This document summarizes a presentation by Stephen Miles on becoming a high performance manager. The presentation discusses applying game theory to career management and identifies different types of mentors that can help individuals succeed. It also outlines qualities observed in highly successful leaders, such as having a resilient and mature approach, strong communication skills, and the ability to prioritize and focus. The presentation concludes by suggesting Rypple as a tool to implement best practices in the workplace.

1. Become a high
performance manager
presented by
CONFIDENTIAL

2. Your host Our guest
Daniel Debow Stephen Miles
Rypple co-founder & co-CEO Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles
Executive coach
rypple.com Author of Your Career Game
Visit: yourcareergame.com
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3. Stephen A. Miles
Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles Thought Leadership
In Brief: Books:
Your Career Game (2010)
Runs Leadership Advisory Services within the Leadership Applying Lessons from Game Theory
Consulting Practice to the Management of Your Career
Stanford University Press
Oversees the firm’s worldwide executive assessment &
succession planning activities
Riding Shotgun (2006)
Key member of Heidrick & Struggles’ CEO and Board
The Role of the COO
303 Peachtree Street NE Practice
Suite 4300 Stanford Business Books
Atlanta, GA 30308 Recognised expert on the role of the COO
United States
Leaders Talk Leadership (2002)
tel: +1 (404) 682 7347
Coach to many global Fortune 100 CEOs and COOs Top Executives Speak Their Minds
fax: +1 (404) 577 4048 Oxford University Press
Extensive international experience
smiles@heidrick.com
Broad industry expertise
Regularly Featured in:
Frequent speaker on CEO succession, coaching C-level
executives, talent management and complementary
leadership at the top (high performance teams)
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s of
Business Administration (summa cum laude), both from
Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada
Master’s Degree in Psychology (summa cum laude) from
the University of Victoria

4. Agenda
Your Career Game
Mentoring That Matters
Coaching Tips + Leadership Behaviors
Q&A

5. Your Career is a Game
There is a goal – a way to win:
A series of moves are made in pursuit of the goal.
A defined field of play.
Play is governed by rules players may follow.
A number of players and other actors can impact play.
But What is Game Theory?

6. Your BEST move now depends on
what you know about what OTHERS
have done and will do!
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7. Think About Your Career Game…
Who are the players?
What options are open to each player?
What goals are being pursued by each player?

8. To play the game…
….you must understand the different types of moves:
Incidental
Instrumental
Blunders

9. Are You Ready to Make Your Move?
Move #1 Move #2 Move #3 Move #4
Identify Your Make Early Moves Strengthen Your Manage your
Competitive that Matter Weak Ties Mentoring
Advantage

10. Your Career Game
Applying Lessons from Game Theory
to the Management of Your Career
Stanford University Press
Stephen A. Miles & Nathan Bennett

11. Three Different Types of Mentors
Yoda
Rising Star
Truth Teller

12. Observed Qualities of Highly Successful
Leaders
Micro-
Leadership
Resilient and Socratic
Mature Approach
Managing an
Team Leadership Outcome/Ability
to Influence
Prioritize and
Collaborative
Focused
Strong
Relationship
Communication
Building
Skills
Good Listener

13. Answering your questions
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14. Want an easy way to use Stephen’s
best practices in your workplace?
Try Rypple today!
Contact us to learn how:
events@rypple.com
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