Individual
Contributor Program Topics
"The
4 Thinking Conditions"
Your will learn
the "4 Thinking Conditions,"
and how your personal thinking
profile helps or hinders your
effectiveness especially under
stress.
Establishing Your
Trustworthiness
Consistent and
dependable performance leads
to career opportunities and
advancement. Your personal thinking
profile can help or hinder your
trustworthiness. Self audit
tools are provided to assist
you in assessing how you are
perceived in your workplace
with respect to your trustworthiness.
A Flexible,
Responsive and "Can-Do"
Approach
Flexibility can
energize, encourage and generate
results. There is a difference
between the "perception"
of being flexible and actually
"being" flexible and
responsive. You will learn how
your personal thinking profile
can work for you or against
you in this area.
Organizing
Your Work
Organizing your
work gains the confidence of
others. Understand the problems
with organizing, the keys to
organizing effectively and complete
a checklist to assess your level
of organization. It also includes
how your personal thinking profile
helps you with organization
and the tendencies to watch
out for that can limit your
effectiveness.
Prioritizing
Work - Doing the most important
things first
Learn the importance
of prioritizing your work accurately.
Understand the importance of
practical thinking and how your
personal thinking orientation
can help you or limit you and
how to prioritize your work
more effectively
Manifesting
a Learning Attitude
Learn the importance
of ongoing personal growth and
development. Understand how
your personal thinking profile
affects your approach to growth
and learning. You will design
an action plan to begin pursuing
three areas that are important
for your growth.
Creating Positive
Energy
Bringing Energy
to our relationships affects
our success. Your personal thinking
orientation can be an energy
"creator" or an energy
"drain". Understand
how you can use your thinking
profile to bring more energy
into situations.
Gaining and
Keeping Your Boss' Confidence
Managers have
confidence in people that get
things done. Understand how
your profile helps get desired
results and where it can cause
problems. You'll discover ways
to reshape your thinking to
become more results oriented
and gain your boss' confidence.
Surprising
Your Boss
Understand why
surprising your boss is usually
deadly and why behaviors like
"asking for forgiveness
instead of permission"
can lead to mistrust. Understand
how your thinking orientation
that can blindly lead you to
make decisions that end up surprising
your boss. You will learn how
to improve your decision-making
to minimize the occurrence of
unpleasant surprises.
Earning the
Respect of Your Colleges
Having the respect
of your colleges is crucial
to your success. A personal
audit process is provided to
help you more accurately assess
the quality of your peer relationships
and how you can grow to gain
the respect of your peers.
Respecting
Your Colleges
Treating your
colleagues with respect is also
crucial to your success. Understand
how your personal thinking profile
can cause you to communicate
respect and disrespect and develop
strategies to show respect when
they are not consistent with
your thinking orientation.
Maximizing
Your Effectiveness
You'll review
the lessons learned in and outline
specific behaviors that successful
individual contributors demonstrate
their communication, performance
and relationship with teammates.
You will also receive a summary
of your personal strengths and
how to get the most from them
in these three areas.
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