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This workshop adapted themes and methods used in two of the School's programmes: Biography, a multi-session course for the Sloan Fellows, and the Proteus Programme. The former focuses mainly on mid-career transitions; the latter on the legacy of leaders. These themes were woven together in a workshop that invited participants to draw their lifeline and reflect on the forces and factors that have shaped their journey.
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Biography & Legacy: A Workshop
Professor Nigel NicholsonLondon Business School
Introduction
• This workshop adapted themes and methods used in two of the School’s programmes: Biography, a multi- session course for the Sloan Fellows, and the Proteus Programme. The former focuses mainly on mid-career transitions; the latter on the legacy of leaders. These themes were woven together in a workshop that invited participants to draw their lifeline and reflect on the forces and factors that have shaped their life journey.
• Take the chance to reflect on choices and changes to come, in conversations with your alumni fellow travellers on the road, and your answer to the question “Who am I and why I am here”.
THE PROTEUS CHALLENGE One World
One Life Now What?
Books by Professor Nigel Nicholson
The The ““II””
of Leadershipof Leadership
Evolution, Strategy & Evolution, Strategy & SelfSelf--Management Management
Nigel Nicholson
Life as a Journey of Transitions
Stable Changeful
Chosen
Not Chosen
A. Moored in harbour
C. Ship- wrecked
B. Sailing
D. Following the river
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“Chance favours the prepared mind” Louis Pasteur
BiographyThe Crossroads between Destiny and Drama
DestinyInner and Outer
ForcesInner: Drivers, flaws,
themes, attributes, zemblanity
Outer: Significant others, events and pressures of one’s location in history and geography
DramaChoices & Events
Choices: Moments of truth, critical
decisionsEvents: Acts of the gods,
chaos, serendipity, hazards &
opportunities
Awarenes s
ReflectionTiming
Risk
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Deliberation
Destiny•Gender•Parenting•Ego strength
Jane Austen: novelist, satirist
Drama•Parsonage milieu•Marriage offer•Move to Bath
Deliberation•Secret writing•Refusal of marriage•Letters
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Destiny•Numerical gifts•Parenting•The Depression
Drama•Columbia professor•Charlie Munger•Salomon role
Deliberation•Golf ball business•Business model•Astrid & others
Warren Buffet: investor, financial sage
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Destiny•Pampered•Gifted•Sunny
Duke Ellington: composer, bandleader
Drama•Chosen to lead•Found Billy Strayhorn•Music culture change
Deliberation•College dropout•Inclusive strategy•Teambuilding
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Destiny•Adoption•Personality•Silicon Valley
Drama•Wozniak•John Scully•India
Deliberation•Reed college•Pixar •Design & Ives
Steve Jobs: innovator, entrepreneur
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The Executive EgoWillpower, Reflection, Control &
Stress
Perceptions of RealityAwareness & beliefs about how
the world works
The Goal SystemDeep universal goals; Local & personal
goalsPerceived interests & needs
Perceptions of the SelfSelf-image, identity & memory: Material, Social, Psychological
Selves
The Action SystemRoutines, habits & beliefs
about how to work the world
Self-regulation: How we control our experience
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What battles for self-control & self-discipline do you face?
How has your view of the world and the way it works changed? How is changing
now?
How have your goals/priorities changed? How are they changing now? How do you expect them to
change in the future?
What new habits, heuristics and ways of acting have you been
developing?
Questions for Self- Management
How has your view of yourself changed – physical;
social and psychological?
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LegacyThe It’s a Wonderful Life Question
Tasks Projects
InstitutionsInitiatives
FamilyFriends
Relationshi ps
Groups
ArtefactsCreations
VirtueGiving
What difference did I
make?
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V-I-P IntegrationThe inspirational
challenge
Possible Futures Value
Proposition
Identity
DriversThe Story
Core CapabilityUnique
Attributes
Passion
Vision
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ALIGNMENT
The Story of You
Your Journey to Now
Biography
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Legacy
Your Promise to the Future
THE STORYWHO AM I AND WHY I AM HERE
The Nicholson Dictum
“Only the system that knows itself can take control of its own
destiny”
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!
