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Becoming Your Own Business Becoming Your Own Business CoachCoach
Dr. George W. WattsDr. George W. WattsManaging PartnerManaging Partner
www.DrGeorgeWatts.comwww.DrGeorgeWatts.com360 North Valley Road360 North Valley RoadBarrington, IL 60010Barrington, IL 60010
312 261 5565312 261 5565
Dr. George WattsDr. George Watts
Managing Partner, Dr. George Watts & Associates a Managing Partner, Dr. George Watts & Associates a premier Talent Management Firm in Chicagopremier Talent Management Firm in Chicago
www.DrGeorgeWatts.comwww.DrGeorgeWatts.com
Assessed over 5,000 “C” Suite ExecutivesAssessed over 5,000 “C” Suite Executives EVP and CEO EVP and CEO Leadership Coaching and Improvement, Leadership Leadership Coaching and Improvement, Leadership
and Sales Training, Organizational Developmentand Sales Training, Organizational Development
““Power Vision”, “Becoming Your Own Business Coach”Power Vision”, “Becoming Your Own Business Coach”
A core premise of A core premise of Becoming Your Own Business Becoming Your Own Business
Coach Coach is :is :
The deeper and better you understand The deeper and better you understand your strengths, the more successful a your strengths, the more successful a
CFO you will become.CFO you will become.
Understanding Understanding StrengthsStrengths
““The story of the human race is the The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling story of men and women selling themselves short.”themselves short.”
Abraham MaslowAbraham Maslow
Pause, Reflect and ExaminePause, Reflect and Examine
Reflect on your childhood and Reflect on your childhood and ask: What came easily and ask: What came easily and naturally to you? (This is most naturally to you? (This is most probably your greatest strength).probably your greatest strength).
What skill, with just a little bit of What skill, with just a little bit of training, greatly expanded?training, greatly expanded?
““The Big Five”The Big Five”
Five basic broad areas or Five basic broad areas or dimensions of personality:dimensions of personality:
ExtraversionExtraversion AgreeablenessAgreeableness ConscientiousnessConscientiousness Emotional StabilityEmotional Stability OpennessOpenness
ExtraversionExtraversion
Excitability, sociability, Excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness and talkativeness, assertiveness and high amounts of emotional high amounts of emotional interaction and expressiveness.interaction and expressiveness.
People with extraversion naturally People with extraversion naturally move toward people. move toward people.
Contact with others energizes Contact with others energizes them.them.
AgreeablenessAgreeableness
Attributes such as trust, altruism, Attributes such as trust, altruism, amicability, kindness, affection amicability, kindness, affection and other pro-social behaviors.and other pro-social behaviors.
People who have a kindly People who have a kindly disposition and can resolve disposition and can resolve conflict and get along well in conflict and get along well in teams have this dimension.teams have this dimension.
ConscientiousnessConscientiousness
Impulse control and goal-directed Impulse control and goal-directed behaviors.behaviors.
Tend to be organized, more Tend to be organized, more meticulous, careful, mindful of meticulous, careful, mindful of details, follow through, set details, follow through, set deadlines and complete the deadlines and complete the mission on time.mission on time.
Emotional StabilityEmotional Stability
Emotional constancy, steadiness, Emotional constancy, steadiness, grace under pressure, can handle grace under pressure, can handle and deal with stress effectively.and deal with stress effectively.
Calm and collected.Calm and collected.
OpennessOpenness
Imagination and insight, broad Imagination and insight, broad range of interests.range of interests.
Artistic and creative types.Artistic and creative types. Think outside the proverbial box; Think outside the proverbial box;
create interesting approaches create interesting approaches and twists.and twists.
Often open-minded and non-Often open-minded and non-judgmental.judgmental.
Put Your Dimensions in Put Your Dimensions in OrderOrder
Rank the “Big Five” as they Rank the “Big Five” as they pertain to you. Start with the one pertain to you. Start with the one you feel is your natural strength.you feel is your natural strength.
What is your “top” dimension?What is your “top” dimension? Work your way down.Work your way down.
Competency Card SortCompetency Card Sort
Select your top 3-4Select your top 3-4
Can you see any relationship Can you see any relationship between the Big Five and your between the Big Five and your top 3-4 competencies?top 3-4 competencies?
Live demonstrationLive demonstration
Pause and ReflectPause and Reflect
How can you adjust your resume to How can you adjust your resume to more accurately reflect your top more accurately reflect your top personality dimensions and personality dimensions and competencies?competencies?
How could you alter or develop your How could you alter or develop your interviewing skills to tap into your interviewing skills to tap into your highest dimension?highest dimension?
How can you fashion, or mold, your How can you fashion, or mold, your work environment so it plays more work environment so it plays more naturally to your top dimensions?naturally to your top dimensions?
Eight Characteristics of High Eight Characteristics of High Emotional IntelligenceEmotional Intelligence
Find positive solutions to emotional Find positive solutions to emotional issuesissues
Quickly recognize what people are Quickly recognize what people are feelingfeeling
Energize othersEnergize others Quickly calm down after being Quickly calm down after being
emotionalemotional Don’t overly criticize themselvesDon’t overly criticize themselves
High Emotional IntelligenceHigh Emotional Intelligence
Get over their own ego!Get over their own ego! Receive feedback without Receive feedback without
becoming defensivebecoming defensive Accurately evaluate others Accurately evaluate others
because they accurately have because they accurately have evaluated themselvesevaluated themselves