Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears You are professionally parachuted into unfamiliar

terrain…..Survival Guide to orienting, surviving and thriving in your new role.

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Perspective


Core principles for adaptation

•  Control your adrenaline – gather yourself •  Orient •  Inventory •  Hyper Awareness •  Fall Forward •  Break your activity goals into small pieces •  Work in bursts, pause, review then fine tune


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Transition into a leadership Role

•  Orient First – resist the adrenaline urge to “do something”

•  Identify the first 3 objectives –  Find the experts and “recruit” them as mentors

•  Culture – ensure 0 distortion at start •  Team – immediate gap analysis •  Remember the more you coach and follow-up

the better, resist the urge to demonstrate your prowess at the activity.


Getting up to Speed

•  Resources –  Find out what is available –  Where are the formal and informal internal

networks and who are the hubs ? –  Gently introduce yourself and find commonality in

your missions, “recruit” an ally, gain internal intelligence…rapidly


What should you do if your training doesn't get you up to speed?

•  Good Training – teaches you skills or mindsets which enable you to be more productive.

•  Bad Training – all other •  If Yours is not enough – train yourself and do

your own research to become an expert. –  Use this training to help others thus expanding your

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How has the mentor relationship changed?

•  Higher expectations on the mentee to be focused and able to articulate the purpose of the relationship –  Mentor must receive ROI (indirectly or directly)

•  Reverse mentoring becoming more popular –  You teach your mentor in return for their time. –  As they interact with you more they learn more


Core principles for adaptation

•  Self-Awareness is key •  You have to be in the moment, at all times. •  Pay attention to what works, what does not

work, who is considered great and model what works…..then expand outward.

•  Be Honest, Deliver on your Commitments and saying “Thank you” is not a sign of weakness.


Are leaders changing their style to deal with the more collaborative, and less top down, way that the Millennial

generation prefers?

•  The Smart Ones Are •  I see a trend where leaders are recruiting for

intangibles related to collaboration –  Bring in the people with the skill and expectation –  Mold them to the culture and leader


CASE STUDY #1: Jane has been recruiting in the finance industry for the last 5 years. Now, she finds herself recruiting for a

hospital.

Where am I ?


The Quick List •  Link the Known to the Unknown

–  What do you know that transfers directly over ?

•  What do you need to know and how to learn it •  3 Things Top Performers Do •  3 – Absolutely Do Not Do this •  Stay synched to supervisor in terms of parallel

vision, systematically create feedback and show how rapidly you can respond.

•  People don’t expect perfect, they expect courage and progression.

SourceCon Challenge Clue

•  "The clue to help you get a jump start on the Challenge, which will be starting tomorrow, is 'site tags.'"


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