The One-Life Solution
The One-Life Solution, shows how business and personal success often hinge on one key factor: control. To the extent that a person has control of the two most important resources, time and energy, their goals will be reached. If they have control of their time and energy, their gifts, talents, and other resources will accomplish the rest. The problem is that more and more, people feel like everything and everyone else has control of their time and energy, and not themselves. As a result, they feel like they are working harder, longer and with more chaos, and yet focusing less and less on what is vital to the results they desire. So, their real objectives are often not met.
Dr. Cloud shows how technology has eroded the time and space boundaries that used to protect a person’s time, energy and focus. For example, you no longer go “to work,” nor do you spend time “at work.” Because of technology, work now follows you everywhere and finds you at anytime. Email, Ipads, and cell phones have made every person subject to being overwhelmed with other people’s agendas, work, and need for attention. Add to the landscape the personal “power drains” where individuals lack the boundaries to set and maintain their own agenda, and it is possible to go through an entire day, week, month, year or more and get pulled away from the things that will make or break your goals and objectives, as well as your personal life.
The One-life Solution shows how this one personal issue affects everyone from the CEO to the receptionist, and can determine results in every area of business.
- Protecting time and energy for what is truly important
- Creating focus and keeping it
- Bringing values to fruition, corporately and personally
- Creating and maintaining good working relationships and culture
- Reaching sales numbers and closing deals
- Negotiating successfully
- Not being controlled by the 20% or dysfunctional people who tent to get 80% of your time and strain
- Dealing successfully with problem employees or co-workers, clients and bosses
- Communicating in difficult situations successfully
- Making sure that the elusive work-life balance is established and kept
- Making it possible to achieve professional success without sacrificing personal and family relationships.
In this workshop, Dr.Cloud shows how personal power is not just a hyped message of the 80’s, but essential to everyone’s individual and corporate mission. The keys lie in finding what each person’s “power drains” are, and restoring them. Success lies in not controlling other people, situations, markets or outcomes, but in being able to control one’s self. When leaders are able to get back in control of themselves, they will successfully influence other people, situations, markets and outcomes. But it all begins with regaining the self-control that has been lost, with it’s resulting immeasurable resources of time and energy to focus on what is vital. Business and life success begin with self-control.
Some of the key advice provided includes:
- How to reclaim your power and manage your fears of disagreement, anger, and inferiority. Also advice for learning how to say no and be less dependent on others.
- Tools for conducting an audit of your personal resources and analyzing where you should be focusing your energy and talents.
- Understanding the 10 “laws of boundaries” that govern when and how to make the right decisions with people, in a wide variety of situations.
- How to effectively communicate within your boundaries and how to use the right words and phrases no matter what situation you are in.
- Tips for better managing your time, space and every day technology including email, cell phones, and the omnipresent Blackberry.
- Advice for ending relationships and situations which are counterproductive or toxic to everyday goals.
This workshop can focus on work related issues only, speak to both the professional and personal. Often organizations desire the work and personal focus for breakouts that might include spouses, of leadership retreats and off-sites as well. The workshop can also be interactive, with discussion questions designed so that small breakout groups or teams can work on real business problems around these issues.
Dr. Henry Cloud is a leadership consultant, best-selling author, and speaker whose books have sold over 5 million copies. He consults and speaks for companies and organizations in areas of leadership and performance, and is highly regarded for his ability to connect personal and interpersonal development with the needs of business.