but instead of being a beautiful beacon of a lighthouse, you feel like you’re part of the wrong team?
Put another way, have you ever been part of a group of well-intentioned people that goes nowhere? It’s highly likely that the words, ‘nice,’ ‘interesting’ and ‘why not?’ have been uttered multiple times in your group sessions. However, despite the pure desires, there’s no engagement, cohesion or output. I’ve been part of many such ‘lovely’ groups. But they inevitably flitter and flutter and eventually fall apart. It feels like we need to learn how to have tougher groups, where criteria for entry are set higher, where sanctions for not following through are pre-established and where everyone who participates knows that there is a bigger and higher purpose that unites. This is when groups form engaged, resolutely responsible and disproportionately successful teams.
Yes, love this… the big issues like “peoples readiness to for climate change” and “let’s level up wealth globally” just don’t gain the traction they should..
Is it that we have more than 40 years left and don’t need to worry about starting fixing these things exponentially yet… ? Maybe, but I just think that’s a risky play
Better to get everyone ready for making their own changes now, particularly if the solution to nurture that in just 90 days already exists..(it does, I’ve honed it in ftse100’s this past 15 years)
But will people think the idea above is just nice..? Just novel..? Just interesting..?
..but not really engage..?
Let’s find out.. sign me up for a group Minter..!!
Thanks for your enthusiastic comment John! As I see it, the challenge for making these groups is knowing how to formulate the WHY we gather. The why must be specific and everyone who joins must be linked personally into that more specific WHY. I'm even in favour of making entry require a concrete commitment of sorts (e.g. some form of contribution).
Can't agree more Minter! We need a why, a commitment with concrete asks and also clarity around what each person give/gets. And then always asking the tough questions as to what is working and what is not without fear. There is no other way...because the alternative is to die by a thousand cuts where there is waning engagement and then...nothing.
that's so true, Reena. The good intentions is 'nice' but not enough. And the ability to ask those tough questions is so needed. Better to ask them early than later. It's a completely under-appreciated skill/talent to be able to ask those difficult questions. The fact is that we need to bring strategic consideration to bear in whatever we're doing... in other words, choose what we do and don't want to do, to understand the scope and make best use of our limited resources.
I agree with this Minter, and have been practicing what I call "engaged listening" for a few years now. The idea is to get beyond the one-word comments as you have described. When listening to a podcast when driving, I often pull to make a serious comment rather than do a one word comment at a light, or forget to engage at all. Several years ago I formed a "Secret Board of Advisors" - people who I follow closely and make an effort to engage with their content. One person actually noticed and commented on my engagement to me! For me, this makes the whole process more fun, .... and I end up learning much more. Best to you!
Charlie: we all need to have a behind-the-scenes board of advisors... People who have our back and are prepared to tell it like it is: "tough lovers." Engaged listening is more powerful than much of the scattered, superficial listening and reading we do as we scroll and pinch our way through our "smart" phone.
Yes, love this… the big issues like “peoples readiness to for climate change” and “let’s level up wealth globally” just don’t gain the traction they should..
Is it that we have more than 40 years left and don’t need to worry about starting fixing these things exponentially yet… ? Maybe, but I just think that’s a risky play
Better to get everyone ready for making their own changes now, particularly if the solution to nurture that in just 90 days already exists..(it does, I’ve honed it in ftse100’s this past 15 years)
But will people think the idea above is just nice..? Just novel..? Just interesting..?
..but not really engage..?
Let’s find out.. sign me up for a group Minter..!!
Thanks for your enthusiastic comment John! As I see it, the challenge for making these groups is knowing how to formulate the WHY we gather. The why must be specific and everyone who joins must be linked personally into that more specific WHY. I'm even in favour of making entry require a concrete commitment of sorts (e.g. some form of contribution).
Can't agree more Minter! We need a why, a commitment with concrete asks and also clarity around what each person give/gets. And then always asking the tough questions as to what is working and what is not without fear. There is no other way...because the alternative is to die by a thousand cuts where there is waning engagement and then...nothing.
that's so true, Reena. The good intentions is 'nice' but not enough. And the ability to ask those tough questions is so needed. Better to ask them early than later. It's a completely under-appreciated skill/talent to be able to ask those difficult questions. The fact is that we need to bring strategic consideration to bear in whatever we're doing... in other words, choose what we do and don't want to do, to understand the scope and make best use of our limited resources.
I agree with this Minter, and have been practicing what I call "engaged listening" for a few years now. The idea is to get beyond the one-word comments as you have described. When listening to a podcast when driving, I often pull to make a serious comment rather than do a one word comment at a light, or forget to engage at all. Several years ago I formed a "Secret Board of Advisors" - people who I follow closely and make an effort to engage with their content. One person actually noticed and commented on my engagement to me! For me, this makes the whole process more fun, .... and I end up learning much more. Best to you!
Charlie: we all need to have a behind-the-scenes board of advisors... People who have our back and are prepared to tell it like it is: "tough lovers." Engaged listening is more powerful than much of the scattered, superficial listening and reading we do as we scroll and pinch our way through our "smart" phone.
Absolutely! Having just been the recipient of a “tough talk” from my … daughter… I truly understand and appreciate its honest, true value!
It's easier to take when it comes from a good place/heart!