Becoming Your Own Business Coach Dr. George W. Watts Managing Partner North Valley Road Barrington, IL

Dr. George Watts Managing Partner, Dr. George Watts & Associates a premier Talent Management Firm in Chicago Managing Partner, Dr. George Watts & Associates a premier Talent Management Firm in Chicago Assessed over 5,000 “C” Suite Executives Assessed over 5,000 “C” Suite Executives EVP and CEO EVP and CEO Leadership Coaching and Improvement, Leadership and Sales Training, Organizational Development Leadership Coaching and Improvement, Leadership and Sales Training, Organizational Development “Power Vision”, “Becoming Your Own Business Coach” “Power Vision”, “Becoming Your Own Business Coach”

A core premise of Becoming Your Own Business Coach is : The deeper and better you understand your strengths, the more successful a CFO you will become.

Understanding Strengths “The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.” Abraham Maslow

Pause, Reflect and Examine Reflect on your childhood and ask: What came easily and naturally to you? (This is most probably your greatest strength). Reflect on your childhood and ask: What came easily and naturally to you? (This is most probably your greatest strength). What skill, with just a little bit of training, greatly expanded? What skill, with just a little bit of training, greatly expanded?

“The Big Five” Five basic broad areas or dimensions of personality:  Extraversion  Agreeableness  Conscientiousness  Emotional Stability  Openness

Extraversion Excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness and high amounts of emotional interaction and expressiveness. Excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness and high amounts of emotional interaction and expressiveness. People with extraversion naturally move toward people. People with extraversion naturally move toward people. Contact with others energizes them. Contact with others energizes them.

Agreeableness Attributes such as trust, altruism, amicability, kindness, affection and other pro-social behaviors. Attributes such as trust, altruism, amicability, kindness, affection and other pro-social behaviors. People who have a kindly disposition and can resolve conflict and get along well in teams have this dimension. People who have a kindly disposition and can resolve conflict and get along well in teams have this dimension.

Conscientiousness Impulse control and goal-directed behaviors. Impulse control and goal-directed behaviors. Tend to be organized, more meticulous, careful, mindful of details, follow through, set deadlines and complete the mission on time. Tend to be organized, more meticulous, careful, mindful of details, follow through, set deadlines and complete the mission on time.

Emotional Stability Emotional constancy, steadiness, grace under pressure, can handle and deal with stress effectively. Emotional constancy, steadiness, grace under pressure, can handle and deal with stress effectively. Calm and collected. Calm and collected.

Openness Imagination and insight, broad range of interests. Imagination and insight, broad range of interests. Artistic and creative types. Artistic and creative types. Think outside the proverbial box; create interesting approaches and twists. Think outside the proverbial box; create interesting approaches and twists. Often open-minded and non- judgmental. Often open-minded and non- judgmental.

Put Your Dimensions in Order Rank the “Big Five” as they pertain to you. Start with the one you feel is your natural strength. Rank the “Big Five” as they pertain to you. Start with the one you feel is your natural strength. What is your “top” dimension? What is your “top” dimension? Work your way down. Work your way down.

Competency Card Sort Select your top 3-4 Select your top 3-4 Can you see any relationship between the Big Five and your top 3-4 competencies? Can you see any relationship between the Big Five and your top 3-4 competencies? Live demonstration Live demonstration

Pause and Reflect How can you adjust your resume to more accurately reflect your top personality dimensions and competencies? How can you adjust your resume to more accurately reflect your top personality dimensions and competencies? How could you alter or develop your interviewing skills to tap into your highest dimension? How could you alter or develop your interviewing skills to tap into your highest dimension? How can you fashion, or mold, your work environment so it plays more naturally to your top dimensions? How can you fashion, or mold, your work environment so it plays more naturally to your top dimensions?

Eight Characteristics of High Emotional Intelligence Find positive solutions to emotional issues Find positive solutions to emotional issues Quickly recognize what people are feeling Quickly recognize what people are feeling Energize others Energize others Quickly calm down after being emotional Quickly calm down after being emotional Don’t overly criticize themselves Don’t overly criticize themselves

High Emotional Intelligence Get over their own ego! Get over their own ego! Receive feedback without becoming defensive Receive feedback without becoming defensive Accurately evaluate others because they accurately have evaluated themselves Accurately evaluate others because they accurately have evaluated themselves