Handbook, Personal, Professional
The gold to be found in your upsets…
“The upsetting experiences in your life can be the source of profound personal insight if you choose to look closer at them, rather than immediately look elsewhere for something or someone to blame.
At the core of all the upsets you experience in life will be one (or more) of the following four themes:
1.Blocked intention
2.Unfulfilled expectation
3.Undelivered communication
4.Unexpected loss
And if you look at all the upsets in your personal and professional life, you will probably see a pattern around one of these four themes. When you see a pattern you can start to think about why this pattern exists and where it all started (hint: usually as a result of an experience or series of experiences in your childhood).
Just realising this can be transformational.”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Personal, Professional
Do you care?
“In terms of professional and organisational transformation, one of the first questions I would ask (as a facilitator or coach) is “Do you Care?”
Without a clear and resounding YES, I would have little faith in you achieving what you claim to seek. And by caring I mean…caring about transforming your own relationship to life and work (and those you work with), and through that, the improved performance of the organisation you work in.
In practical terms, you and others being more engaged and deriving more meaning from what you/they do at work. Without a genuine interest (caring and passion) for these things, any/all of your efforts at “transformation” will have no impact at best, or actually cause more cynicism (and distrust) at worst.
Do you care?”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Personal, Professional
The lies we tell…
“All of us lie. Some more and some less. Some big whoppers and some just little white lies. But we all do it. To ourselves and to others.
In absolute terms it doesn’t matter, but relatively it does. The more we lie, the more stress we create and feel in our bodies and become occupied by in our minds. And it will always have an impact (usually negative) on our relationships with others.
Have you ever considered where and why you lie? Well worth the personal enquiry.”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Organisational, Personal, Professional
Crisis as a catalyst for growth…
“Many of us avoid crisis (quite naturally), but sometimes crisis happens without any forewarning. It is upon us before we realise what is happening.
Consider that in many instances, crisis can be good, useful, and necessary. Crisis forces change. Crisis forces us to adapt, to improve, to consider things with a new perspective. Crisis can present us with opportunity.
The next time you find yourself in the midst of crisis, you might find it useful to approach it with this mindset. Creative destruction has probably been the most powerful catalyst of positive change throughout history.”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Organisational, Personal, Professional
Models of human development…
“If you are involved in managing change within an organisation (or even just in your own life), you may find if very useful to learn more about some models of human development.
Such models attempt to chart and describe how we as humans seem to have evolved (from a psychological perspective). How, over the course of time, we have discovered and adopted certain ways of thinking and looking at the world. Ways that are layered one on top of the previous, each one giving us a more expansive (and more accurate, I would suggest) view on how the world is.
When you understand all those views, layered one on another, a whole number of things could make more sense for you, and help you identify ways to intervene more successfully in your organisation (or in you own life). If you are interested, I would suggest starting with “Spiral Dynamics” by Don Beck and Chris Cowan, and the work by the author “Ken Wilber”.”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Organisational, Personal, Professional
A transformational moment for a CEO…
“In terms of transformational (game-changing) moments within an organisation, there are few that are as powerful as the CEO disclosing his/her fears with his/her senior management team colleagues. I once knew a CEO that shared with his team, the following fears:
- Fear of failing.
- Fear of being rejected.
- Fear of winning.
- Fear of letting people down.
- Fear of conflict.
- Fear of not being separate.
And I have witnessed many other senior managers doing the same thing with their teams. Always transformational.
When we own our fears, and allow others to own theirs, a new space of authentic conversations opens up.”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Organisational, Personal, Professional
Saying what you know you need to say…
“One of the simplest transformational skills is saying what you know you need to say…
What are you not saying at work….to your boss, to your colleagues, and to those that report to you?
Why not? What are you scared might happen?
What is the cost to you of not speaking your truth?”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Organisational, Personal, Professional
New conversations unlock performance
“A significant shift in performance, at the personal, professional, or organisational level, only happens when you and others have new conversations.
Conversations that have never taken place before – optimally, about BOTH new topics AND discussing them in new ways (i.e. relating with the other person in a new way).”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
The five key areas for organisational transformation
“Organisational transformation requires changes to, and alignment in, five key areas:
- Systems and processes that will support the new activities and behaviours
- Skills and capabilities that need to be developed to work in the new way
- Understanding by everyone in the organisation about why we need to change and how we will do it
- Role modelling of the new behaviours (and mindsets) by the key leaders/influencers
- Insight at the personal/individual level – primarily about the power of personal responsibility and choice
A lack of energy, attention, and progress in any one of these areas can act like an brake on the whole programme.”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
Handbook, Organisational, Professional
Senior management team commitment…
“If you are trying to transform the culture (and performance) of an organisation, it’s imperative that the senior leadership team members are totally committed to their own journey of personal learning and development. Without this, it’s probably a waste of time, money, and other resources. ”
[The Transformation Handbook is made up of perspectives on transformation (personal, professional, and organisational) in the form of short quotes. It is written for coaches, facilitators, managers involved with change in the workplace, or anyone interested in personal development. It is an ongoing daily practice of mine. If you would like to receive these perspectives on a daily basis, enter your email address in the box on the right side of this page and click subscribe. Best wishes, Antony.]
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