Hidden Productivity Gremlins
& how to defeat them
A cautionary Skit
Your Hopes?
(for the evening/for work)
Hidden Productivity Gremlins
& how to defeat them
Avoiding Avoidance Strategies
Self-Defeating Behavior Influences
Procrastination- how to minimize it
Changing bad and ugly habits to good habits
avoiding
avoidance strategies
What do you do instead
When you are avoiding
your Most Important Work
(that you DON’T WANT TO DO)?
**BE HONEST!**
Avoidance
What is avoidance?
What is behind avoidance?
Suppression
Repression
Dissociative (DID)
energy allocation
Fight or Flight
Immune
Cell replenishment
Energy replenishment
self-defeating
behavior influences
What category
Best resonates
With you?
Performance?
Accommodation?
Conformance?
Strokes
Performance Oriented Strokes
Accommodation Oriented Strokes
Conformance Oriented Strokes
procrastination:
from shiny objects to
ambiguous obligations
WHY do you think
we procrastinate?
Story of Madai
Task related anxieties
Distractions
The job of a problem…
Procrastination is usually a
problem!
changing
bad and ugly habits
into good habits
How long does it take
YOU – PERSONALLY-
To establish a new habit?
(be honest, THINK for a moment first)
Intellectual
Guidance System
Primitive
Guidance System
Diet time!
Cueing Devices
Spotlighting
TIME LEFT?
people,
personalities
and productivity
Workbook - Page 38
Personality Traits
Continuum 1 2 3 4 5
Control
Orientation
Submissive Accommodating Balanced Controlling Domineering
Interaction
Orientation
Withdrawn Low Need Balanced Prefer High Need
People/Task
Orientation
Task Only
Strong Focus
on Task
Balanced
Somewhat
People Oriented
Highly People
Oriented
Activity
Orientation
Highly
Spontaneous
Somewhat
Spontaneous
Balanced
Somewhat
Methodical
Highly
Methodical
Policeman
Research Scientist
Teacher
Trauma Surgeon
Airline Pilot
Salesperson
Therapist
Overall Job Performance
Reward programs
Relationships
Communication
Training $$$
STEP 1
Blind match
STEP 2
Consider current
person or candidate
Personality
Assessment
Revise responsibilities
Revise team
Training
Reassignment or termination
Upstream Solutions
downstream problems
After Class
Exercise
Workbook
Page 41
SUMMARY-
What One Point is valuable?
Avoiding Avoidance Strategies
Self-Defeating Behavior Influences
Procrastination- how to minimize it
Changing bad and ugly habits to good habits
thank you Increase your profit?
Increase your productivity.
Discover what is holding YOU back
(hidden)
Lucky free session- what is it?
Hate meetings? Try this:
Meeting Effectiveness Quiz
1. Assess your skills- capitalize on your strengths.
2. Learn what is really holding you back from
reaching your goals.
3. Try on simple strategies to get your email, your
calendar, your life back in control.