[MG100] week 20.29 Better Late Than Never

I would like to apologize for sending the email out late this week. My past ME was a little overwhelmed by events (all good) and determined that the best allocation of time was to focus on those events. The present ME agrees and we both hope that the future ME is thankful for that choice. If you don't understand what I mean, then you should be coming to CORE calls on Monday to hear what Marshall is working on. It is transformative.

Speaking of CORE calls and transformation... change is coming! Staring next week, Monday will still be Marshall's day and (per above) I would encourage more people to attend, support his work, and benefit from the insight. Wednesday will be a day for anyone who would like to present their IP (book, workshop, speech etc) to share ideas and get feedback from MG100 friends. Friday will now be Fun Friday a time for us to get together and meet people and close the social distance (within federal guidelines). I expect that we will have up to four people introduce themselves and then go into smaller breakout rooms to meet and chat. I will keep the CORE rooms open on Tuesday and Thursday for a while, but there will be no formal moderation or programming.

CONSTRAINTS FREE US
At one of our Virtual Teas, our friend Darcy Verhun picked up something I said, ‘Constraints free us.’ He said he’d love to hear more about my thinking on this.Constraints free us up. At our interactive sessions we intentionally limit response time to 3-5 minutes. Limited time frees you up to go with your gut and not judge your own ideas. Often our gut feeling is where the best ideas come from. Try it with something you’re working on. Instead of giving yourself an hour to do something, give yourself 10 and see how much you can accomplish. You’ll be surprised.Constraints free us up. Herman Miller design director Don Goeman asked me to design a new office system at 50% the cost of their most affordable office system. That constraint freed me up. How could I take 50% off of an existing office system? I couldn’t. I had to reinvent the whole thing. Which is what I did and the result became The Resolve Office system.Constraints free us up. Yavuz Seckin, my drawing teacher when I was 14, told me to lose the eraser. Not using an eraser taught me how to draw. It freed me to draw without worrying about making mistakes. I started to draw in ink and developed my single line drawings.Constraints free us up. When my daughter was 8, she wanted to make a cake. She told me we didn’t have any butter. I assumed that was the end of the cake plan and went to my room to take a nap. But to her child mind not having any butter was not a problem. She went ahead anyway. It freed her up to make a butterless cake that turned out just fine. It freed her up to invent a new cake. And it taught me a lesson. What are constraints that free you?

Member profile update: Lisa Nirell
For MG100 member Lisa Nirell, the volume and intensity of protests and societal turmoil had reached a fever pitch. Her clients were experiencing extreme stress and employee disengagement. That’s when Lisa realized that she needed to take action, and that the cost of complacency was intolerable. She gathered 13 CEOs, marketing leaders and MG100 members to form a virtual work group called “The Return to Humanity.” Through a series of difficult discussions, this multifaceted, diverse set of leaders identified core issues, shared reliable sources of data, and committed to peaceful action. With help from MG100’s Johannes Flecker, the Humanity team also wrote a powerful song to capture the moment. Here’s Lisa’s post and a link to “Numb.”

I am intrigued by Booher Book Camp
...so I am sharing with all of youFrom MG100 member, Dianna Booher: Writing a book and selling it to a major publisher can have a significant impact on your career or business—not to mention the value the book will deliver to your readers. In case you haven’t noticed, more and more of your colleagues are writing—blogs, extended social media posts, articles for their inhouse newsletters, and even self-published books. There’s really “no barrier to entry” in any of these pursuits. If you’re interested in writing and publishing your nonfiction book to sell to a major publisher for a great advance, please register for the upcoming online Booher Book Camp, August 27-29: BooherBookCamp.com No time to write? Her 12-step plan can help you finish a book in 28 or fewer days. Yes, 7 to 28 days! Feel free to schedule a complimentary call to see if there’s a good fit between your strategic career goals and our writing and publishing workshop! Here’s a link to schedule a time to discuss your specific ideas and plans: BooherResearch.com/strategy-call/

Round One: Ferrazi / Stejskal Resilience is a team sport
It’s time to recognize that resilience is a team sport. Teams fail or succeed together, and we collectively enhance or detract from one another’s resilience. As business leaders navigate a rocky reopening and the care of a workforce stressed after months of forced remote work, one word that keeps coming up in my conversations with executives is resilience. They know resilience is important and the word sounds great, but specifically, what is resilience and where do we get it? How do we identify it, and how do we enhance it? Find out https://www.forbes.com/sites/keithferrazzi/2020/07/16/resilience-is-a-team-sport/#20a82ff74fbf

Round Two: Baldoni / Melnick Coaching for Resilience
Sharon Melnick, Ph.D. and John Baldoni participated in a Virtual Roundtable sponsored by the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni. The topic focused on the benefits of executive coaching in times of crisis. Sharon gave a good overview of how to practice resilience and Baldoni overviewed the coaching process. Both noted that MG100 was a good place to begin a search for an executive coach. Click here to play.


And, as always, thank you, Marshall, for making all of this possible

With love and gratitude
Scott