© Phil Jones – 2012

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My story so far….

Time

Growth

I.Q.

E.Q.

Manchester Director of the Year

North West Director of the Year

Sales Director (2001)

General ManagerProduct Manager

Salesman

Shortlist UKDirector of the Year

Future

European IndustryProfessional of the Year

Board Director (03)

GiveOpen

Aware

CreationOpportunityPossibilities

API+Patch

Joined Twitter

Started Blogging

“10 Takeaways”Leadership Food for Thought

© Phil Jones - 2012

Time is the #1 killer of creativity.

T1

Deadlines, people problems, home problems, baby didn’t sleep, constant interruptions, dog puked on the sofa, flights delayed, laptops crashed, no time, working late, sighSound familiar?

You’re in a right state

• Beta – Busy, tasks, doing, functioning• Alpha – Relaxed States (Exercising)• Theta – Deep meditation and dreaming• Delta – Unconscious/Sub-conscious

• Conscious (beta) thinking only burns around 4-15% of your brain power, yet we spend most of our awake time there…..

Processing Power vs. State

Frequency

Rare

Frequent

Utilisation

Low

High

CREATE/REACT

T2

You can’t go back and make a brand new start, but you can start now and make a brand new

ending.

MBS is the new MBA(EQ is the IQ)

T3

If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.

T4

Right People, Right Seats

Managing people is more complicated than rocket science, but some science is needed…. T5

Delegate3

T6

T7

There are no speed limits on the road to excellence….

Criticism says more about you than anyone else

T8

Capability/VulnerabilityCentre of Gravity, Main Effort, Critical Requirements

Be Regimented in your approach to your competition

T9

Opportunity EngineeringOpportunities are never lost,

someone will always take the ones you miss….

T10

And here’s 5 bonus points1. The emotional health of the leader dicates the health of the

business (f you’re not 100%, invariably the business isn’t).2. Too little pressure = underperformance/apathy, too much pressure

= underperformance/stress. Optimum pressure = optimum performance.

3. Keep your “WITS” about you. WITS is an acronym for “Walk in their shoes”. (Easiest way to see things from the other side of the table and always consider the other parties point of view if there is a conflict or impasse).

4. Transparency counts for a lot (trustworthiness and authenticity are key).

5. Consistency counts (no consistency, no trust).

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