ERES ANTICREATIVO?

My Anti-Creativity Checklist  from Youngme Moon 

Gracias a Manuel Gross

1. Ve a lo seguro. Escucha tu voz interior. “¿Porqué tengo que arriesgarme?”
2. Conoce tus limitaciones. No temas encasillarte a ti mismo. “No soy creativo.”
3. Recuérdate a ti mismo que sólo es un trabajo. “No me pagan para tener ideas.”
4. Demuestra que eres el más listo de la habitación. Haz que escepticismo sea tu segundo nombre. “He aquí porqué esa idea no va a funcionar.”
5. Sé el tipo duro. Pide ver los datos. “No hay evidencia de que vaya a funcionar.”
6. Respeta la historia. Da siempre al pasado el beneficio de la duda. “Si la idea es tan buena, ¿Porqué no se la ocurrido a nadie antes?”
7. Para la locura antes de que empiece. Aplasta ideas en un estado temprano con tu inteligencia para los negocios. “¿Cómo vas a resolver el problema de …?”
8. Cuando tú vas, yo vuelvo. Usa la experiencia como arma. “No has estado por aquí el suficiente tiempo como para entender cómo funcionan las cosas.”
9. Mantén tus ojos cerrados. Tu mente también. “El mundo no está cambiando. Es sólo lo que los medios quieren que pensemos.”
10. Asume que no existen los problemas. “Ha sido un año duro pero podemos culpar a la economía.”
11. Infravalora a tus clientes. “No se van a ir a ninguna parte.” “No están preparados para esto.”
12. Sé un mentor. Da buenos consejos a la gente que trabaja para ti.“Mantén la cabeza baja y haz tu trabajo.”
13. Sospecha de los “creativos” de tu organización. “Esta gente no entiende de negocios.”
14. Cuando todo lo demás falle, actúa como un adulto. “De verdad que no tengo tiempo para esto.”

Questionnaire for a executive coaching

Tick  if your answer is yes.

To a large degree, junior, middle, senior management and executive coaching encompasses elements of  relationship, career, life, performance and leadership coaching.

1 Do you want to master personal and or company/organizational choice and problem solving 

capabilities?

2 I want faster realization of personal and or company/organizational goals;

3 I need to identify my and or my companies/organizations Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT), and analyse the Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Strengths (TOWS) and associated strategy & plan;

4 Do you want to make more effective use of resources (people, equipment, technology, etc)?

5 Do you need to bring about the development and introduction of positive, sustainable corporate  values?

6 We need to ensure our behavioral patterns are aligned to personal and business goals, and drive  them forward;

7 I need to focus on making the right strategic moves,

8 I need well developed communication methods and styles, ensuring clear, effective and constant  communication;

9 Do you need an improved ability to set and achieve appropriate, measurable business goals?

10 I need an increased ability to think strategically and choose the most suitable course of action;

11 Do you need and want to accelerate the development of managers and leaders?

12 On an ongoing basis I need to overcome work challenges and find lasting solutions;

13 I need to ensure behavioural and performance related matters are dealt with appropriately, professionally, and timely;

14 I need improved managerial assertiveness and effectiveness;

15 Do you need to improve work environments, where line management and employees know what is  expected of one another?€  

16 I want to bring about a learning organisation which encompasses mutual feedback, resulting in a  feedback culture;

17 I want to use and or increase the use of praise and recognition resulting in increased motivation;

18 Do you want to bring about a culture and situation of ongoing performance improvement and increased productivity;

19 Two of the greatest tools that leaders have in leading others, are their personality and behaviour.  As a leader, do you want to significantly enhance these, thereby improving and maximising your  impact on others and your company/organization?

20 A key contribution leaders make is how well they influence others around them, are able to 

communicate ideas, walk the talk in terms of demonstrating the behaviours they talk about, and 

finally, inspire their team in striving to achieve common goals. Do you want to unlock and enhance  these inherent abilities within you?

21 Attracting, retaining and developing staff in today’s ever-changing world is important to ensuring sustainability. Executive and leadership coaching encourages executives and leaders to lead by example; discover improved ways to support their teams in engaging in ongoing professional personal skill development courses/programme's, as well as being highly committed and motivated  (and imparting the commitment and motivation onto their staff). Do you need and want to adopt, embrace and maximize your effectiveness in these areas (professional skills development, lead by  example, etc)?

22 Coaching can assist individuals to learn new or improve skill sets and abilities; improve their 

effectiveness (E.g. communication, communicating vision, team building, or delegation); enhance competencies and characteristics required for their current or future job, and formalising coaching  in leadership roles where leaders become a manager, including a role as coach. Do you need and  want to adopt, embrace and maximize your effectiveness in these areas?

23 Coaching can result in employees and management alike experiencing greater enjoyment and  pleasure at work, improved time management, higher productivity, improved client relationships, greater efficiency with colleagues and clients alike, higher incomes, increased motivation, improved  life balance and greater fulfilment. Do you have a need for one or a combination of these outcomes?

25 Coaching provides structure, guides assessment, provides focus on the issues and results, and directing energies, encourages the full utilization of strengths, sets forth ways to identify weaknesses and transform them into strengths, applies feedback and review of the key issues, and assures reinforcement of the appropriate behaviours and positive results. Do you need any of these either as an individual or within your company/organisation?

26 I need to increase my and or my teams ability to clearly define and exceed business and personal objectives through sustained peak performance;

27 I need to heighten my and or my teams clarity and flexibility in strategic thinking;

28 Does your team need greater team motivation, improved performance?

29 I want to achieve personal mastery;

30 Do you want to transform from your current state to your chosen future desired state?

31 I want to be a focused, value add, high performance and highly effective individual/ manager/leader;

32 Do you want to improve and maximize your performance & leadership skills, abilities and effectiveness?

33 Do you want your staff members, management and executive team to transform their lives, undergo  personal reinvention and lead balanced, purposeful, fulfilled lives (inclusive of yourself)?

34 Do you want to clearly define and achieved company/organization agenda;

35 Do you want the realization and utilization of (you as an individual, including your staff, and 

management and executive team)

o Limitless potential, life purpose and passion in life;

o Dreams, aspirations, wants and needs;

o Individual and company/organizational legacy;

o Personal and company/organization vision;

o Personal and company/organization ethics;

o Creative mind power (What You See Is What You Get ‚);

o Defined future self and or future company/organization;

o Master of their own/company/organizations destiny (collective thought);

o Personal and company/organization long term goals;

o Enhanced problem solving capabilities; and

o Self Management.

36 I want to create personal and or company/organisation opportunities and bring about the creation of  a defined future;

37 Do you want to change behaviours within the system to bring about positive outcomes?

38 I want to achieve a whole person (mind, Body, Soul, Spirit) state;

39 I need to use effective interpersonal communication skills.

Please send your answers by  gazpeiti@consultant.com

Exito

El éxito, según Carlos Slim

Yo creo que el éxito no está en lo económico. Una persona no es de éxito porque le va bien en los negocios o le va bien profesionalmente o saca 10 en la escuela. Creo que eso es lo que menos vale. Lo que vale es tener los pies en la tierra, la familia – el concepto de familia, los amigos; apreciar las cosas que tienen valor verdadero, no solo material, no físico necesariamente. Pienso que a este concepto bien le puedo añadir una reflexión que me regaló mi madre:

El éxito no tiene que ver con lo que mucha gente se imagina. No se debe a los títulos nobles y académicos que tienes, ni a la sangre heredada o la escuela donde estudiaste. No se debe a las dimensiones de tu casa o de cuantos carros quepan en tu garaje. No se trata de si eres jefe o subordinado; o si eres miembro prominente de clubes sociales. No tiene que ver con el poder que ejerces o si eres un buen administrador o hablas bonito, o si las luces te siguen cuando lo haces. No es la tecnología que empleas. No se debe a la ropa que usas, ni a los grabados que mandas bordar en tu ropa, o si después de tu nombre pones las siglas deslumbrantes que definen tu estatus social. No se trata de si eres emprendedor, hablas varios idiomas, si eres atractivo, joven o viejo. El éxito… se debe a cuánta gente te sonríe, a cuánta gente amas y cuántos admiran tu sinceridad y la sencillez de tu espíritu. Se trata de si te recuerdan cuando te vas. Se refiere a cuánta gente ayudas, a cuánta evitas dañar y si guardas o no rencor en tu corazón. Se trata de que en tus triunfos estén incluidos tus sueños; de si tus logros no hieren a tus semejantes. Es acerca de tu inclusión con otros, no de tu control sobre los demás. Es sobre si usaste tu cabeza tanto como tu corazón, si fuiste egoísta o generoso, si amaste a la naturaleza y a los niños y te preocupaste de los ancianos. Es acerca de tu bondad, tu deseo de servir, tu capacidad de escuchar y tu valor sobre la conducta. No es acerca de cuantos te siguen si no de cuantos realmente te aman. No es acerca de transmitir, si no cuantos te creen si eres feliz o finges estarlo. Se trata del equilibrio de la justicia que conduce al bien tener y al bien estar. Se trata de su conciencia tranquila, tu dignidad invicta y tu deseo de ser más, no de tener más.