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Hidden Productivity Gremlins

& how to defeat them

A cautionary Skit

Your Hopes?

(for the evening/for work)

Hidden Productivity Gremlins

& how to defeat them

Avoiding Avoidance Strategies

Self-Defeating Behavior Influences

Procrastination- how to minimize it

Changing bad and ugly habits to good habits

avoiding

avoidance strategies

What do you do instead

When you are avoiding

your Most Important Work

(that you DON’T WANT TO DO)?

**BE HONEST!**

Avoidance

What is avoidance?

What is behind avoidance?

Suppression

Repression

Dissociative (DID)

energy allocation

Fight or Flight

Immune

Cell replenishment

Energy replenishment

self-defeating

behavior influences

What category

Best resonates

With you?

Performance?

Accommodation?

Conformance?

Strokes

Performance Oriented Strokes

Accommodation Oriented Strokes

Conformance Oriented Strokes

procrastination:

from shiny objects to

ambiguous obligations

WHY do you think

we procrastinate?

Story of Madai

Task related anxieties

Distractions

The job of a problem…

Procrastination is usually a

problem!

changing

bad and ugly habits

into good habits

How long does it take

YOU – PERSONALLY-

To establish a new habit?

(be honest, THINK for a moment first)

Intellectual

Guidance System

Primitive

Guidance System

Diet time!

Cueing Devices

Spotlighting

TIME LEFT?

people,

personalities

and productivity

Workbook - Page 38

Personality Traits

Continuum 1 2 3 4 5

Control

Orientation

Submissive Accommodating Balanced Controlling Domineering

Interaction

Orientation

Withdrawn Low Need Balanced Prefer High Need

People/Task

Orientation

Task Only

Strong Focus

on Task

Balanced

Somewhat

People Oriented

Highly People

Oriented

Activity

Orientation

Highly

Spontaneous

Somewhat

Spontaneous

Balanced

Somewhat

Methodical

Highly

Methodical

Policeman

Research Scientist

Teacher

Trauma Surgeon

Airline Pilot

Salesperson

Therapist

Overall Job Performance

Reward programs

Relationships

Communication

Training $$$

STEP 1

Blind match

STEP 2

Consider current

person or candidate

Personality

Assessment

Revise responsibilities

Revise team

Training

Reassignment or termination

Upstream Solutions

downstream problems

After Class

Exercise

Workbook

Page 41

SUMMARY-

What One Point is valuable?

Avoiding Avoidance Strategies

Self-Defeating Behavior Influences

Procrastination- how to minimize it

Changing bad and ugly habits to good habits

thank you Increase your profit?

Increase your productivity.

Discover what is holding YOU back

(hidden)

Lucky free session- what is it?

Hate meetings? Try this:

Meeting Effectiveness Quiz

1. Assess your skills- capitalize on your strengths.

2. Learn what is really holding you back from

reaching your goals.

3. Try on simple strategies to get your email, your

calendar, your life back in control.

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