Leading and Living With Change
By Michael | March 4, 2010
“The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.”
- John P. Kotter
The rate of change continues at a rapid pace with uncertainty replacing the familiar. As an individual how are you adapting? What about as a leader?
Change impacts us differently; some are energized and flourish, others become almost immobilized and have difficulty dealing with simple daily tasks.
As leaders we need to:
-Be aware of the phases of change.
-Pinpoint which stage you (and your team) are in.
-Inspire yourself and your team to meet change head on.
-Develop a strategy to master change.
-View change as a need to grow vs. being an obstacle.
-Watch for decreases in productivity and job satisfaction levels.
-Communicate frequently with as much information as possible.
The phases of change start when what was known and stable gets disrupted. Expect to be met with:
-Immobilization
-Denial
-Anger
-Bargaining
-Depression
-Testing
-Acceptance
Change can be a challenge and cause conflict. By understanding the phases of change you will feel calmer and more in control. And remember, change is a journey and can provide new and exciting opportunities!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin
mkublin@peopletekcoaching.com
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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“Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers and business.”
- Mark Sanborn
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Master Your Stress – Boost Your Success
By Michael | February 25, 2010
“Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose.”
- Maureen Killoran
Learning to master your stress reaction is a potent skill. Whether you are a team member, team leader, manager or senior level leader you are faced with stress. Job related stress as well as personal stress is contagious and can seep into the workplace having a detrimental impact on personal well-being and organizational effectiveness.
Susyn Reeve, M.Ed., Organization Development Consultant, Executive Coach, Author, InterFaith Minister and Inspirational Speaker provides the following information about stress.
What is stress? If you were to ask a dozen people to define stress you would likely get 12 different responses. This is because there is no one definition of stress that everyone agrees on – what is stressful for one person may be pleasurable or have little effect on others.
The term stress as it is currently used was coined by Hans Selye in 1936 who defined it as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.” For our purposes stress is defined as your reaction to the demands and circumstances of life that cause patterns of thoughts and behaviors leading to disease, worry, anxiety, anger, unhappiness, dissatisfaction and ineffectiveness.
While it is true that a certain amount of stress – known as eustress – can be motivating and beneficial, it is your distress that requires your conscious attention so you don’t fall victim to its’ detrimental impact.
The first step to being the master of your stress reaction is based on awareness. That is, you must become aware of the situations that are your stress triggers and understand how you react to stress. This is called your Stress Signature. Some common reactions include:
Sleep problems
Overeating – or loss of appetite
Physical pain – stomach, back, neck
Heart palpitations
Sweaty palms
Substance abuse
Anger – yelling, physical or verbal abuse
Difficulty concentrating
Knowing your stress signature alerts you to your stress reaction and allows you to consciously choose whether to master or fall victim to your automatic reaction.
Having an awareness of stress mastery techniques, and using them to diffuse your stress allows you to be in control. Stress mastery techniques include the following:
Meditation (click here to sample a guided meditation)
Time in nature
Exercise
Listening to relaxing music
Hobbies
Paying attention to what you eat
Asking for help and support
Talking with a friend
Acknowledging your accomplishments
Intimacy
Pampering yourself – massage, bubble bath, hot shave, etc
Identify your personal stress mastery techniques
With an awareness of stress mastery techniques and using them consistently and regularly you will become the master of your stress reaction.
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Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin
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Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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Career Management
By Michael | February 18, 2010
“Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.”
- Homa Bahrami
The economic climate is not where we’d like it to be and many of us are being impacted by organizational change, job refinement and/or elimination, and efforts to reduce costs wherever possible.
It’s important we take the time to review our current job and review our career opportunities. Ask the following questions: Is this job a good fit for me and am I a good fit for it? How secure is the position? Am I adding value in my position to help improve job security? What could I do differently to help the organization grow?
Meade Dickerson, Certified Executive Coach provides the following 12 tips for managing your career:
#1 Position yourself well before challenging times hit. The best time to act is before, not during a downturn. If you’re just starting out or looking for a line of work to get into, consider a recession proof career.
#2 Focus on the job you have. Are you already employed? Then one of the best things to do during tough times is to concentrate on your current job and do your best to shine.
#3 Raise your opportunity cost as high as you are able at your company. Make it tough for your boss to carry on without you.
#4 Keep your eye on your company. Watch your boss. Understand how your company is operating to get a feel for its health. If they start cutting hours at your job, get ready for other changes.
#5 Create a game plan with priorities and contingencies. Have you thought of what you would do in case you get laid off?
#6 Cut costs and control your budget now. Be frugal! Enough said.
#7 Make sure you have an emergency fund that amounts to at least 6 months worth of living expenses.
#8 Understand the consequences of a layoff. Be aware of unemployment benefits in your state; tally up your employee-sponsored accounts and benefits; look to your HR department for next steps.
#9 Know your strengths, skills and talents. Look at more than one type of work that you can do based on those skills.
#10 Consider employment options beyond what’s typical for you. You may be wired to think that you should only be doing one type of job. See if there are possibly other jobs you can enjoy doing and explore those possibilities.
#11 Tap your support network for advice and job leads. Network!
#12 Widen your options and keep them open. If you think that where you live is not cutting it and that you may not be making progress financially due to a lack of prospects in your neighborhood, then it may be time for you to make a huge change, such as moving to an entirely new place where you may find greener pastures (you’ll need to be careful here, because not all pastures are green elsewhere….).
Additional tips include always having a current resume available, validate your strengths and weaknesses by soliciting feedback from trusted colleagues, obtain a mentor, and invest in yourself to keep your skills current.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin
mkublin@peopletekcoaching.com
and Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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“Don’t ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.”
Denis Waitley
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Development Planning Gets Results!
By Michael | February 15, 2010
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”
- Harvey S. Firestone
Development refers to any activity that enhances the abilities, attitudes, behaviors, and technical skills for individuals or organizations to better achieve desired results and goal attainment.
Last week we talked about having vision and mission statements and supporting goals and now it’s time to review what needs to be developed to support them.
A great way to get started is to ask two questions; where are you now and where do you want to be? Where is the organization now and what will it take to achieve its goals?
Development plans should identify both strengths and weaknesses. Why? Because you want to maintain your strong areas while reducing the weak ones.
Link your development plan with your goals and identify 3 – 5 areas you would like work on and/or remain strong through-out the year.
This should also be done at the team/organization level.
Some of the top issues impeding goal attainment are:
- Unproductive behaviors
- Accountability and ownership
- Lack of passion, motivation, and commitment
- Inability to address issues or deal with difficult people
- Recognizing and dealing with stress
- Giving and receiving feedback in an honoring way
- Having strong team dynamics and trust
Other areas include:
- Technical skills
- Building relationships
- Listening and Communication skills
- Knowing your own needs
- Knowing customer needs
- Knowing bosses needs
- Collaboration or conflict skills
- Strategic thinking
- Innovative thinking
- Performance management
- Balance work/home
- Risk Taking
These lists aren’t all inclusive but should help get you started. You can also utilize feedback, past performance evaluations, and known gaps from prior years to help identify what you want to address in 2010.
Once you select the 3 – 5 development areas you’ll want to assign priorities and realistic timeframes for each area. If you haven’t already done so, ask your leader, peers, business partners and direct reports for their input. Two simple questions can get a response: 1) What am I doing well? 2) What would you like to see change?
We’re here to help!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now”.
- Alan Lakein
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Vision, Mission, and Goals
By Michael | February 8, 2010
“The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion . . .”
- Theodore Hesburgh
Having clear and documented vision and mission statements and supporting goals is critical for having a successful business or organization. They help identify the key behaviors that will facilitate meeting your goals as well as identify behaviors that are non productive.
In a nutshell, ALL behaviors should support attaining the vision, mission and goals.
Here are some steps to help with preparing and planning for vision, mission and goals:
#1. What services do you offer? What differentiates you from your competition?
#2. Who is or could be your customer? Describe an ideal customer.
#3. From your customer’s viewpoint, what do they want?
#4. Why will the customers buy your product or service? What value and/or unique service are provided to the customer?
#5. You must assess the intent of your business or department. Is it:
Customer focused? Customer Intimacy focuses on the needs of the customer and building relationships and is usually higher cost/less volume.
Operations focused? Operations Excellence focuses on the process and is volume driven and is usually low cost/high volume.
Product focused? Product Innovative focuses on the product. Expenses are geared towards research and development.
#6. What accomplishments would you like to celebrate this year? Next year? What targets will you aim for? ex. financial, marketing and sales, staff, operations, human resources, engineering, R&D, other.
All key processes MUST be linked to your vision, mission and goals. Key processes include:
Hiring
Training and development
Performance Appraisals
Rewards and Recognition
4 C’s:
Communication
Change
Conflict
Coaching
VISION, MISSION, GOALS, and MEASURES dictate all of our leadership, team and organizational behaviors. By creating it on purpose, rather than by chance or mistake, we will be more successful and deliver better results for our customers, shareholders and ourselves.
Have you clearly communicated and published your goals for both you and your team? If your team members were asked what their goals were for the year and if they had a written plan to support them would they be able to answer “yes”?
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Michael W. Kublin
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“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
- Stephen A. Brennan
“Strategic planning is worthless — unless there is first a strategic vision”.
- John Naisbitt
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- Abraham Lincoln
“Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant’s into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don’t just think it – ink it!”
- Author unknown
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Feedback for Success
By Michael | January 28, 2010
“Truly great leaders spend as much time collecting and acting upon feedback as they do providing it”.
- Alexander Lucia
Feedback is a topic we frequently talk about and have been requested to do so once again. Giving quality feedback is a gift and requires courage; receiving it also takes courage along with the willingness to listen.
How many times have you wanted to provide someone with feedback but were reluctant to do so for a variety of reasons? What’s your biggest obstacle?
A good way to get started is to remain fact based and have specific examples that support your point. By doing this your feedback will not be emotion based.
Let’s say someone did something that angered or disappointed you. What was it that caused that feeling? You can share that you became angry or were disappointed but you need to be specific. ex. “I was disappointed when you told me you were going to do “x” yet you did “y”". “I became angry when you changed our contract without consulting with me”. “Yesterday during our staff meeting you refused to participate in the discussion yet you rolled your eyes and tapped your pencil in what I perceived as opposition. Was my interpretation incorrect?”
Receiving feedback can also provide challenges and a key point to remember is that you have the choice to act on that feedback or disregard it. What we do suggest is that you listen to what is being shared with you, consider that the intent is positive, and allow time to process what you were told. There’s no need to respond immediately to the feedback. Think about the message. Can you relate to the message at all? Is it something you’d like to work at changing?
I remember being told by a staff member that I was a control freak and I immediately became defensive and denied it. I realized it took courage to deliver this message, and after giving it more thought (over a few days!) I became aware of my actions that caused “control freak” issues.
Let’s say you were provided with feedback you absolutely could not relate to. Listen to what you’re being told, don’t deny it, but be aware of it. Sometimes only one individual reacts or feels a particular way. If however you hear that same message from more than one person you need to take more time to understand what behaviors you’re exhibiting that are causing the reaction.
Feedback consists of both giving and receiving. Make sure it’s frequent, consistent, timely and meaningful! Do you have any obstacles to overcome?
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Michael W. Kublin
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Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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“Feedback is the breakfast of champions”. - Ken Blanchard
“Feedback is not criticism. Feedback can include comments that are positive, and comments that encourage improvement”.
- Adam Young
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Communication and Feedback
By Michael | January 21, 2010
“Communication–the human connection–is the key to personal and career success.” - Paul J. Meyer
In our 2010 Checklist For Success we identified what we felt were critical components for leaders and organizations to succeed. We’ve talked about the need for relationships and trust and now want to begin a discussion on communication and feedback.
(More will be shared in future tips).
Do you have a clear understanding of how your leader and customers wish to be communicated with? Does your staff or your peers have a clear understanding of how YOU want to be communicated with? Does everyone know what is expected of them in terms of what should be communicated when? Is there a high level of comfort for giving and receiving feedback?
Chances are the answer is “no” to at least one of the questions.
Picking the right channel of communication is a key skill for all leaders. To do this well you have to understand the richness of the channel and the type of message best suited for that channel.
Channels of Communication (in order of richness)
Face to face.
Why is this the richest? Think about tone of voice, posture, gestures, eye contact, and body position.
Telephone.
What items do you retain here?
Computer/email/instant messaging.
All you have is the ability to share text although some people try to use smiling faces, phrases in parentheses, italics, or bold type to denote their emotional perspective.
Memos/letters.
This is pretty much one size fits all – everyone on distribution gets the same message.
Bulletins/flyers/general reports.
This is meant for the widest possible audience. You have no idea who might read it.
All channels of communication serve a purpose dependent on what’s being communicated.
Given that, the first thing we suggest is to know the audience and the message of the communiqué. Before it’s delivered identify the reason, the main points and anticipate questions and responses.
Some key questions you can prepare for include knowing:
What is going to happen?
Why is it going to happen?
How is it going to happen?
When is it going to happen?
Who is it going to impact and how?
How will concerns be addressed?
Preparing in advance and anticipating questions (and maybe even resistance) will allow you to deliver your message with clarity and confidence.
Do you have a communication model in place?
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Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin and Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
“What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don’t forget that feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication.”
- Source Unknown
“The two words INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” - Sydney J. Harris
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Relationships and Trust
By Michael | January 14, 2010
“The glue that holds all relationships together – including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.”
- Brian Tracy
After reviewing last week’s checklist, how did you do? Once your plan is in place to meet the objectives of the checklist the next step is to focus on relationships and trust.
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Regardless of the size of your organization or business, or the nature of your position, we all must build relationships to be successful. It could be with your boss, team members/peers, clients/customers, vendors, or across organizations.
Nothing will derail the ability to succeed more than the inability to trust those you work with and for. (And those you interact with outside of work).
So, what’s next? Having open lines of communication and providing one another with feedback is a great start, and this requires courage. Too often what is said and written is misunderstood and both the sender and receiver of the message are clueless of the out of synch condition. We must all take the initiative to “checkout” what we think we’ve heard or read, especially if it doesn’t feel right.
This can be uncomfortable. Sometimes we misinterpret messages, other times we accurately interpret the message and find it to be off color or inappropriate. (ex. Rumors, biases, slurs, etc). We need the courage to speak up and hold that person accountable.
There is also the need to encourage others feeling offended or unsure of the message to check with the “source”. Sometimes we have the tendency to vent with others in hopes they align with us which can worsen the situation. Directing the person to seek clarity with the sender of the message will provide the winning solution and build trusting relationships.
How courageous are you at “checking it out”?
We’re here to help!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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“The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms”. Warren Bennis
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Checklist For 2010
By Michael | January 9, 2010
| “You can’t overestimate the need to plan and prepare. In most of the mistakes I’ve made, there has been this common theme of inadequate planning beforehand. You really can’t over-prepare in business!” - Chris Corrigan Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are now ready to jump into 2010. Below is a checklist we recommend reviewing, sharing, and implementing. 2010 Checklist: Vision and Mission Statements Make sure your written vision and mission statements are clearly communicated and shared with your organization. We suggest you post them in public areas. Goals and Tasks (Click here for Tips For Goal Setting) Ensure ALL goals and tasks support your vision and mission and are meaningful to those that must execute them. Metrics Institute milestones and target dates so you have the ability to track progress. Strengths and weaknesses; revisit both from individual and organizational perspectives. Understand and share the strengths of the organization and link them with goal achievement. Development plans (individual and organizational) Document developmental goals; include training needs and target dates. This could include cross training, on the job training, in-house training or outside coaching and development. Career Planning (Click here to learn more) Know your career intentions, timelines and growth areas. Reward and recognition system Clearly link your reward system with goal attainment and results. Communication model Understand how to best communicate with your team and organization and ensure others understand what is expected of them. Coaching opportunities Sarah E. Needleman wrote in the WALL Street Journal Aug 25, 2009 that individual and corporate clients say the one-on-one counseling is critical for career success, especially during tough economic times. Give thought to how you or your organization could benefit. More about coaching. . . Succession Planning Build bench strength within your organization. Every position should have 1 or 2 individuals identified as possible replacements. Also, groom your replacement. Should an opportunity come your way you don’t want to be held back if you’re viewed as indispensible in your position. Include in your checklist time for you. We’ve mentioned it before but even if it’s only 15 minutes a day, allow yourself some quiet downtime. All of us possess the traits and characteristics required to be successful leaders; use the checklist to help you best apply them. Let us know if we can help and we welcome your ideas for adding items to our checklist. Sincerely, Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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Managing Stress Levels
By Michael | December 12, 2009
| “Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.” -David Allen |
This time of year we frequently feel we’re on “overload” and as a result may experience stress. For some, stress is a motivator, for others it’s a detriment. The key is to recognize when we’re being stimulated and challenged versus being overwhelmed and non productive.
How are you impacted by stress? Does it cause you to be more focused and task oriented or does it cause you to be less productive? Last week we talked about the balance wheel; having balance helps keep stress in check.
There is no one single cause for stress and David Allen’s quote (above) points towards unfinished tasks being a major cause. Would you agree? Is your list of unfinished or incomplete tasks a major contributor for stress?
SUGGESTIONS:
Understand your priorities and focus on deadlines.
Write down everything you need to accomplish. During the holiday season this list is likely to be larger than usual as it will range from business goals and functions, to children’s events, to school assignments, to shopping lists, etc.
Eliminate non essential tasks. (Identify what can be postponed, passed along for someone else to accomplish, or even disregarded).
Be realistic about what you can accomplish and recognize dependencies.
Track your tasks and results. You will be able to better structure your day and celebrate your accomplishments.
Schedule time for you! Even if it’s only 15 minutes a day allow yourself some quiet downtime.
Wishing you a stress free holiday season!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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