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Leadership Tip Staying Alive I played an improve game at a recent training workshop called "Assassin." The premise is to mill around with other participants. In your mind and unbeknownst to the others, you pick one person to be the assassin and the other to be your bodyguard. The goal is to keep your bodyguard between you and the assassin as you mill around. It is fun, fast and frenzied. It is hard to keep moving to keep the bodyguard's protection between you and the assassin. Metaphorically, what do you think will kill you? Is it having to make cold calls or interact with a certain colleague or customer? What are the "bodyguards" you create to keep space between you and that situation? How much energy is it consuming? The second part of the game is to move in an equilateral triangle where there is an equal distance between you, the assassin and the bodyguard. What I noticed was that this part was easier. It consumed less energy and the atmosphere was calmer. The frenzied pace disappeared when we were not trying to avoid the assassin or rely too heavily on the bodyguard. What if you did not try so hard to avoid that which you thought would kill you? Finding a way to relate differently so that the dynamic shifts can actually be effective. Where we stand in relation to the situation can put us more in control. When we don't fear the assassin we can live in greater calmness while focusing on our goals.	Leadership Tips Archives 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 A New Year, A New Decade 13 is a Lucky Number for The Saints Is Your "To Do" List a "Wish To Do" List? Holiday Shopping Giving Thanks Thank You Veterans The H1-N1 Virus is Not the Only Thing You Can Catch from Others How Are You Punctuating Your Life? Life Lessons from Leaves What Do You and The President Have in Common? Staying Alive How Much Static is In Your Communication? Do I Need to Go to Oz to Get Courage? Changes Remembering A Banking Lesson Tell Me a Story What Can Cleaning Out Closets Teach You About Your Organization? Symbols and Signs A Teachable Moment What Do Hiking and Meetings Have in Common? Remembering Walter Cronkite Are You a Shortcut? Independence Day Inspiration Three Titans Say Goodbye Open Door, Open Mind What is in your Garden of Possibilities? Lessons from a Tiger Are You on the Verge of Emotional Bankruptcy? Memorial Day Acknowledgement What Do Titles Have to Do With Success? What Can Airport Restrooms Teach Us About Acknowledgement? Blazing New Trails A Note on Passion Seeing is not Always Believing Mastery at the Masters Newsworthy Ideas to Handle Anger Running into New Perspectives Mind On, Hands Off March Madness Trust = Speed and Cost Sacred Arguing What Can Men in Love Teach Us About Our Organizations? Lessons from Lincoln A Heart of Many Rooms The Boss Delivers a Powerful Message Building Leadership A Tribute to Dreams Direction Matters What is Important "Why" and "How"?
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Leadership Tip Staying Alive I played an improve game at a recent training workshop called "Assassin." The premise is to mill around with other participants. In your mind and unbeknownst to the others, you pick one person to be the assassin and the other to be your bodyguard. The goal is to keep your bodyguard between you and the assassin as you mill around. It is fun, fast and frenzied. It is hard to keep moving to keep the bodyguard's protection between you and the assassin. Metaphorically, what do you think will kill you? Is it having to make cold calls or interact with a certain colleague or customer? What are the "bodyguards" you create to keep space between you and that situation? How much energy is it consuming? The second part of the game is to move in an equilateral triangle where there is an equal distance between you, the assassin and the bodyguard. What I noticed was that this part was easier. It consumed less energy and the atmosphere was calmer. The frenzied pace disappeared when we were not trying to avoid the assassin or rely too heavily on the bodyguard. What if you did not try so hard to avoid that which you thought would kill you? Finding a way to relate differently so that the dynamic shifts can actually be effective. Where we stand in relation to the situation can put us more in control. When we don't fear the assassin we can live in greater calmness while focusing on our goals.	Leadership Tips Archives 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 A New Year, A New Decade 13 is a Lucky Number for The Saints Is Your "To Do" List a "Wish To Do" List? Holiday Shopping Giving Thanks Thank You Veterans The H1-N1 Virus is Not the Only Thing You Can Catch from Others How Are You Punctuating Your Life? Life Lessons from Leaves What Do You and The President Have in Common? Staying Alive How Much Static is In Your Communication? Do I Need to Go to Oz to Get Courage? Changes Remembering A Banking Lesson Tell Me a Story What Can Cleaning Out Closets Teach You About Your Organization? Symbols and Signs A Teachable Moment What Do Hiking and Meetings Have in Common? Remembering Walter Cronkite Are You a Shortcut? Independence Day Inspiration Three Titans Say Goodbye Open Door, Open Mind What is in your Garden of Possibilities? Lessons from a Tiger Are You on the Verge of Emotional Bankruptcy? Memorial Day Acknowledgement What Do Titles Have to Do With Success? What Can Airport Restrooms Teach Us About Acknowledgement? Blazing New Trails A Note on Passion Seeing is not Always Believing Mastery at the Masters Newsworthy Ideas to Handle Anger Running into New Perspectives Mind On, Hands Off March Madness Trust = Speed and Cost Sacred Arguing What Can Men in Love Teach Us About Our Organizations? Lessons from Lincoln A Heart of Many Rooms The Boss Delivers a Powerful Message Building Leadership A Tribute to Dreams Direction Matters What is Important "Why" and "How"?
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