Stage 3A Bias for Action

60 minutes

bsharp The Winners’ WayMake winning a habit.

The Winner’s WaySTAGE 1 – Introductions & Ice-Breakers: 45 minutes • Introduce your neighbor • Visualize 3 years

STAGE 2 – The Winner’s Mind set: 50 minute session, 10 minute summary• SMATE

STAGE 3 –A Bias for Action50 minute session, 10 minute summary• Setting great personal goals• A Bias for Action

Zone 1: Personal ZoneWinning within yourself2 hours, 30 minutes

Zone 2: Team ZoneWinning with teams

3 hours, 30 minutes

STAGE 4 – Where are you: FIRO B : 90 minute session• Explanation• Questionnaire, Interpretation, Actions

STAGE 5 –Leadership Traits50 minutes session, 10 minutes summary• HIT GRID

STAGE 6 –Building Winning Teams50 minutes session, 10 minute summary• Winning teams• Team Evolution

STAGE 7 – Change Agent30 minute team session• Identify key problem• Present recommendations

STAGE 8 – Summary30 minutes team session• Our learning today• Next Steps

Zone 3: Org ZoneWinning for SPS

1 hour

Goal Setting: A cottage by the beach

Setting Life Time Goals

Where do you want to go? The GPS in your brain.

Your Life Your Destination

Goal Dimensions

Set lifetime goals

Set 1-2 year goals

Dimensions of your life:

FamilyCareer

Financial Education

Artistic Attitude

Physical/ HealthPleasure

Ownership Public Service

SMART GoalsSpecific

Measurable Action oriented

RelevantTime-bound

Next step of the visualization exercise

Aim for the stars• Positive statement • Be precise• Prioritize • Write them down • Outcome goals• Performance goals• Stretch realism

Exercise – 15 minutes• Next step of visualization exercise• Write down your top 5 goals • Get as precise as it is possible

• This is just the first step – next steps• Refine the goal,• Discuss with family • Discuss (relevant ones) with manager • Put in a long term, short term plan• Execute

• Update me on email: win@bsharp.in

Sample

• Be a good son, husband, father. 

• Lead a segment in the company, with 500+ people reporting by 2018

• Be a blogger / writer of influence on technology issues by 2013 - have 100K page views by Dec 2013. 

• Build a network of 25+ friends new, in the areas of mobility software, photography and music by 2013 end. 

• Do 8 trips for photography in 2012-13

• Have a house by the beach in 2020. 

• Create a 1 Crore endowment fund for college by 2020

A Bias for Action

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt

the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George

Bernard Shaw

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Bias for Inaction• Lose Focus : An idea a week

• Focus on anti-idea: Why wont it work

• Overcomplicate the idea: Multiple people, high investment

• No failures, no dejection, no growth

Crossing the Rubicon

Motivation Will Power

Need for constant Stimulation.

Others advocate to you.

UnconditionalCommitment

You are the ambassador.

Babuji’s Action Bias1894: Found Natal India Congress, South Africa 1906: Satyagraha against Transvaal Govt. 1915: Returned to India, campaign on I World War1918: Champaran & Kheda agitations 1919: Khilafat Movement 1920: Leadership of INC1921: Non-cooperation movement 1928: Boycott Simon Commission1930: INC India Independence Day, Dandi March1931: Gandhi Irwin Pact 1933: Harijan Movement 1933-36: Out of INC1942: Quit India Movement 1947: Independence 1948: Assassination

Issues of impact Action vs. 100% perfection Revise views if requiredCommunicateMove!

A Bias for Action• An interesting idea? Stay Focused on it

• Focus on action: • What will work? Small steps. • Who will support, promote the idea• Pick up the phone - communicate• Steps for the next week, month, quarter

• Simplify: • Focus on portion of the idea• Focus on smaller team to experiment

Long term success

Action Bias

SummarySimple steps to greatness…

• Set SMART Goals

• Have action bias

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Quiz• 2 things people with “Bias for Inaction” look for?

• 2 things people with “Bias for action” look for?

• Expand SMART – in Goal Setting

• Should we set conservative goals?

Logistics Requirement • Paper to write down goals – 15 minute exercise