1. Switch Thinking
Engaging Untapped Capability
Bruce Ross
26 November 2013*
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2. 1:1 Interview
AB (2 mins)
BA (2 mins)
(Total of 4 mins) No notes to be taken
Tell me about a peak experience or high point in your (professional)
life – a time when you felt most alive, most engaged, or really proud
of yourself or your work.
• What was it about you, the situation, the organisation or the
leadership that allowed that peak experience to emerge?
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3. Fundamental Premise
Organisations grow in the direction of:
WHERE THEY FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION
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4. Where Does Your Attention Go?
There are a range of things
we’ll be discussing today,
but ‘energy’ is the kee point.
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5. Relationship between
FOCUS and ENERGY
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What works well
What doesn’t work
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Bruce Ross, based on original idea by Malcolm Odell

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8. Where?
Strategic
Planning
(buy-in)
Leadership
Development
Team
Development
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9. Assessing Your Team Energy Levels
– Free 5pg Report
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10. Where?
Strategic
Planning
Leadership
Development
Change
Management
Team
Development
Innovation /
Problem
Solving
Coaching
Parenting
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11. Summary
BEFORE (UNAWARE STATE)
Brain’s Deficit Focus (Human condition) +
Pessismism / Risk Orientation
Effort and struggle (due to the energy leakage)
Difficult to get to/sustain proactivity & leadership
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12. Summary
AFTER (ENERGY-AWARE STATE)
Multiplier effect of raised energy levels
• Improved resilience, clearer thinking, better decision making
• Raised productivity (personally and across your team) and
profitability
Tools introduced today:
– Energy awareness (Energy chart)
– Deliberately positive questions
– Switch Thinking (Opportunity Tree)
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13. Closing
Feedback form
Questions
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14. Ignite Business Leadership
- Copy of the slides (S)
- Access to Team Energy Asssessment Report
Bruce Ross
bruce@ignitebusiness.co.nz
0800 548 900
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