COVID-19, The Great Resignation, inflation, and the war in Ukraine have
certainly given organizations worldwide their fair share of unexpected
problems to deal with. With a smooth stretch of road nowhere on the
horizon, how can organizations upskill their own resilience and ability
to pivot to deal with the unexpected? With the future more unsure than
ever, what does it take to create organizational sustainability for 2022
and beyond?
Catherine Mattiske, the globally-recognized training expert best known for inventing
ID9 Intelligent Design and
the Genius Quotient (GQ),
says that long-term organizational sustainability comes from training
learning agility. Those with the agile mindset see unexpected problems
as challenges and opportunities to learn, constantly driving themselves
towards solutions despite circumstances.
Catherine also points out that learning agility can be tripped up by
miscommunication and conflict, and can be fueled by a knowledge of
learning and communication preferences between team members.
Organizations who train their leaders and employees to be learning-agile
will see much greater dexterity and sustainability in the face of
unexpected challenges and problems. The following are five attributes of
the “learning-agile” and five critical traits for organizations to
train their people to create organizational sustainability:
- Mental Agility: The ability to think critically about complex
problems. Being extraordinarily curious and a sponge for new
information.
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People Agility: Understanding people and having the ability to work
effectively with them. Enjoying working with and helping others and
valuing diversity of background, culture, and thought.
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Change Agility: An insatiable appetite for change. Being able to walk
the razor's edge and live inside new and first-time situations.
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Results Agility: The ability to deliver results by the deadline,
especially in critical situations. Showing top results in new and
challenging situations.
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Self-Awareness: Understanding one's own strengths and weaknesses.
Constantly soliciting feedback from others to get better and better.
Learning Agility can still be tripped up by miscommunication and
conflict. Those who are learning-agile benefit from harnessing the skill
to tune into communication and focus on how each team member
communicates. This allows the learning-agile to customize their
messaging to other people’s preferences, thereby greasing the learning
agility wheel for maximum speed and effectiveness. The following are
five processes for organizations to train their learning-agile employees
to cut out miscommunication and conflict:
- Discovering “Brain Fuel” Profiles: How do you learn? Do you prefer visual, auditory, or kinesthetic?
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Discovering “Processing Power” Profiles: Once you learn, how do you
process that new information, synthesize it, and make it into something
useful? How does that play into your Archetype?
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Discovering “Power Up” Profiles: What speeds up and supercharges your
ability to learn (Brain Fuel) and ability to process what you’ve
learned (Processing Power)?
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Building Translation Bridges: This involves building the skill of
communicating with others in their ideal way, optimized for their
Archetype, ensuring the most effective and efficient communication every
time.
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Learning Inner Genius Archetypes: For maximum effectiveness, learning
which of the 12 learning Archetypes is each team members’ preference
and mapping the entire team will power communication, make stronger
connections, reduce miscommunication, save time in meetings, and
increase personal and professional influence.
Global business educator and author
Catherine Mattiske
is the founder of TPC - The Performance Company, a leading training and
consulting organization that has worked with Fortune 100 companies
worldwide. Established in 1994, TPC has offices in Sydney, Los Angeles,
New York, London, Singapore, and Basel (Switzerland). The author of more
than 30 books, her latest is "Unlock Inner Genius: Power Your Path to
Extraordinary Success" (September 2021). Discover more about your Inner
Genius at
thegeniusquotient.com.
