FISH!FISH!Tracy GegleinTracy Geglein
Kathy WatkinsKathy Watkins
Ivy Tech Community CollegeIvy Tech Community College
Madison/LawrenceburgMadison/Lawrenceburg
FISH!FISH!Tracy GegleinTracy Geglein
Kathy WatkinsKathy Watkins
Ivy Tech Community CollegeIvy Tech Community College
Madison/LawrenceburgMadison/Lawrenceburg
What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?
What Is Your Favorite Chocolate? What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?
1.1. Mr. GoodbarMr. Goodbar
2.2. KrackelKrackel
3.3. Hershey’s Milk Hershey’s Milk ChocolateChocolate
4.4. Hershey’s Extra Hershey’s Extra DarkDark
5.5. SnickersSnickers
Mr. GoodbarMr. GoodbarMr. GoodbarMr. Goodbar
LogicalLogicalAnalyticalAnalyticalPlay devil’s advocatePlay devil’s advocateSee all possibilitiesSee all possibilitiesWhat if?What if?Hate deadlinesHate deadlinesRule orientedRule orientedStructure and orderStructure and orderHate surprisesHate surprisesProcrastinatorProcrastinator
LogicalLogicalAnalyticalAnalyticalPlay devil’s advocatePlay devil’s advocateSee all possibilitiesSee all possibilitiesWhat if?What if?Hate deadlinesHate deadlinesRule orientedRule orientedStructure and orderStructure and orderHate surprisesHate surprisesProcrastinatorProcrastinator
KrackelKrackelKrackelKrackel
CreativeCreative
OptimisticOptimistic
Messy, but organizedMessy, but organized
Off-beatOff-beat
Friendly and outgoingFriendly and outgoing
Willling to helpWillling to help
Like surprisesLike surprises
Like flexibility and Like flexibility and changechange
CreativeCreative
OptimisticOptimistic
Messy, but organizedMessy, but organized
Off-beatOff-beat
Friendly and outgoingFriendly and outgoing
Willling to helpWillling to help
Like surprisesLike surprises
Like flexibility and Like flexibility and changechange
Hersheys Milk ChocolateHersheys Milk ChocolateHersheys Milk ChocolateHersheys Milk Chocolate
All AmericanAll AmericanLove baseball, Mom Love baseball, Mom and apple pieand apple pieCheerleaderCheerleaderGood PR personGood PR personKind and thoughtfulKind and thoughtfulRemember birthdaysRemember birthdaysOthers turn to you for Others turn to you for help help playfulplayful
All AmericanAll AmericanLove baseball, Mom Love baseball, Mom and apple pieand apple pieCheerleaderCheerleaderGood PR personGood PR personKind and thoughtfulKind and thoughtfulRemember birthdaysRemember birthdaysOthers turn to you for Others turn to you for help help playfulplayful
Hershey’s Extra DarkHershey’s Extra DarkHershey’s Extra DarkHershey’s Extra Dark
PatientPatientThoughtfulThoughtfulIndividualistIndividualistProblem solverProblem solverFinisherFinisherWorks well with difficult Works well with difficult peoplepeopleDependableDependableLoyalLoyalResourcefulResourcefulGood grant writerGood grant writer
PatientPatientThoughtfulThoughtfulIndividualistIndividualistProblem solverProblem solverFinisherFinisherWorks well with difficult Works well with difficult peoplepeopleDependableDependableLoyalLoyalResourcefulResourcefulGood grant writerGood grant writer
SnickersSnickersSnickersSnickers
HumorousHumorous
Fun-lovingFun-loving
Practical jokerPractical joker
Everyone loves you!Everyone loves you!
SassySassy
OutgoingOutgoing
You love party You love party gamesgames
HumorousHumorous
Fun-lovingFun-loving
Practical jokerPractical joker
Everyone loves you!Everyone loves you!
SassySassy
OutgoingOutgoing
You love party You love party gamesgames
Choose your attitudeThere is always a choice about the way you do
your work, even if there not a choice about the work itself
Need courage to chooseAct “World Famous”When you are doing what you are doing, who
are you being?
“Choose your attitude” means:
Decid
e you hate
your c
la..
My w
ay or t
he highway!
I am in
contro
l of m
y att...
Can I go home now?
25% 25%25%25%1. Decide you hate your class from day 1.
2. My way or the highway!
3. I am in control of my attitude.
4. Can I go home now?
“PLAY” Means:
Your turn
to deal!
RECESS
!
Mess
with th
eir minds.
Have
a good time.
25% 25%25%25%
1. Your turn to deal!
2. RECESS!
3. Mess with their minds.
4. Have a good time.
Make Their DayEngage your customers/studentsWelcome them to join in the funCreate a constant flow of positive
feelingsCreate an atmosphere of inclusion
“Make their day” means:
Everyo
ne in th
e pool!
Engag
e students!
We are going h
ome ear..
Just
by you sh
owing up.
25% 25%25%25%1. Everyone in the pool!
2. Engage students!
3. We are going home early tonight.
4. Just by you showing up.
Be PresentAct as if you are long lost friendsPeople must find their own way to
discover the Fish! PhilosophyThrough the learning process-they have
time to internalize the experience
“Be Present” means:
Dress
in ribbons a
nd bows.
I’m here
…we can st
art now.
Are w
e getting o
ut early
...
I’m engage
d and attentive.
25% 25%25%25%1. Dress in ribbons and bows.
2. I’m here…we can start now.
3. Are we getting out early tonight?
4. I’m engaged and attentive.
Fish ThoughtsOur responsibility to build a better
workplace-a place we love to be inThings won’t get better-until we choose
to make them betterWe have power over the kind of place we
create
Personal ApplicationEvaluate you own Toxic Energy Dump-
physical, emotional, social, professionalCreate Personal Confidence Audit-What
have you chosen in past 6 months ?
How To Change Your AttitudeTowards students? Co workers?Stay? Leave? Don’t let them bother you?
Change your style to match theirs?Assess your own work/play ratioAre you part of the problem or solution?