Leadership - A People Language
Not all people in the world speak English. So, if you were going to live in France, wouldn't you be far more productive and enjoy greater respect and friendship if you spoke their language and embraced their culture, rather than forcing your language onto them? Initially frustrating perhaps, but ultimately much more effective. It is the same when you are dealing with people...
Every human being is in the "people business". To lead and manage people effectively, to learn what really motivates them and create opportunities which maximise human potential, you must "speak a people language".
That is the revelation of the I.D. System which helps you get close to people by giving them the freedom to do things their way. Learning to speak the I.D. language effectively takes time. But the benefits are enormous!
And so it is with leadership. It is not something you write, tell or sell... you live it! It is a way of life. It is the key to knowing how to give people the freedom to "do things their way" without compromising your own need to function differently.
The I.D. System reveals the answer. Adopt it as your new management ethic... your new people language!
Our Instinctive Drives
A reliable means for understanding and describing one another greatly increases the likelihood that team members will declare their vulnerabilities and strengths to one another. After all, once they voluntarily self-identify their "drive" and strengths and vulnerabilities, they have little reason to resist opening up.
Whether at work or in your personal life communication breakdowns can result in stress, pain and the use of time and energy that could have been much better, and more pleasantly, spent...
Your Instinctive Drives® will help you to maximise the positive outcomes from your communication and minimise disruptive, time consuming misunderstanding and frustration.
When team members know your Instinctive Drive™, their strengths and vulnerabilities and differences, it becomes safe for them to give each other feedback without feeling like they're making accusatory or unfounded generalisations. Team members are comfortable to refer to one another's strengths and vulnerabilities after having those strengths and vulnerabilities validated by an objective tool.
Instinctive Drives
There are four Instinctive Drives™ which combine to determine your modus operandi, your method of striving that not only comes naturally, it leads you to success!
The instinct to VERIFY
...drives the need to probe, research, investigate, prioritise and justify. Getting it right comes naturally to those driven by this instinct.
The instinct to AUTHENTICATE
...drives the need to physically demonstrate and produce tangible, durable, quality results. Dealing with matters of substance, a candid environment and the right equipment help those driven by this instinct to make it real.
The instinct to COMPLETE
...drives the need to focus on the big picture and bring order out of chaos. If you are driven to use this instinct you have the natural talent to get it finished.
The instinct to IMPROVISE
...drives the need to take risks, respond to challenges and act with a sense of urgency. Those driven by this instinct need the pressure of seemingly impossible goals and deadlines to strive against the odds.
You will be driven to either use or avoid using each instinct - there is no right or wrong way to strive. Although everyone has equal mental energy, conflicts will arise when you are naturally driven in a different direction to someone else. The equality uncovered by the ID System™ helps remove the value judgments and bias associated with such conflicts, freeing you to work synergistically towards common goals.
Your Instinctive Drives represent much more than mere preference. You need to use them and the tasks which satisfy your instinctive needs are the ones which you will initiate of your own volition.
Which ID are you?!!