DESIGN YOUR TOMORROWFOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS!!!
AGENDA Level 1: Life Purpose (to Dedicate strength to) :
True Purpose/ Dreams
Success & Failure
Level 2: Define Strength :
Strength definition, examples, case study
Level 3: Discover Strengths (Individual):
SWOT Analysis, Just Do It! and Learn (success/failure) from it
Level 4: Planning to Play strength:
AGENDA (Continued…) Goal Setting (SMART)
Roadmap
Action Plan,
Reviews,
Overcoming Procrastination,
Visualization & Affirmations
Level 5: Tools to Play strengths:
Emotional Intelligence
Challenges (Problems/Issues)
Patience is the VIRTUE,
Presentation
Communication (Assertion, Meeting Skills, Listening, Difficult conversations, Body Language…)
Following heart vs Practical path
Level 6: Go Put Your Strength to Work (Play Your Strength) :
Relentless Execution
Workshop Outline
Level1 : Life Purpose (to Dedicate strength to) :
Level2 : Define Strength :
Level3 : Discover Strengths (Individual):
Level4 : Planning to Play strength:
Level5 : Tools to Play strengths:
Level6 : Go Put Your Strength to Work (Play Your
Strength)
Level 1:Life Purpose (Focus
strength ON)
Life & Its Purpose:
“Life is a symbolic representation of a story, that is
elongated in time frame, filled with diverse emotions,
ethics & values, a movie by & large with defined beginning
& a completely uncertain end with the sole objectives
being happiness & GROWTH”.
“LIFE is the second name for GROWTH; not growth of
money, fame, name or talents alone, but of anything that
you are involved in and you aim to achieve”
What is the purpose of our
LIFE?
Purpose of Life: To know the 5 Ws
Who you are
What do you love to do – your passion
Who you do it for
Whom you do it, do they really want it or needed it
What you got out of it and resulted in some change
The Purpose of Life is ‘Growth’ : Grow in all that you do,
give your 100%. Contribute your mind, body and soul to
achieve growth.
Success & Failure
SUCCESS:
Success is the ability to execute and grow with consistent
consistency (in all that you are a part of) with your given
abilities, situations, constraints and requirements.
FAILURE: It’s an other stepping stone to greatness
“A Failure of execution of one of your targets doesn’t
guarantee that you fail to reach your aspirations, neither
does success of any of your intermediate steps guarantee
your final dreams to be achieved”
PASSION AND DETERMINATION
PASSION:
A strong feeling which develops deep interest in the
activity each time you are involved in it, by default
without much mental efforts of pushing yourself to doing
it.
DETERMINATION:
Determination is the ability to stick to your decisions with
all your heart and execute what you are doing to your
possible best & fullest, until you achieve what you desire
to.
Level 2 : Define StrengthThree benchmarks of strengths
When thinking about the task, you are excited; you anticipate the activity;
When doing the task you tend to lose track of time
Once the task is completed, you have more energy than before.
Mark of Strength
"Be bold, be perceptive, keep investigating your strengths. The secret of success is to become more of who you already are.“
“Your strengths are those activities that make you feel strong when you do them and also are things that others see as being good in you.”
“Your strengths provide the greatest opportunity for growth and not your weaknesses.”
A Good Team member express their strength and help others to express theirs to ensure that the team achieves its goals.
Characteristics of StrengthSIGN of Strength Success – you find success when you use this trait.
Instinct – you are continually drawn to these activities.
Growth – you find using this trait easy and doing it helps you to
grow and be happy.
Needs – you find that doing these things fulfils a need in your
life. Stop your Weaknesses
Stop doing some of these activities.
Team up with people who actually feel strong when doing the
activities that weaken you.
Offer to use your strengths to help other people and do work in
your organization: that way you are more likely to be judged on
your strengths, rather than weaknesses.
Perceive your weaknesses from another perspective. See if there
are any creative ways you can apply your strengths to these tasks.
Case Study
Level 3: Discover Strengths SWOT Analysis
Level 3: SWOT Analysis
(Continued…)
Strengths: characteristics that give it an
advantages, over others.
Weaknesses: characteristics offers a
disadvantages, relative to others
Opportunities: characteristics that exploit to its
advantages
Threats: characteristics in the environment that
could cause trouble
LEVEL 4: PLANNING TO PLAY
STRENGTH
Goal Setting (SMART)
Prioritization : TIME MANAGEMENT MATRIX
SEVEN STEPS TO GOAL SETTING
SEVEN STEPS TO REACH GOALS
SIX STEPS PROCESS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
Roadmap
Action Plan
Reviews
Overcoming Procrastination
Visualization & Affirmations
Prioritization: Time
management matrix URGENT NOT URGENT
IMPORTANT
I. NECESSARY II. EMPOWERMENTCrises Quality and Leadership
Pressing Problems Preparation
Deadline-driven Prevention
Project Meetings Preparations Values Clarifications
Relationship Building
True Recreation
Education
Certification
III.DESCRIPTION IV.WASTEInterruptions- Some phone calls Trivia, busy work
Some mails, some reports Some phone calls
NOT Some meetings Time wasters
IMPORTANT Many proximate "Escape" activities
Pressing matters Irrelevant mail
Many popular activities Excessive TV
Goal setting….
SEVEN STEPS TO GOAL SETTING:
Goals
Benefits
Obstacles
Skills/ Knowledge
People
Plan of Action
Date of Completion
GOAL SETTING
SEVEN STEPS TO REACH GOALS:
VISUALIZATIONS – CREATE YOUR OWN
VISION BOARD
AFFIRMATIONS BASED ON 3Ps
VERBALIZATION – SAY “I AM”
ACTING THE PART - FAKE IT OR MAKE IT
FEED YOUR MIND
ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE
TEACHING OTHERS
SIX STEPS PROCESS TO
ACHIEVE SUCCESS
Connect to Mission
Review your Roles
Organize Weekly
Evaluate
Habit 3 Challenge
Design Your Life
HOW TO BEAT
PROCRASTINATION…
Procrastination: “ TO PUT OFF OR POSTPONE UNTIL ANOTHER DAY”.
Be a doer and not a procrastinator. It is the thief of TIME, PRODUCTIVITY &
SELF-WORTH. It can derail our plans for achieving our goals. It happens because we Fear Failure. It’s the GAP between INTENTION & ACTION.
Take these steps to overcome procrastination:
Recognize you have a problem
Figure out why you are procrastinating
Get Organized
Identify your FROG
Break tasks into smaller parts
Eliminate distractions
Do not expect perfection
Get a support team & Get started
Reward Yourself
Level 5: Tools to Play
strengths:
Emotional Intelligence
Challenges (Problems/Issues)
Patience is the VIRTUE,
Presentation
Communication (Assertion, Meeting Skills,
Listening, Difficult conversations, Body
Language…)
Following heart vs Practical path
Emotional Intelligence
Definition:
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the capacity for
recognizing (and appropriately managing) our
feelings and those of others ( in order to thrive and
build valued relationships)“
EI addresses the emotional, personal, social, and
survival dimension of intelligence.
EQ is concerned with understanding oneself and
others, relating to people and adopting to and coping
with immediate surrounding.
5 components of Emotional Intelligence
Definition Hallmarks
Self - Awareness
the ability to recognize and understand your
moods, emotions, and drives, as well as their
effect on others
Self-confidence
Realistic self-assessment
Self-deprecating sense of
humor
Self - Regulation
the ability to control or redirect disruptive
impulses and moods the propensity to suspend
judgement- to think before acting
Trustworthiness and integrity
Comfort with ambiguity
openness to change
Motivation
a passion to work for reasons that go beyond
money or status a propensity to pursue goals with
energy and persistence
Strong drive to achieve
optimism, even in the face of
failure
organizational commitment
Empathy
the ability to understand the emotional makeup of
other people skill in treating people according to
their emotional reactions
expertise in building and
retaining talent
cross-cultural sensitivity
service to clients and
customers
Social Skill
proficiency in managing relationships and building
networks an ability to find common ground and
build rapport
effectiveness in leading
change
persuasiveness
expertise in building and
leading teams
Domains of Emotional Intelligence
Choose your Mindset
Put your mindset in to right channel to get a clear
picture
Empathize emotion: don’t analyze it
Don’t trade your smile for frown
Positivity beats equality
Recharge your batter
Also referred to as a ‘ disclosure/feedback model of self
awareness’, and an ‘information processing tool’
Represents information – feelings, experience, views,
attitudes, skills, intentions, motivation etc within or about a
person/others
Challenges (Problems/Issues)
A Problem is that element of life, which tell you what you do not have in you to achieve what you want in life.
Problems are a mere indicator that your are growing and moving ahead. They need to be addressed & not complained about.
Greatest attention seeking child of life….
Even a single dream that you are willing to work for is sufficient to let you know that problems are a permanent part of life.
Growth Catalysts and not road blocks
PATIENCE IS THE VIRTUE
Patience is the ability to stay optimistic about the change you desire, ability to wait For the result you wish to see, keeping hope for the desired t happen & continue working towards the goal, having situations and people respond opposite but still Not forget that reacting or over-reacting with loss of patience would cost more than Payoff. Its overall the ability to face the adversities of any form in the face and throw Them a smile that convey to them, that you don’t care about them & they are unable to cause pain they desire to till adversities actually gets convinced..
Powerful Ability To Induce Energy N Continuing Enthusiasm
PRESENTATION NIGHTMARE – WAKE UP FROM
IT Presentation is not the power point, you are the presentation. Its all about the Audience. Your audience should feel captivated.
Techniques for Overcoming fear of presenting – Managing Nerves, “This is my Space’
Identify Key Presentations skills – Plant, Move, Pause and Hold, Eye Contact, Scan, Gesture, Loud, soft, What Questions Do you have??
Rule of 3 – Stand Up, Drink Water, Thank for the question, throw the questions to audience, Parking Lot and connect
5C – Context, Concepts, Complete, Communicate, Convey
Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
PREPARATION + INTERACTION + FOLLOW-THROUGH
“Nothing is more essential to success in any area of your life than the ability to communicate well”.
Its simply a two way process of exchanging ideas and information or transmitting verbal and nor-verbal messages.
Effective Communication = Productive Relationship
We communicate to get information, to greet, to praise, to sell, to get feedback
Barrier to communication – poor listening skills, ignoring information, generalizing, assumptions, emotions, noise, selective listening
7Cs of communication – Considerate, Concrete, Concise, Courteous, Clear, Complete, Correct
Communication Skills
Listening Skills:
Maintain Eye contact with the speaker
Focus on content than the way it is said
Avoid selective listening
Avoid distractions
Ask questions to stay active and interested
Face the speaker
Respond appropriately – say Yes, Nod etc
Don’t be with pre-occupied thoughts
Influencing SKILL HOW TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE: Influence is the central competency that all the soft
skills have in common. Changing the attitude and behavior of other people without using any force or show of power.
Influence Components : Framework, Information & Technical / subject matter expertise
Don’t criticize or condemn or complaint, avoid arguments, show respect
Give honest and sincere appreciation
Arouse in other person an eager want
Become genuinely interested in other people
Smile, address the people with their names
Be a good listener, make other person important, let other talk
The Socrates Law : A path of Yesses will lead to success
EFFECTIVE MEETING SKILLS
EFFECTIVE MEETING SKILLS:
Don’t Meet
Set objectives for the meeting
Agenda – When, What, Who, How, Where, Which
Assign Meeting Preparation
Assign Action Items and Follow-ups
Examine Your Meeting Process
Organizer – Send reminders to ensure punctuality
Attendee – Review the Agenda and be 10 minutes early at the meeting room
Attendance, Promptness, Participation, Responsibility
DIFFICULT CONVERSATION
DIFFICULT CONVERSATION- Not all conversation will be pleasant, if you come across with a difficult dialogue – its talking to a stone wall
Keep the Conversation private
Be in control of the conversation
Listen and paraphrase
Use the words ‘I” & “and” instead of “You” or “But”
Be direct and never judgemental
Be prepared for negative reactions
Involve the person in solution
Say Thank You
PERSUASION SKILLS
PERSUASION SKILLS: Bring your audience to BELIEVE as you do OR Influence your audience to take action. Refined form of Influence
7 Golden Principles of Persuasion:
Always focus on the end result
Relate to your audience
Sweet talking (weave your intention)
Use technical words wherever necessary
Try to elaborate on what you said earlier
Remain relaxed at all times
Take advantage of influence
ASSERTIVE SKILLS
ASSERTIVE SKILLS : Persistently Postive OR Confident – Politely Persistent
Use “I” messages and “Feeling “ verbs
Disucss your goals and accomplishments
Show an interest in others
Match your delivery to your message
Know how to respond to compliments
Disagree mildly, but more emphatically when you need to get your point across
Ask for clarification when you are confused
Don’t be afraid to ask “Why”
Speak up for yourself, Be persistent, and always justify your feelings & opinions
BODY LANGUAGE
Body Language is a non-verbal form of
communication - it is 55% more effective when
compared to Verbal – 38% and Words – 7%.
Postures & Gestures
Eye Contact
Orientation
Proximity
Looks
Expression
Do I follow my heart or continue my Present Career Path?
The responsibilities at times bind you and the uncertainties that following your heart
Brings along stop you from making your decisions. But to make life more meaningful
Doesn’t mean leaving your present job / career path or quitting it and then following
Your heart, it simply means keep your hear functional while your other organs are
Doing their job respectively.
When once the timing is right let all other organs follow the heart! But till then let the
Heart beat at least!!! Don’t kill hope! KEEP PATIENCE! Fake it if needed.
Level 6: Execution (Playing
strengths)
Knowledge is not power! Application of
Knowledge to transformation life to grow
and be successful is the real power.
Q&A
What Questions do you have?
Contacts
Trainers Contact Details
Manjula Srikanth
Transfuture LLP
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