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• “…To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.”– Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

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• A key leadership principle is to “know yourself.”

• Self-awareness is a key to change– How do you respond to rules?

• Inner Rules• Outer Rules

– Questionnaire …

• Knowing how our brain works help us understand others!

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“The brain is like teflon for good experiences …

…and like velcro for bad ones.”

- Reader’s Digest, p 101, 9-2014

• What message can you find in the quote for your leadership?

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Two types of rules: Four Rule Quadrants:

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Outer Rules (Like Laws/Policies)

Inner Rules (like habits,

beliefs)

Questioner Upholder

Obliger Rebel

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• Question both inner and outer rules?


…are motivated by sound reasoning

•Won’t follow rules with which they disagree

• “Wake up and say what needs to be done today?”

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•Respond readily to inner and outer rules


…are motivated by fulfillment

• “Wake up and say what is on the schedule and to-do list today?”

•Very much want to know the rules and what is expected of them

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• Respond readily to outer rules but struggle to keep inner rules


… are motivated by external accountability

•Find it difficult to fulfill obligation they impose on themselves

• “Wake up and say what is expected of me today?”

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• Resist both inner and outer rules


…are motivated by present desire

•Resist control, even self-control

• “Wake up and say what do I want to do today?”

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Questioners Quadrant 1…are motivated by sound reasoning• Won’t follow rules with which they

disagree• “Wake up and say what needs to be done

today?”• Question both inner and outer rules?

Upholders Quadrant 2…are motivated by fulfillment• Very much want to know the rules and

what is expected of them• “Wake up and say what is on the schedule

and to-do list today?”• Respond readily to inner and outer rules

Obligers Quadrant 3… are motivated by external accountability• Respond readily to outer rules but struggle

to keep inner rules• Find it difficult to fulfill obligation they

impose on themselves• “Wake up and say what is expected of me

today?”

Rebels Quadrant 4…are motivated by present desire• Resist both inner and outer rules• Resist control, even self-control• “Wake up and say what do I want to do

today?”http://www.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2014/03/quiz-are-you-an-upholder-a-questioner-a-rebel-or-an-obliger/

Response to inner and outer rules …

http://www.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2014/03/quiz-are-you-an-upholder-a-questioner-a-rebel-or-an-obliger/



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Applying the “inner and outer rule” mindsets to your “BHD”

What can you do with it?

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Motion Leadership

Provides a framework of seven themes and examples where practice is the driver.


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The simple part is that the seven themes are easy to grasp one by one.The complex part is getting good at applying them in combination.

Simplexity


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http://www.michaelfullan.ca/motion-leadership-the-skinny/





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Motion Leadership

“Leadership is difficult because people are complicated and sometimes unmanageable. But you don’t need fancy theory to tell you that.The answer is much simpler – but not simplistic.”


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The Change Leader Model*

*ModifiedChange Leader, Michael Fullan, 2011


Motivate the Masses

Collaborate to Compete

Learn Confidently

→Be Resolute

←Know ImpactRealized Effectives

Do Deliberatively and Sustain SimplexityPractice Drives Theory

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Key Insight #1The effective change leader actively participates as a learner in helping the organization improve.

Practice Drives Theory


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Key #1 Practice Drives Theory“In my experience, effective change leaders …. don’t start with imagining the future. They walk into the future through examining their own and others’ best practices, looking for insights they had not noticed before.”


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Key #1 Practice Drives Theory1. Most good ideas come from first

examining the practice of others.2. Try out the new ideas yourself.3. Draw conclusions – expand on them.

Deliberative Doing


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Key Insight #2Effective change leaders combine resolute moral purpose with impressive empathy.

Wisdom of Michael Fullan


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Key #2 Resolute Leadership

The resolute leader stays the course no matter what – but at the same time spawns focused determination by mobilizing and motivating others.


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