Prepared by Jim Barbush 1

Ride A Wave To

A Changed Atmosphere

Do Something Different

A MOTIVATIONAL PRESENTATION

Prepared by Jim Barbush 2

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Merriam-Webster On-Line

1 :

a long wandering or voyage usually marked by

many changes of fortune

2 : an intellectual wandering

a spiritual quest

a long wandering and

an eventful journey

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“I’ve Been On A Journey”

A Journey Of Discovery

Discovering

What I Am … All About

What I Am … Supposed To Be Doing

What I Am … Going To Do In The Future

How I Am … Supposed To Affect Others

THESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

WANT TO

CHANGE THE WORLD

THESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

ARE CHANGING THE WORLD

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“A Journey With My Style”

carrying Something that ….. is in me.

Something that ….. is me.

Not a copy of another.

We are all UNIQUE

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Our goal in this discussion

TO SEE OUR WORLD DIFFERENTLY

TO ACT

DIFFERENTLY

TO CREATE SOMETHING ELSE

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AFFECTING

THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU

YOUR INFLUENCE

BEING MADE

WHERE YOU WORK

Everywhere You Go

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AFFECTING THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU

We’re Led Down

“The Path”?

Always Working For Other People

Our Supervisors

Our Managers

Our Organization

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AFFECTING THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU

We’re Led Down The Path”?

Always Being Directed

What To Do & How To Do Things

Being in a trap without knowing it

Not understanding our influence

Not taking a stand or position

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AFFECTING THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU

We’re Led Down The Path”?

Always Being Influenced By Others Not consciously influencing others

Hopefully Being Protected By Our Supervisors, Our Managers,

Our Organization

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WHEN DO WE . . . . . REALIZE & STOP

• REALIZE we’re grown up, able to lead & influence?

• STOP depending on others to lead & influence?

WHEN ARE YOU . . . . . THE ONE

• The one to lead and influence?

• The one to protect others?

WHEN WILL YOU . . . . . BE THE ONE

• Be the one to

Affect The Atmosphere Around You

In Your Way, With Your Style?

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What am I talking about? EXAMPLE 1

When leaders that Led, Directed, Protected, and Influenced, Retire or Move On.

How is the atmosphere affected?

When someone takes a leader’s place….. How is the atmosphere affected?

When the cycle of personnel change continues…..

How is the atmosphere affected?

MY EXPERIENCE….

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MY EXPERIENCE….

• Hod Retired. Don Retired. I and others remained.

Change continued. New leaders came and went.

• I RECOGNIZED THAT

Those who were with us started something that I liked.

They created an atmosphere that I was able to fit into.

THEN, THEY WERE GONE.

It Was Up To Me And Those Around Me

To Affect The Atmosphere Around Us.

I told my co-workers that. The atmosphere was not being provided for us as it was.

We now must provide the atmosphere.

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When Things Change

Who will pick up THE MANTLE of what was established by those gone by ?

THE MANTLE of Affecting The Atmosphere You Are In

To make

the atmosphere what it should be and could be?

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What You Can Do? EXAMPLE 2

“Telling a story”

A personal experience of how relationships

can change

an atmosphere and events.

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What You Can Do? EXAMPLE 2

•A New Walk

•Sharing Someone Else’s Experience With Others

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SOME HOW TOs

1. Do Something Different

Don’t Do The Same Things All The Time

Do things differently to see what happens

2. Do some self analysis

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WHEN THINGS STAY THE SAME

• WE MAINTAIN TRADITIONAL PRACTICES Whether Good Or Bad

Times when

Maintaining Traditional Practices are GOOD.

Though good, tradition may still

limit learning and progress

Times when

Maintaining Traditional Practices are BAD.

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WHEN THINGS STAY THE SAME

• You’ll always BE where you’ve always BEEN

If you always GO where you’ve always GONE Going in circles

Not going places you’ve never been

• You’ll always BE where you’ve always BEEN

If you always DO what you’ve always DONE

Habits

Doing the same things over and over

Not trying new things or new ways

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WHEN THINGS STAY THE SAME

• You’ll always KNOW who you’ve always KNOWN

If you’re always WITH who you’ve always been WITH A closed circle of acquaintances

Not meeting new people

• Tradition can make the truth to be unheard. We’ve always done it that way.

We miss profits and easier ways of doing things.

We miss the fun that can happen at work.

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WHEN THINGS Change

CHANGE HAS MANY POSITIVE BENEFITS

LEARNING & GROWING

TRYING SOMETHING NEW RESULTS IN:

Meeting Someone New Going Somewhere You’ve Never Been New Relationships when you say something

different to someone you already know Doing Something You’ve Never Done Reading A Type Of Book that you’ve never read

before can launch you to new things Going To A Conference Type that you’ve never

been to before can launch you to new things

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RESULTS OF Change

New Opportunities

Changes In Career

Expanding Friendships And Networks

Doing Things Differently

than you usually do

can have Positive Results that are

LIFE CHANGING.

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AFFECT THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU

NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LEVEL

As a person, manager or not, you can be a leader and have great impact

You can affect people at every level Whether at your level, managers above you,

staff that work for you, people you work along side.

Your ideas can go far, even without your knowing it.

If there is a turn over problem, look at the first

line manager where that turnover occurs.

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mOTIVATORS tO

sELF iMPROVEMENT

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The Leadership Summit

In August 2004,

more than 42,000 men and women attended

a live simulcast of the Leadership Summit

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31 TITLE: The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership

AUTHOR: Steven B. Sample, President USC

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SELF EVALUATION

TO AVOID DISASTER

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For Me Not Following A Set Of Rules without my input & my flavor

Personal Self-Evaluation

Based On Groundwork Laid By Someone Else But I put my style to it………………I gave it life for me You need to do the same……………In your own way

SELF EVALUATION Leading To UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF & OTHERS

Do You Fit Where You Are?

Are You MISS-Fit? (Are You A MISFIT?)

How Can You Determine If You Fit Where You Are?

What Should You Do About Ways You Fit & Do Not Fit?

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SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. HOW ARE YOU? 2. WHERE ARE YOU? 3. WHAT ARE YOU? 4. WHAT’S YER STYLE 5. HOW DO YOU TICK? 6. WHAT MAKES YOU TICK? WHAT MAKES YOU STOP TICKING?

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SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. HOW ARE YOU?

HOW GOOD ARE YOU IN YOUR JOB?

•Who is responsible for your good performance? You, a supervisor, an upper manager, a co-worker, some or all of these?

•What is the level of your good performance? Average, Very Good, Excellent?

•What are the reasons for your answers to the above?

HOW BAD ARE YOU IN YOUR JOB?

•Who is responsible for your less than desirable performance? You, a supervisor, an upper manager, a co-worker, some or all of these?

•What is the level of your lower performance? Average, Fair, Poor?

•What are the reasons for your answers to the above?

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SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS

2. WHERE ARE YOU?

What Do You Spend Your Time Doing? What Don’t You Do That You Should Be Doing?

3. WHAT ARE YOU? What Do You Like To Do At Work And At Home? What Don’t You Like To Do At Work And At Home?

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SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS

4. WHAT’S YER STYLE What Do You Do Well At Work And At Home?

What Don’t You Do Well At Work And At Home?

5. HOW DO YOU TICK? How Are You Doing What You Do?

Are You Doing It Your Way

Or Someone Else’s Way?

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SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS

6. WHAT MAKES YOU TICK? WHAT MAKES YOU STOP TICKING?

• What TALENTS Do You Have • What TALENTS Don’t You Have

That Are Or Would Be Useful In Your Work?

• Can you LEARN New Things that will help you in these areas?

• Can someone else HELP you • Should someone else help you

in areas where you lack?

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SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS

HOW I GOT INTO THIS

I WENT TO A CONFERENCE &

I READ A FEW BOOKS

• The Contrarian’s Guide To Leadership

• First, Break All The Rules

• Love, The Killer App

Changed My Life

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MEASURING

THE CORE ELEMENTS NEEDED TO ATTRACT, FOCUS, & KEEP

THE MOST TALENTED EMPLOYEES The 12 Questions

Adapted From “First, Break All The Rules”

1. Do I know what is expected of me at work? YES ___ NO ___

2. Do I have materials and equipment I need to do what I do best every day?

3. Do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day at work?

4. Have I received recognition or praise for doing good work in the last 7 days?

5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, care about me as a person?

6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?

7. Do my opinions seem to count at work?

8. Does my company’s mission & purpose make me feel that my job is important?

9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?

10. Do I have a best friend at work?

11. Has someone talked to me about my progress at work in the past 6 months?

12. Have I had opportunities at work to learn and grow in the last year?

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MEASURING THE CORE ELEMENTS NEEDED TO ATTRACT, FOCUS, & KEEP

THE MOST TALENTED EMPLOYEES The 12 Questions

Adapted From “First, Break All The Rules”

1. Expectations Of Me?

2. Materials & Equipment?

3. What I Do Best?

4. Recognition?

5. Concern For Me?

6. Interest In My Development?

7. My Opinions?

8. My Job Important?

9. Committed Co-Workers?

10. Best Friend At Work?

11. My Progress At Work?

12. Learning And Growing?

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The 12 Questions From “First, Break All The Rules”

By Marcus Buckingham Your Self Analysis

A. WHAT DO I GET Questions 1-2

B. WHAT DO I GIVE Questions 3-4-5-6

C. DO I BELONG Questions 7-8-9-10

D. HOW CAN WE GROW Questions 11-12

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QUESTIONS I ASKED MEEEEE

QUESTION NO. 1 EXPECTATIONS OF ME? • List what I think is expected of me at work. • List what I think should be expected of me at work. • List what I think should not be expected of me at work. • Explain, if you don’t know what you expectations are. QUESTION NO. 2 MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT? • List materials and equipment I have to do my work. • List materials and equipment I do not have for necessary work. • List the interests I want to do at work. • List materials and equipment I have for that interest. • List materials and equipment I do not have for that interest.

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QUESTIONS I ASKED MEEEEEeeee

QUESTION NO. 3 WHAT I DO BEST? • List what I like to do best at work everyday. • List what I would like to do best at work everyday. QUESTION NO. 4 RECOGNITION? • List what I was recognized or praised for. • List what I should have been recognized or praised for. QUESTION NO. 5 CARE FOR ME • List areas my co-workers do seem to care about me. • List areas my co-workers do not seem to care about me.

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QUESTIONS I ASKED MEEEEE

QUESTION NO. 6 MY DEVELOPMENT • List areas where I am encouraged to develop. • List areas where I am not encouraged to develop QUESTION NO. 7 MY OPINIONS • List areas where my opinions are considered. • List areas where my opinions AIN’T considered. QUESTION NO. 8 MISSION & MY JOB • State the mission and purpose. • State why I am important. • Explain if ya just don’t know.

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QUESTIONS I ASKED MEEEEE QUESTION NO. 9 CO-WORKERS COMMITMENT • List areas where I am making efforts to doing quality work. • List areas where I am not making efforts to doing quality work. • Explain if you have problems here. QUESTION NO. 10 BEST FRIEND AT WORK? • If Yes Explain • If No Explain QUESTION NO. 11 MY PROGRESS REPORTED? • Was I evaluated? • List the areas that I did or did not make progress in. QUESTION NO. 12 LEARNING & GROWING? • List the opportunities I had to learn and grow. • List the areas that I want to learn and grow in.

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m-y b-a-n-n-e-r

READING leads to

WRITING leads to

SPEAKING leads to

LEADING leads to

ADVENTURE leads to

DESTINY leads to

SUCCESS >>>>>>

G O F O R I T A L L ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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JIM BARBUSH

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