Get.Keep.Advance Five Skills to a Better Career
Get.Keep.Advance Five Skills to a Better Career
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The Big Key
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The Five Skills To a Better Career
Self Awareness
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Know what you
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Who am I?
Likesdislikeshabitsskillstalentsstoriesfears joysfriendsfamilyhometowngoalsdreams
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What's Your PLI ViewPoint?.
Five Skills to a Better Career
Personal Leadership Insight is our understanding of how to positively influence people and situations to create value and growth. The ten P.L.I. Essentials are Vision, Integrity, Innovativeness, Wise Judgment, Service Mindedness, Goal Processing, Skill Assessment, Emotional Maturity, Fostering Relationships and Masterful Communication. Your P.L.I. ViewPoint is a snapshot of your leadership style. It is a reflection of how you communicate your influence to others. Your ability to apply and engage your P.L.I. is determined in large measure by how clearly you understand your ViewPoint. H o w T o S c o r e T h e T e s t There are word groupings or descriptions that are placed across the page. We have supplied three words in each grouping to give you a better idea of the personality trait that we are describing. Please read and score the groupings going across the page. You will be required to evaluate yourself and then place your scoring of the descriptions according to how your personality relates to those words. You must score each box with a 4, 3, 2, or 1. You can use each number only once per row. Place a 4 under the group of words that BEST describe you. Then choose the next with a 3, the next with a 2 and finally the LEAST like you with a 1.
SECTION A
SECTION B
Active Opportunistic Spontaneous
Parental Traditional Responsible
Competitive Forceful Impactive
SECTION C
SECTION D
Authentic Harmonious Compassionate
Versatile Inventive Competent
Practical Sensible Dependable
Unique Empathetic Communicative
Curious Conceptual Knowledgeable
Realistic Open-Minded Adventurous
Loyal Conservative Organized
Devoted Warm Poetic
Theoretical Seeking Ingenious
Daring Impulsive Fun
Concerned Procedural Cooperative
Tender Inspirational Dramatic
Determined Complex Composed
Exciting Courageous Skillful
Orderly Conventional Careful
Spirited Affectionate Sympathetic
Philosophical Principled Rational
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Understanding P.L.I. ViewPoints C A B D Actor Director Manager Writer Your highest score represents your Primary ViewPoint. This is also the leadership style you most readily identify with in others. Your lowest score represents your Shadow ViewPoint. You probably struggle communicating with this leadership style. The key understanding that adds tremendous value to your Personal Leadership Insight is knowing how to maximize the value of your Primary ViewPoint and knowing how to recognize the value of the other three ViewPoints.
ACTORS see self as: Fun-loving Spontaneous Here and now person Curious Problem-solver
DIRECTORS see self as: Stable Dependable Executive type Goal-oriented Orderly, neat
MANAGERS see self as: WRITERS see self as: Warm, caring Romantic Creative People-person Caretaker
Superior intellect Efficient Calm, not emotional Objective Great planner
Others see as:
Others see as:
Others see as:
Others see as:
Dislike:
Dislike:
Dislike:
Dislike:
Praise their:
Praise their:
Praise their:
Praise their:
Irresponsible Not serious Indecisive Disobeys rules Not able to stay on task Rigidness Authority Rules Cleverness Skill Motivational skills
Rigid Bossy Opinionated Dull, boring Stubborn
Non-conformity Ambiguity Waste Accomplishments Sense of responsibility Thoroughness
Over-emotional Naïve Touchy-feely Talks too much Ignores policies Insincerity Hypocrisy Deception Honesty Contributions to group Personal achievement
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Intellectual snob Arrogant Cool, aloof Afraid to open up Doesn’t care for people Incompetence Unfairness Injustice Competence Quality of work Good ideas
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Know how to get
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5 Critical Team Skills 1.
Talk up about people not in the room. It will build trust with those that are in the room.
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Talk more about solutions than challenges. Your value increases exponentially when you creatively solve problems (seen and unseen).
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Smile more and be nice to people. Acting as an encouraging and uplifting force is an effective team skill.
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If you are a talker, listen more. If you are a listener, talk more. Be balanced.
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Fight off the urge to compare your talents and skills with your peers. Your judgment of success should be A) your ability in relation to your capacity and B) the frequency of your compliments of your peers’ abilities.
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Know how to get
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Need Me
People you encourage, support and feed their needs.
Lead Me
Your peers, friends and family members who provide support.
Feed Me
Mentors, heroes and authors providing you intellectual and emotional nourishment.
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Managing Your Time What is your task efficiency rate? We have always maintained that we are able to accomplish more than most around YourNextSpeaker because we get more done during the day. We maximize our time. Consider the following "time additives" to improve your efficiency:
R. E.
1. Don't multitask. 2. Unplug. 3. De-socialize. 4. Retreat. 5. Leverage your gap times. 6. Hit the Pillow. 7. Actions-Based To Do Lists. 8. The 2-Minute Rule. 9. Open Loops. 10. Eat the Big Frog First.
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Source: Seth Godin
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YourSpace, not MySpace
Expert leaders must constantly fight the MySpace attitude, the MySpace lifestyle and the MySpace thought pattern. MySpace is a vivid example of how the masses think they must act and speak to get ahead today - it's all about me.
Expert leaders think differently. They are more interested, concerned and focused on YourSpace than they are on MySpace. They think of others before, during and after they speak. They think of others before, during and after they act. Expert leaders get their MySpace right privately, but then their public time is spent in YourSpace. At a basketball camp every year for the top 100 players in the nation, we describe it like this: “You must be me-focused in practice and we-focused in play.” Created and Presented by YourNextSpeaker, LLC.
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Book Resources Our favorite books contained within the popular 100 Best Business Books of All Time by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten. They are categorized by the PLI Essentials. * = Our favorite one for that Essential.
Vision Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will What Should I Do With My Life?*
Integrity Questions of Character
Innovativeness The Art of Innovation The Innovator's Dilemma Orbiting the Giant Hairball* The Creative Habit
Wise Judgement Influence* The Power of Intuition
Service Mindedness (This being a business book list, there isn't a book about service leadership. )
Goal Processing Getting Things Done
Skill Assessment Now, Discover Your Strengths
Emotional Maturity Emotional Intelligence
Fostering Relationships How to Win Friends and Influence People* The Five Dysfunctions of a Team The Team Handbook
Masterful Communication Made to Stick* The Story Factor Never Give In!
Others The Leadership Locator* The Leadership Challenge Leadership Is An Art The Leadership Moment The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The Element Tribes Outliers Presentation Zen Slide:ology Getting Things Done
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