Thriving in Chaos

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Thriving in Chaos

• A model for personal leadership development in
  the 21st Century

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Whats it all about?

• A bit about chaos theory and so what for
  organisations and you as a leader
• Change and Chinese symbols
• A tool kit for thriving in chaos
• An open invitation to share thoughts and
  experiences

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Warm-up for creative thinking!

• Choose a postcard that best describes how you
  feel about your job
• 3, uninterrupted minutes of explanation to your
  partner
• Swap-over

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20th C to 21st C Science

• Capacity to analyse, control, predict behaviour
  (20thC)
• Messy, unpredictable, chaotic
• A few simple rules
• Doing things right or doing the right things?

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Messy, chaotic

• most people feel lost in the organisation of
  which they are a part. Managers are overwhelmed
  by too much information, too many rapid changes,
  and too many conflicting demands
• Senge, Fifth Discipline

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Messy, chaotic

• from an early age we are taught to break apart
  problems, to fragment the world. This apparently
  makes complex tasks and subjects more manageable
  but we pay a hidden, enormous price. We can no
  longer see the consequences of our actions..we
  loose our intrinsic sense of connection to the
  larger whole..
• Senge, Fifth Discipline

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Messy, chaotic

• core learning dilemma we learn best from
  experience, but we never directly experience the
  consequences of many of our most important
  decisions

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Messy, chaotic

• when asked what they do for a living most
  people describe the tasks they perform everyday,
  not the purpose of the greater enterprise in
  which they take part most see themselves within
  a system over which they have little or no
  influence. They do their job put in their time
  and try to cope with forces outside their
  control

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Messy, chaotic

• previously we focused great effort on allowing
  people to do their jobs better.. We saw learning
  how to do the job better as the principle driver
  of qualityin this new era where information
  plays a greater and greater competitive role, the
  question becomes not can I do this job better,
  but What should I do? What is the right thing to
  do

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What do you see?

• OPPORTUNITYNOWHERE

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OPPORTUNITY

• NO WHERE
• Or
• NOW HERE

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Change
HIDDEN OPPORTUNITY
DANGER
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OPPORTUNITY
CHANGE
DANGER
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FEAR
Plan for Monday
Shock - Denial
Reality
Go to hell
they
Anger
I
DANGER
Sadness
Humour
?
?
Acceptance
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Career Development
Priorities
OPPORTUNITY thriving
Self care
Challenge
Stress Management
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Physiology of STRESS
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Personal Leadership Development Model

• VISION
• What I want?
• Personal family, money
• Professional
• Ideal Job
• I like to do
• 6 months left
• Obituary

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Personal Leadership Development Model

• RANGE OF OPPPORTUNITIES
• Go to hell
• When to say take this job and shove it
• Plans for thank you very much Monday
• Skills
• Have
• Need

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JOB SUCCESS

• Stakeholders
• Who are they?
• Your boss
• Make him/her successful
• Expectations
• 5 key goals
• What how
• Time management
• Feedback

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LEADERSHIP

• Self development
• Continuous learning
• Reflection -expose your soft underbelly safely
• Self awareness/ Authenticity
• Versatility
• Volunteer
• Take risks
• New skills
• Communication
• 1 minute appearance
• Language

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In short. Be a thrive-or, not just a survivor..