Buildex Edmonton2010b

Session 21010:30am – 12:00pm

Elevate Your Business: Motivate, Mentor and Retain Human Capital

Presenters:Steven Davidson, Pursuit Placement Group Ltd.Robert Manolson, Powerful Play Experiences

Elevate Your Business Motivate, Mentor, and Retain

Human CapitalSteven C Davidson and Robert ManolsonBuildex Edmonton March 24, 2010

Today’s Flight-plan Tips of the Wings What’s Your Altitude? Check Your Baggage Take Flight to 10,000’- Preflight

Check Trust Factor for High Altitude Engage Trust Thrusters Shouldya, Couldya, Willya Watch the Gauges – Manage Risks Q & A

Elevate Your Business

A COLLABORATION OF: PURSUIT PLACEMENT GROUP AND POWERFUL PLAY EXPERIENCES

Snapshot to get started


Well organized and methodical

Bold and Decisive

Obsessed with Sex and Booze

Tips of the Wings

Challenge

Opportunity

Potential

• Elevating business in any economy

• Reduce costs• Increased

employee satisfaction

• Improved performance with less effort



What’s Your Altitude?Your Relative Elevation

Manager Employee Client10,000’ Altitude Looks past the

immediate goal to see the

Opportunities

Innovative, Challenged, Engaged, &

Focused on Results

Happy, Focused on Own

Business

100’ Altitude Sees the goal, but does not see the

new opportunities

Knows what the goal is, but cannot

yet deviate from plan

Calm, but looking at

options

10’ Altitude Stressed, Communicates only

the min, Acts as a Supervisor

Unhappy, Fearful & Under-utilized,

Frustrated, on their way out

The Common Thread is TRUST



Check Your Baggage

10,000’ Management Level•Supportive/Facilitating Teacher•Listens Well•Decisive•Inspiring/Motivating•Model•Serves the team•Goal Oriented

10’ Management Level•Dictation•Debilitate/ Minutiae-Man•Dismissive•Aggressive•Condescending•Selfish•Task Oriented

TRUST

DISTRUST



Check Your Baggage -10,000’

Pros Highly Innovative Cross-functional Ability to Grow

Cons Relinquished control at all levels Knowledge bleed More Risk



Check Your Baggage -100’

Pros More flexible to adapt Shared Knowledge Gain some succession

Cons Does what is expected, but no more More questions More Risk



Check Your Baggage - 10’ Pros

Knowledge – no bleed Control - Yours Limited Risk

Cons Limited Upside No Innovation Lots of Turnover



Stopover 1

Your logo here

Take Flight to 10,000’Preflight Check

Engage

Motivate

Mentor

Recruit

Communicate



Preflight Check - Engage

Why it worksTrust CommunityChallenge YourselfUnderstandingFind a Common Enemy

Engage



Preflight Check - MotivateWhy it works

TrustSet goals in terms that

appeal to staffCommon goalsCarrot vs. Stick

Motivate



Preflight Check - MentorWhy it works

Show the pathTeachObservePlanTrust

Mentor



Preflight Check - Recruit

Why it works Trust Fit Forward vs. Defense (Jason Strudwick

Syndrome) Cross pollination of ideas Evaluate Your Team Good/Better/Best Performers

Recruit



Preflight Check - Communicate

Why it worksTrust RespectCollaborationChallengePersonal Goals vs. Team GoalsEveryone knows the direction of the

plane

Communicate



Stopover 2

Your logo here

The Trust Factor High Altitude

Communicate

& Engage

Team goals Tied to

Personal Goals

Mentor & Manage

Success = Opportunities, Strong

Team

Trust is the belief that others will act in Your best interest



Mistrust Factor - Grounded

Silence Ignorance &Fear

Micro Manage

Costs - Lost

Opportunities,

Turbulence



Engage Trust Thrusters

Social Media Flexibility Innovation Question Employees Create development ideas Create social relationships – break

bread

360o Evaluations



Watch the Gauges - Manage Risks

Ice on the Wings – Too high, Too fast

Fuel – Refill the Motivation Repair – Cracks in Morale Cargo – What are you Delivering? Retrofit – Weigh out Better Tools Course Correction Autopilot – Land or Crash?



Shouldya, Couldya, Willya

Can you elevate? What altitude do You want? What kind of plane/crew do You

have? How will that elevation affect You? How will it affect Your crew? Set Your Flight Coordinates. (Next

Steps)



Questions and Answers



Please visit the tradeshow floor today 10:00am – 3:00pm for over 150 exhibits and food services!

$250 Prize Draw Daily!

Buildex Edmonton2010b

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