First, realize which stage you’re in and which is next. Identify the new and opposite set of key success factors. Figure out how to close the gaping chasm and how to navigate the transformation required for a bumpy landing into the next growth stage.
“5” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69; Stephen Colbert, 56: “Once you see a problem from the top, you’ll know how to solve it. But you have to go back down and solve it on the ground.” Taurus
“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
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Happy TGIF! Hi and welcome to Friday’s Episode 104 in the first season of ” My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 18th day of October in the fall of 2019.
I’m sure I won’t be done with my file-saving averted disaster recovery. But it triggered my “return” to my “Volume Two Manuscript” covering the world of work as an employee, operating as an internal consultant within your organization or understanding what your decision-maker wants and needs when you are a consultant or executive advisor.
The recovery work will carry on at least through this weekend.
Why is this “work” important? Over the years I discovered that if you can measure 14 key success factors operating throughout stages of growth and decline, but which shift 180 degrees away from what brought success in the your current stage, then you’ve created a leadership advantage for yourself.
If your organization continues unchanged, the reversing success factors will trigger failure during the transitions from Start Up to Growth, to Maturity, into Decline and Reinvention.
What Can You Do?
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- First, realize which stage you’re in and which is next.
- Identify the new and opposite set of key success factors.
- Figure out how to close the gaping chasm and how to navigate the transformation required for a bumpy landing into the next growth stage.
- If you do you may not only survive in your assignment, but your leadership style will make you a hero or heroine in the eyes of your stakeholders.
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Today, I recovered in depth descriptions from my original research and decade of testing focusing on which stages of early organizational growth attract specific talent profiles:
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- 101 PMBI Breakpoint Inventors;
- 105 EEMA Marketing Athletes;
- 106 EEOA Operational Accelerants;
- 107 EERPT Resilient Product Teams;
- 109 SAICA Internal Change Agents;
- 111 SAAT Agile Tiger Teams and
- 116 SPIT Institutional Traditionalists
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Outer Directed (MBTI profiles):
ESFJ and ESTJ
What about the Holiday Tau for Zahn, Winkler, Emma the Baroness and me? Wow, this TauBit of Wisdom is one to ponder.
“5” Steve Zahn, 51: “Focus your attention on the one area of your life that, if changed, would favorably touch every other area of your life.” Scorpio
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
Like I said, leave it to WW&C to peel away the onion that is the essence of what drives be, gives me an advantage, but reminds me where the work really gets done.
“5” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69; Stephen Colbert, 56: “Once you see a problem from the top, you’ll know how to solve it. But you have to go back down and solve it on the ground.” Taurus
Well, hell yeah. But, I’m just too busy to pick Howey’s Holiday Tau in addition to the last one.
“3” Steve Howey, 42: “The truly secure don’t usually see the point in drawing attention to themselves, as they’re too busy just doing what comes naturally.” Cancer
Cosmic, baby or should I say babies Carell, Martin and the Woz?
“4” Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “Keep a secret to yourself with a sparkle in your eye and its impact is charismatic. Keep it to yourself with shame and its impact is a gravitational pull on your spirit.” Leo
Hmm. Kerr’s Holiday Tau makes sense, but I’m just not buying in today.
“2” Steve Kerr, 54: “Get in the mix however you can — as a volunteer, an intern or just as an unqualified person doing a job for free.” Libra
Am I getting tired swiping Aoki’s Holiday Tau? Not really, but maybe it would be easier to change my birthday.
“4” Steve Aoki, 41: “You know what you want, but your brain will object with the most interesting excuses. Don’t give it the chance. Act first; think later.” Sagittarius
Harvey’s Holiday Tau resonates with the INTP in me — an introvert who remembers experiences from a deeper past, especially by following the bread crumbs in journals.
“4” Steve Harvey, 62: “A sentimental mood makes the passage of time a little blurry. And, if so inclined, you’ll find that you can move fluidly to a feeling you had in the distant past.” Capricorn
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Inspired by: Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate