S01E06 The Transform To Perform Tomorrow Episode (with Suzanne Lee)

With Guest Suzanne Lee from Straumann Group

Big Ideas:

• Intimate relationship between leadership and learning
• Leadership is an invitation to tomorrow that is better than today
• Perform for today, transform for tomorrow - learning and listening is at the core
• Learn faster than the environment is changing
• The I, the We and the It -- learning must happen on those 3 dimensions or you leave others behind
• Learning is a mindset, not a tool, process, or life hack
• Change is speeding up, so must learn faster than the change so we don't get swallowed up
• Taking responsibility for our workloads
• Learning as a value, so I make it happen no matter what is on my plate
• What am I okay with not doing perfectly
• Don't bother with time management hacks, be okay with not getting things done
• Intentionality of own growth, team growth, and individuals on teams growth
• How to reconcile performance with learning and what's on our plate
• Even within a system that won't help you keep your boundaries, if you have a discipline of reflection and perspective-taking, you can focus more on transform
• Create the space and time to reflect and learn
• Reject victim stance
• If not intentional, life takes over
• Learning on the job, not in the job
• Learning will get pushed to the bottom if it is an additional task
• If learning is a business priority to do your current job better, it's not a separate task
• Integrating the learning and reflection into the work as you do it
• Learning not as an additional to-do that no one has time for
• Challenge transforming from doing to learning -- great at perform, not so much at transform
• Building in micro-moments of reflection
• 70% of a learning organization is about the culture and leadership, not the tools
• Unless it is seen around them, they won't do it on their own
• Immediacy bias -- focus on today, not the future
• Persist in the struggle because it shows you are onto something - trust the process
• Debate the topic not the person
• How move from hub and spoke model, to a community of practice where we are all accountable 
• Leading more from behind than right out on front
• Curiosity and coaching mindset rather than advice giving
• Bounce your worlds with others
• Shared accountability

References:

• Unleashed by Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
• 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
• The Power of Giving Away Power by Matthew Barzun

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