13. With high quality confrontations…
What problems could be resolved?
Who would work well with whom?
What new standard could be set and achieved?
What stress would disappear?
With a partner, pick one interpersonal situation
that you want to improve. Take 2 minutes.
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14. How to Close the Gap?
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16. What are the causes of the problem?
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Poor Sales
Lack of leads
Not asking /
leads
Not adding
prospects to
database
Weak closing
Poor closing
techniques
17. Why behaviours?
They are essential for change
to occur
They are often ill-defined or
unknown
They come after every other
approach has been tried
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20. For the problem you chose before…
What are the underlying behaviors you want to
stop or start?
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With a partner, choose one behaviour to focus
on. Take 3 minutes.
22. Case Study
A client in 3 Caribbean countries (T&T, Barbados
and Jamaica)
Change coaching behaviours
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23. Custom Design:
Embed behaviours into 2 person interactive cases
with a Protagonist and an Actor
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24. Cases were custom-built
Involved interviewed with multiple executives
Looked for realistic situations
Used real language / jargon
Exaggerated to emphasize an acute problem
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25. For Example
Unknown to him, the employee has received
another job offer (for the same pay) and is in
the final stages of making a decision. This
interaction will help her decide.
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A manager must convince a seemingly lazy
employee to improve her timeliness. She has
started to arrive late to every single meeting.
26. Protagonist
The focus of the training
in each role-play
Tries his best to meet a
pre-set goal
Receives a description of
the case from his
perspective
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27. Actor
Follows a scripted role
Attempts to give the
protagonist a challenge
Receives a description of
the case from her
perspective
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29. Quiz: Starting the session
What’s the best way to start?
a) Teach people the correct best practices in the
behaviour before doing the video-taping
b) Start video-taping right away
c) Give a brief outline of the best practices
d) It doesn’t matter
e) A different answer not included above
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30. The Answer:
Each training session began with a short outline
of the principles to be used
Experience shows that what is outlined makes
little/no difference
The real action starts when the video tape starts
rolling – everyone wakes up
The principles are introduced during the
debriefing
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32. 3. Going for Immediate Improvement
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Bad
Performance
33. Debrief the video-tape slowly
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34. Twin Objectives
Feedback for the protagonist
Clearly-defined best-in-class
behaviours
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35. Further practice
Ask the Protagonist to
repeat the role-play
using the advice
received (no cameras
required)
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Why did that
work?Why did I
fail?
Why didn’t my
experience
match the
result?
37. Behaviour Traps: Trinidadians
Friendly and so indirect that the actor
would have no clue the shoe was
about to drop
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38. Behaviour Traps: Barbadians
A Bajan boss spoke for the entire 7
minutes, then defended the need
to do so – publicly deferential to a
fault
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39. Behaviour Traps: Jamaicans
Either indirect and vague, or in
school-teacher lecturing mode.
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40. No one-size-fits-all; each individual
needs enough practice to get better
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Culture Change!
41. Summary
High standards require new skills
All organizational improvements require
collaboration and feedback
The best feedback is often the hardest to give
Steady, deliberate practice is the only tactic that
works
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Title: ……How Trinidadian Executives Can Raise Their Standards Date and Time: …………To be decided/assigned……………………………………... Abstract: (200 words) “No man, it’s alright. No problem.” The Caribbean is famous for its laid-back attitude, so perfect for getting away from the stresses of the world's capitals. However, it’s not so much fun when you live here and have to experience this attitude first-hand at the Driver's Licensing Office. Why does this and other awful experiences persist? Our research at Framework Consulting tells us that it’s a historical backlash. Slavery and indentureship brought harsh consequences for the smallest infractions, and as its descendants we have responded: our workplaces are remarkably free of consequences, feedback and real accountability. Reversing the tide of history will take more than just talk however. A few years ago we embarked on a project to train over 80 of the top executives of a regional conglomerate in three countries - primarily in Trinidad but also in Barbados and Jamaica. Quite separately, we also conducted the same transformation program in these three countries in different companies. We learned that our region's professionals are loathe to give feedback, but also that it's easy to correct the problem with the right intervention using customized cases and video-taped feedback. Come and learn the nuances of changing a core behaviour that plagues Trinidadian companies.
Strong Start
We have a history of cultural confrontations gone bad
Historically – British confrontation
You know - Only way to high standards as a group is fast, effective confrontationDilemma – how do you resolve our need for harmony with our desire for results?
Point A
Dilemma – how do you resolve our need for harmony with our desire for results?Point B
I had to fire two partners. It took an hour of tense coaching to have a decent 5 minute conversation. McKinsey
With little preparation, ask them to play roles in the cases
With little preparation, ask them to play roles in the cases
Take feedback using a standard model from all observers
Shows the immediate value of a suggestion- some suggestions won’t work- others can participateTe protagonist can be surprised by what works and how it feels
As new generations enter the workplace, more practice is needed