1. Closing the gaps between what people say and do, and between perceived and actual realities, requires work at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, and organizational levels.
2. Regular one-on-one conversations and trainings in self-awareness can help align thoughts, words, and actions within and between individuals.
3. Meetings and retrospectives can then scale these efforts to groups, while business practices and culture shape behaviors across the organization.
4. Sustained practice over time through multiple complementary approaches may systematize and spread more conscious ways of working.
15. 2nd job
1st job Roles
Responsibili+es
Tasks
Competencies
Qualifica+ons
Covering up our weaknesses
Managing people’s impression of us
Hiding uncertain+es
Hiding limita+ons
Protec+ng ourselves
Avoiding conflict
Playing the Game
Hoarding informa+on and rela+onships
16. Single biggest
drain on
energy and
resources in
organisations.
2nd job
Managing people’s impression of us
Hiding uncertain+es
Hiding limita+ons
Protec+ng ourselves
Playing the Game
Hoarding informa+on and rela+onships
It compounds!
Covering up our weaknesses
Avoiding conflict
17. What we think happens What actually happens
What we feel What we say
What we say What we do
What’s said in the corridor What we say in a meeting
How we assess someone’s
performance at the time
What we provide as
feedback later
Org’s principles and values How we apply them
Org’s deepest purposes How we operate at all levels
What we say to someone What we say to another
What we do for us What we do for them
2nd
JOB
GAP
22. 2nd
JOB
GAP
Interpersonal
What we see happen What actually happens
What we feel What we say
What we say What we do
What’s said in the corridor What we say in a meeting
How we assess someone’s
performance at the time
What we provide as
feedback later
Org’s principles and values How we apply them
Org’s deepest purposes How we operate at all levels
What we say to someone What we say to another
What we do for us What we do for them
26. 2nd
JOB
GAP
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
What we see happen What actually happens
What we feel What we say
What we say What we do
What’s said in the corridor What we say in a meeting
How we assess someone’s
performance at the time
What we provide as
feedback later
Org’s principles and values How we apply them
Org’s deepest purposes How we operate at all levels
What we say to someone What we say to another
What we do for us What we do for them
31. Bodily maps of emotions, Lauri N, Enrico G, Riitta H, Jari K. H. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1321664111
32. 2nd
JOB
GAP
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
What we see happen What actually happens
What we feel What we say
What we say What we do
How we assess someone’s
performance at the time
What we provide as
feedback later
Org’s principles and values How we apply them
Org’s deepest purposes How we operate at all levels
What we say to someone What we say to another
Group
What’s said in the corridor What we say in a meeting
What we do for us What we do for them
35. 2nd
JOB
GAP
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Group
Organisation
What we see happen What actually happens
What we feel What we say
What we say What we do
What’s said in the corridor What we say in a meeting
How we assess someone’s
performance at the time
What we provide as
feedback later
Org’s principles and values How we apply them
Org’s deepest purposes How we operate at all levels
What we say to someone What we say to another
What we do for us What we do for them
36. The pursuit of profit serves as the
practice ground for personal growth
53. 1. Start to notice the 2nd job.
2. Close the gaps across all 4 levels.
(intrapersonal, interpersonal, group,
organisation)
3. Organisations are complex and need multiple
ways to tackle things. There’s no single silver
bullet.
4. Change how you do your 1st job so it can help
clear the 2nd job.