Pivotal Thinking skills Overcome the Invisible Factor™—Part 2

The Pivotal Thinking Series Explores How to Overcome the Invisible Factor™—in life, career, and family.

After coaching thousands of people, my anecdotal research shows me that being invisible is a top fear people have. Another way to view it is being—you don’t matter. The world is not affected by you being in it!

A goal of Pivotal Thinkers is to be agile. It is the perception that you always land on your feet, no matter the circumstance. This inspires confidence in others toward you.

Bring a positive spin to your messages. Go ahead-speak out and keep it upbeat and enthusiastic. No need to attack a differing opinion.

Here are questions for your self-reflection.

Consider these top questions as you begin:

What are the pivotal issues for your success?
Prioritize them.
Assign resources to them.
How far can you go?
What can you innovate to advance the outcome?
How far out of bounds (lines you’ve drawn) does your idea float? Can you live with it?
What do you need to learn to be confident about your decision?

After applying these tactics to your presentation of self, notice how you are treated. Adjust when you need to and remain balanced.

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Pivotal Thinking™ Creates Dimensions of Thought

August 11, 2017

“Pivotal Thinking Creates Dimensions of Thought—Effective Multi-Dimensional Leadership™ Use Pivotal Thinking strategies for Optimum Action.”

Use Pivotal Thinking for Optimum Agile Action

Pivotal Thinking relies on the executive functions within the brain. When there is impairment or “lag” in these functions, decision making can be terrifying and difficult. Pivotal Thinking is affected by several functions. Here are a few:

Impulse control, an inability to delay gratification
Poor planning skills
Shallow concrete thinking dominates—literal expression rather than creative, deep
Poor adaptability skills
Difficulty following complicated step procedures
Uncertainty between cause and effect
Poor judgment
Lack of ability to apply what’s learned to new circumstances (CDC)

When these behaviors manifest in companies, organizations and families, we have a recipe for disaster.

Please take a moment and write down an example you observed of poor executive skills in yourself and others. Part of our work together will be to master techniques to overcome these gaps.

The Pivotal Thinking method pushes aside conventional wisdom. Its process opens your leadership style to robust and thought-provoking proven methods, tactics, and non-judgmental ways to advance your people, processes, performance and profitability all founded “on purpose.” This becomes the gateway to innovation and creativity; ultimately it boosts performance!

Pivotal Thinking Genesis:

After coaching and training thousands of professionals, I tracked recurring career and personal themes. Why does one succeed and another crash?

Our work and learning environments are rife with noise and too many choices to process effectively. Today adults struggle with how to focus and perform effectively in work and social environments, especially if their executive thinking skills are overloaded.

It’s not you; give yourself a break. There are too many distractions and set ups for failure. We’re reacting, not thinking in the ever demanding, do-more-with-less workplace environment. It relates to the raised awareness around attention deficit disorder (ADD). Often undetected in adults, the frenetic environments in which we must perform contribute to many symptoms of A.D.D. like lack of focus or short-term memory loss.

Identify these conditions

Coach Cubas’ Findings of observable behaviors:

Hostile and “tricky” work environments that drain you.
Short-term thinking without consideration of unintended consequences.
Bold disconnect between values and actions, and what is asked of us to do.
Costly reactive behavior rather than anticipatory expectations.
“ME” focus rather than for the “Good of the House”
Scarcity premise rather than abundant solutions
Lack of high emotional intelligence.
Innate “other orientation” and bias.
Conserve rather than exploit attitude.
Willing to take reasonable risk and experiment.
Provides team with all tools vital for success.

Seek out and engage with like-minded people to discover the formula that converts productivity into career satisfaction and performance.

What is the gap between influence and impact?

It is the space between thought and action. People who use Pivotal Thinking can turn quickly to maximize a sales opportunity or pitch of their ideas.

What is the difference between tenacious and stubborn?

How do you break the deadlock? It is useful to know when negotiating. What are you willing to leave on the table rather than stubbornly digging in not giving an inch (think U.S. Congress!)

Tips:

Focus on the objectives you identified to achieve the outcome.
Focus on the outcome you want to achieve.

Pivotal Thinking impacts these key functions:

Strategic thinking
Business development
Communication skills
Strategic planning
Language and vocabulary
Company messaging
Global perspective
Project management

This introduction will open the possibilities for your to embrace Pivotal Thinking.

To learn more about how you can participate in a VMP™ (Virtual Mastermind Project).

Join like-minded people to discover the formula that converts productivity into career satisfaction and performance.

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Time for the Little Green Men to Arrive

July 23, 2017

Agents Scully and Mulder (X-Files) were right. The truth is out there somewhere.

With the frenetic past year, it’s time to reset ourselves to move forward and create our own positive futures. The White House antics are a distraction from what’s important in our personal lives. We can’t hold our collective breath any longer.

Creative business management styles are especially important during fluctuating times. Open-book management is one such strategy.

Open-book management relies on a fact-based system. It is transparency that buoys the entire company.

The premise is that all employees are able to be informed about the health of a business. It is useful for quarter all-hands’ meetings, for example. By doing this, leadership has an easier time explaining policy and personnel changes. This is an excellent opportunity to “brainstorm” and get ideas about how to trim waste and increase engagement for optimum performance.

“Companies that practice open-book management seem to have captured some sort of lightning in a bottle.” — Chris Lee, Training, referring to

John Case’s book, (Senior Writer for Inc. Magazine)

This approach requires a staunch commitment to transparency. It isn’t an attempt to air “dirty laundry.” It is a courageous move to achieve optimum buy in at every level of the business.

The key success factor of Open-book management is the motivation potential. Personnel can self-motivate when they see their direct connection to the company results.

In September, I will be facilitating a VMP™ (Virtual Mastermind Project) Series on Open Book Management. For advanced information on how to bring this information to your business unit,hit the button!