible for the project.
COORDINATION ISN’T AS EASY AS IT LOOKS
Individual Performance
Coordination Performance
ASSEMBLY LINE ACTIVIT Y #1
QUESTION
Why do coordinators run out
of time while stakeholders run
out of work?
THE PROBLEM IS…..MONKEYS
The Problem
is…MONKEYS
A MONKEY IS THE NEXT MOVE
REMEMBER:
For Every Monkey There Are Two
Parties Involved:
One To Work It
And
One To Oversee It
All The Monkeys Together
Make Your Successful Project.
Who Do You Want To Share In
That Success?
When You Pick Up A Monkey That
Someone Else Could Handle, You
Give The Message That You WANT
The Monkeys!
When You Pick Up A Monkey
That Someone Else Could
Handle, You Give The Message
That Other’s Are
Not Capable
When You Pick Up A Monkey
That Someone Else Could
Handle, You Give The Message
That You Need To Rescue The
Monkey From It’s Current
Keeper
WHAT MONKEYS CAN LEAD TO
Decline in output
Decline in performance
Decline in morale
I’VE GOT MONKEYS…NOW WHAT
ONCKEN’S RULES OF MONKEY
MANAGEMENT
Description: The “next moves” are…
Owners: The monkey is assigned to a
person
Insurance Policies: The risk is covered
Monkey Feeding and Checkups: The
time and place for follow-up is
specified
LET’S MANAGE SOME MONKEYS
REMEMBER
The Monkey is NOT the problem or
the project! It is simply the next
move.
DESCRIPTION
Rule 1 means: The parties involved shall
not part company until the appropriate
“next moves” have been described.
DESCRIPTION
Examples would be:
 Complete Community Readiness
Surveys with…
Invite three people to the next
meeting
Give this matter further thought
LET’S PRACTICE
What is your project or problem?
What Monkeys can you think of that
need to be done
MONKEY WALK
OWNERS
Rule 2 means: The dialogue between
the parties involved must not end
until ownership of each monkey is
assigned to a person.
OWNERS
Your Goal
Share The Responsibility For Monkeys With Your
Stakeholders
Only Work the Monkeys That No One Else Is
Qualified or Eligible to Handle
OWNERS
It Is Not Easy! It Takes….
Discipline
Skills
OWNERS
Discipline Pitfalls
ONE
The work I am asking others to do is
what I used to do and I can do it
quicker and better.
OWNERS
Discipline Pitfalls
TWO
It is easier to do the work myself
than to deal with getting the
assigned person to do it
REMEMBER
The Best Way to Develop
Responsibility In People Is To
Give Them Responsibility
Anti-Straddle Reflex
WE’VE
NEVER
GOT
A
PROBLEM!
I HAVE A
PROBLEM
OR YOU
HAVE A
PROBLEM
INSURANCE POLICY
Monkey Insurance Policies:
1.Recommend, Then Act
2.Act, Then Advise
FEEDING AND CHECK-UPS
Rule 4 Means: The dialogue between
the parties involved must not end
until the monkey has a checkup
appointment
FEEDING AND CHECK-UPS
Check-ups are important because:
Lower your anxiety
Increases our partners competence
through capacity building
Coaching increases the odds that you
will be able to delegate to your
partners in the future
The More You Get Rid of Your
Partners Monkeys
The More Time You Have For Your
Partners
QUESTIONS?
LESLIE MUSSMANN
DIRECTOR OF PREVENTION ASAC
SPF/SIG CAPACITY COACH
lmussmann@asac.us
The One
Minute
Manager
Meets the
Monkey
Kenneth
Blanchard