Transcript Most of us lead busy, but undisciplined lives. We

Most of us lead busy, but undisciplined lives. We
have ever-expanding “to do” lists, trying to build
momentum by doing, doing, doing, and doing more.
Those who built the “Good to Great” companies,
however, made as much use of “stop doing” lists as
the “to do” lists. They displayed a remarkable amount
of discipline to unplug all sorts of extraneous junk.
- Jim Collins (from Good to Great)
Personal Leadership
Self Management
Douglas Maurer, DO, MPH
Amanda Cuda, MD
Faculty Development Fellowship
Objectives
Contrasted personal leadership and selfmanagement
Developed personal leadership approach
Considered personal boundary influences
Explored approaches to self management
Provided with tools to manage our busy lives
Personal leadership vs.
Self-management
• Discuss the differences between
personal leadership and selfmanagement
• Can you think of some examples?
• We will hear a sample
1 minute
Personal Leadership
What are my Goals?
What is my Mission?
Activity #1:
Overarching Goals
• List your overarching or long-term goals
• Covey’s funeral exercise
3 minutes
Activity #2:
Mission Statement
• Use your goals to capture your personal
mission statement in 1-3 sentences
• This is a leadership tool to guide selfmanagement
5 minutes
Activity #3: To Do List
• Make a To Do List for the next two weeks
• List whatever comes to mind
5 minutes
Personal Leadership
Challenges
• Personal boundary problems can
pose leadership challenges
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Compliants
Avoidants
Controllers
Non-responsives
Compliants
• Say “yes” to the bad
• Take on too many responsibilities
• Set too few boundaries
Avoidants
• Say “no” to the good
• Inability to…
- Ask for help
- Recognize one’s own needs
- Let others in
Controllers
• Do not respect others’ boundaries
• “No” means “maybe”
• “Maybe” means “yes”
Non-responsives
• Ignore others’ needs when they have the
resources and availability
• Self-absorbed
• Insensitive to the needs of others
Activity #4: Personal
Boundary Issues
• What are your personal boundary issues?
• Based on your boundary issues, change
some items on your To Do List
2 minutes
Self Management
How do I get stuff done?
The Covey Approach
• Mission statement driven
• Begin with the end in mind
• Put first things first
→Organize and execute around priorities
Activity #5: Prioritize Tasks
• Compare your To Do List to your
overarching goals and mission statement
• “Star” those tasks in alignment
• These are your important tasks
2 minutes
Organizing for Success
Urgent
Not Urgent
Important
Consuming
I
Effective
II
Leadership
Not
Important
III
Ineffective
IV
“Begin with the end in mind”
Activity #6: Covey Matrix
• Categorize the items from your To Do List
into the To Do Matrix
• Those tasks aligned with your overarching
goals should be listed on top
5 minutes
Things to Consider
• Too much time on unimportant tasks?
• Consumed by crisis management?
• How will you increase time in Category II?
• How will you decrease Category I?
How do you feel?
• Perpetually exhausted
• Not fully engaged
• Feel guilty
• Feel dissatisfied
• Quickly frustrated
• Sleep poorly
• No time to exercise
• No healthy foods
• Eat at your desk
• Frequently ill
Manage Your Energy not
Your Time
• Time is a finite resource, energy is not
• Energy defined as capacity to work
• Energy = body + emotions + mind + spirit
• Energy can be systematically renewed
• Establish specific rituals that are energy
renewing
• Get rid of behaviors that are energy sucking
Energy Suckers
Energy Renewing
Outlook Email
1.Choose your email access wisely
2.Do not write fight or flight emails
3.Delete and purge
4.Triage
5.Complete the task
6.Only keep three email folders
7.Be a good email writer
8.Make the keyboard efficient
Outlook Tasks
1.Are you a list maker?
2.Do you need to be a list maker?
3.Write it down and forget it.
4.Check the box
5.Start with ankle biter issues
6.Have long term list
7.Make your daily list
8.It’s ok if the list gets blown up
Google Calendar
GQueues
Final Thoughts
• What am I going to do differently tomorrow?
• What will I change to lead the next 2 weeks
of my life? The next 2 months?
• Consider conducting this exercise with your
spouse or colleagues
Objectives
Contrasted personal leadership and selfmanagement
Developed personal leadership approach
Considered personal boundary influences
Explored approaches to self management
Provided with tools to manage our busy lives
Questions?