3D Juggling 442: Integrity
Jane writes: 'What do you do if you experience a mismatch between what your organisation says is important, and what it demonstrates is important through its actions? This is a challenge faced by Non-Executive Directors (Neds), whose role is to provide an independent view of the company that is removed from the day-to-day running of the organisation. Their intention should be to help the Executive Directors to see what can be seen by others and to use new insights to review the daily operation and performance of their organisation. What can we learn from research into the role of Neds?The Higgs Review in 2003 highlighted that effective Neds question intelligently, debate constructively, challenge rigourously and listen sensitively.
Virginia Bottomley (former Conservative minister, now a headhunter for an executive search firm) states that ‘the trick is knowing how to challenge without being seen as a member of the awkward squad’. Neds can be held accountable for not challenging the decisions, directions, plans and appointments of the executive group. What are you held accountable for? How do you help yourself and others to challenge with integrity, demonstrating your intention of achieving improvements?
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
3D Juggling 441: Suspend Judgement
Claire writes: 'The majority of my holiday has been spent decorating now that the builders have left our house. The dilemma is always to be neutral - or brave. We decided to paint two of the kitchen walls teal - a dark bluey green: and then spent several days wondering whether the ideas was crazy. The only way to find out was to try. The tester pot wasn't much help so we invested the money and bought a can of paint and put it on. Only after the second coat has it proved to be a brilliant idea. If we'd said 'too dark' 'too blue' 'not kitcheny enough' at the beginning, we would be living in a magnolia kitchen! We had to suspend judgement while we looked at different ideas.
When people go window shopping for new career ideas, or take time with colleagues to generate new ideas at work, it's all too easy to come up with an idea and the reason why we can't/ shoudn't/ won't do it in the same breath. Until we suspend judgement we end up with magnolia answers. Generating ideas first and then analysing answers later can maintain and develop our creativity - and hence possibility. 'We would like to paint the kitchen teal but it might be too dark' turned into ' we would like to... and if it's too dark we will paint it again'
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Claire writes: 'The majority of my holiday has been spent decorating now that the builders have left our house. The dilemma is always to be neutral - or brave. We decided to paint two of the kitchen walls teal - a dark bluey green: and then spent several days wondering whether the ideas was crazy. The only way to find out was to try. The tester pot wasn't much help so we invested the money and bought a can of paint and put it on. Only after the second coat has it proved to be a brilliant idea. If we'd said 'too dark' 'too blue' 'not kitcheny enough' at the beginning, we would be living in a magnolia kitchen! We had to suspend judgement while we looked at different ideas.
When people go window shopping for new career ideas, or take time with colleagues to generate new ideas at work, it's all too easy to come up with an idea and the reason why we can't/ shoudn't/ won't do it in the same breath. Until we suspend judgement we end up with magnolia answers. Generating ideas first and then analysing answers later can maintain and develop our creativity - and hence possibility. 'We would like to paint the kitchen teal but it might be too dark' turned into ' we would like to... and if it's too dark we will paint it again'
Love this? Do us a favour and send it to five people. Who thinks like you? You could send it to someone who is too attached to magnolia.
Find out more about our new course: How to not need mediation http://www.3dcoaching.com/3d_training/how_to_not_need_mediation.phtml
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
3D Juggling 440: Destinations
Claire writes: 'On our holiday last week with only 20m visibility in the Dorset fog, we had to hold on to the hope that we would end up in Dorchester. And we did! I had been reading 'Woman on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown' a hysterical novel by Guardian journalist Lorna Martin. The lead character says "If you don't have a destination, you can never fail to get there, but you will end up drifting along forever."
Look around, and those who know what they are working for tend to be much happier and more fulfilled at work than those who don't. Purpose is really important. In his book 'Path to Purpose', academic Patrick Damon's research supports this. He expands to say that purpose also needs to include other people. Which is what Aristotle said all along: where your talents and the needs of the world collide, there lies your vocation.
Where is yours? Or are you still in the fog?
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Claire writes: 'On our holiday last week with only 20m visibility in the Dorset fog, we had to hold on to the hope that we would end up in Dorchester. And we did! I had been reading 'Woman on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown' a hysterical novel by Guardian journalist Lorna Martin. The lead character says "If you don't have a destination, you can never fail to get there, but you will end up drifting along forever."
Look around, and those who know what they are working for tend to be much happier and more fulfilled at work than those who don't. Purpose is really important. In his book 'Path to Purpose', academic Patrick Damon's research supports this. He expands to say that purpose also needs to include other people. Which is what Aristotle said all along: where your talents and the needs of the world collide, there lies your vocation.
Where is yours? Or are you still in the fog?
If you would like to talk to someone to help explore what your purpose might be, do email us info@3dcoaching.com
Love this? Do us a favour and send it to five people. Who thinks like you? You could send it to someone who is looking for a purpose.
Discuss this week's juggling at http://www.3dcoaching.blogspot.com/
© 2009 3D Coaching Ltd May be distributed freely. Please retain contact details: www.3dcoaching.com and send a copy/ link to info@3dcoaching.com
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