What this points out is … LEADING CHANGE STRATEGIC © James G. Clawson 1 Break 2 Session 2: LEADING STRATEGIC CHANGE Peter Browning and Continental White Cap • How does one organize one’s strategic thoughts? • What comprises a “strategy?” • There are multiple strategic lenses we might use to assess a company’s strategic situation 3 Break © James G. Clawson 4 Session 3: Leading Personal Change John Wolford • What percent of the people you’ve met would prefer to keep things pretty much as they are? • Can people change? • What keeps people from changing? © James G. Clawson 5 LPV 1. Do you SEE what needs to be done? (The Structure of Problems) 1. SOMEBODY 2. WANTS 3. GOTS 4. CONCLUSIONS About PROBLEMS OR NOT GAPS? 6 WANT/GOT GAPS This model offers a Fast, Comprehensive Way to Problem Identification 1. List key stakeholders on separate pages (see next slide) 2. Empathize and clarify what each WANTS 3. Assess what each has GOT 4. Use WANT-GOT GAP analysis to find win/win solutions 7 Stakeholder #1: e.g. “My Boss” What he WANTS What he’s GOT If you don’t know these, you may have to ask. 8 Lenses for Understanding Human Behavior 9 Levels of Human Activity HABITUAL? 1. Visible Behavior 2. Conscious Thought 3. VABEs (values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations) © James G. Clawson 10 Beware your Blind Spots! OTHERS SEE NOT SEE SEE PUBLIC PRIVATE SELF NOT SEE BLIND SPOTS 11 The Formative Years … TRANSCENDER? K, L, A MEMEs VABEs GENEs GENES ADD ADHD BPD OCD Key Questions Etc. 1. When I’m cold… 2. When I’m hungry… 3. When I’m wet… 4. When I’m alone and afraid… Generation to Generation Two key legacies Newborn Choice Theory (Glasser) 1. IKWRFY 2. IHARTTYWRFY 3. IHARTPYIYDDWRFY © James G. Clawson 12 The Number One Question in Life Will you ever become more than a vessel transmitting the genes and memes (VABEs) of previous generations on to the next? When you’re no longer a defenseless child, will you become a transcender? 13 VABE based Behavior The missing variable L3: VABEs EVENTS L2: CONCLUSIONS FEELINGS L1: BEHAVIOR 14 CAREER CONCEPTS and MOTIVES Developed by Mike Driver and Ken Brousseau @ USC • Concepts: what you think you should be • Motives: what you want to do and enjoy deep down 15 Linear A Power and Status B C Time © James G. Clawson 16 Steady State Experts Power and Status Time © James G. Clawson 17 Spiral Power and Status Time © James G. Clawson 18 Transitory Power and Status Time © James G. Clawson 19 Some Fundamental Questions • What is my main career concept? • Am I allowed to live this in my organization? • Am I making career decisions to match my personal career concept? • Am I living inside-out? © James G. Clawson 20 Value Added? LINEAR STEADY STATE EXPERT SPIRAL TRANSITORY 21 Implications … Who gets to the top of most organizations? L Who designs the reward systems in those organizations? E T S 22 Some Fundamental Questions • What is my ranking of career motives? • How does this compare with my concepts? • What does the comparison say about how I might make decisions? • What would be the impact of letting concepts dominate motives? • How could I insure deciding in favor of my motives? 23 Balancing Your Life: Life is like a Symphony . . . • • • • • Multiple Aspects Multiple Rhythms Different Movements Experienced all at once Can be coordinated and beautiful or disjointed and distressing © James G. Clawson 24 25 26 27 --AL Aspects of Life •Physical •Organizational •Intellectual •Political •Spiritual •Familial •Emotional •Social •Professional •Marital •Financial •Sexual •Material •Parental 28 Physical Rhythm 27! 29 Fundamental Resources of Success • • • • Time Talent Energy Agency/Choice 30 Time Resource 168 Hours a Week 31 Balancing Your Life 61-70 51-60 WEEKLY BALANCE 41-50 years 31-40 years 21-30 years 11-20 years PATH TO SUCCESS: 0-10 years "I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours." - Bernard Berenson - 33 Excellence is a neurotic lifestyle. Alex Horniman 34