Converting your Opportunities: Making your Biggest Opportunity for 2015 / 2016 a Reality

Converting the Opportunity:

Making your biggest opportunity for 2015/2016 a reality

What is your biggest challenge for

the next 12 months?

Setting the Scene

TREND SUMMARY

ROBOTICS GLOBALISATION DATA CONNECTION CONVENIENCE

CURRENT MARKET INSIGHTS

Ref: Deloittes Human Capital Trends survey 2015

Leadership

Capability

Biggest Gap

FURTHER INSIGHTS

Ref: Deloittes Human Capital Trends survey 2015

Make Complex Simple

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

Market

Penetration

Market

Expansion

Product

Expansion Diversification

New

Existing

PRO

DU

CTS

1 2

3 4

Existing New MARKETS

INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

PEOPLE PROCESSES

What is your biggest opportunity for

2015/2016?

Using Intuition

INTUITION Definitions

• “Explores the unknown, and senses

possibilities and implications which may not

be readily apparent”

Carl Jung 1923

• “Intuition is the subconscious integration of all

the experiences, conditioning, and

knowledge of a lifetime”

Bonabeau 2003

WHAT IS INTUITION?

Question: What has been your experience with intuition?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6X9-br--jM

INTUITION Mindshop Model

• Remove the noise

• Be more aware

• Record whatever happens

• Interpret the results

HOW IT WORKS 2015/2016 Opportunity

Exercise:

Reflect on your Now and Where for 2015 / 2016

and use intuition to note down what you feel is your key opportunity?

Strategies for Success

MINDMAPPING

1. Define the issue.

2. Brainstorm the elements.

3. Add branches to form the Mindmap.

MAPPING OUT EACH OPPORTUNITY

Exercise:

Complete a Mindmap to flesh out each opportunity then Pareto the

Mindmap to identify the top 3 ideas which will provide 80% of the

impact/benefit?

Taking your Strategies into Action

EXERCISE

Select the key items from your mindmap and place them into this

Now, Where, How matrix. Seek to have 2-3 HOW items against

each strategy item. After 15 minutes switch sides.

PUSHING THROUGH BARRIERS

Question:

What barriers can you create to help accelerate you with your opportunity and grow

personally?

Barriers can include:

• Growing the business

• New job

• Big Presentation

• Too much work

• Retrench a person

• Learn new skills

Benefits of pushing through:

• Confidence

• Swagger

• Leadership

• Time Management

• Business Acumen

• Success (Growth /

Profit)

What else?

Your One Page Plan

CAPTURING YOUR ONE PAGE PLAN

1. Populate your One Page Plan with the information gathered from all the

Now/Where, Opportunities, MindMap, Pareto and Now, Where, How matrix

activities completed today.

2. Ensure your actions can be implemented (i.e. not statements).

Summary

POST YOUR KEY ACTIONS FROM TODAY

SUMMARY Key Points from Today

• Load up your opportunity and place it into Mindshop Online so I

can assist you make it a success or share it with Ian or Russ

• Leverage this process you have gone through today with your team

to drive change and convert opportunities into actions

• What are your next steps for implementation of your plans?

What is your key message from today’s

webinar?

How do we work with businesses?

We develop a tailored solution to meet your specific needs:

All services are at agreed fixed price

Take the 30-minute Challenge

Book a free 30-minute call and we will

discuss your Top Issues and create a

plan to address them.

Go to www.takethe30minutechallenge.com

THANK YOU Russell Cummings

Business Consultant

M: 0414 929 585

W: www.sbdbusiness.com.au

E: [email protected]

Ian Watson

Director, WLW Group

Fax: 07 5576 4404

W: www.wlw.com.au

E: [email protected]