1. Agenda Questions? Future Topics Group Project Insights “Strengthen Others”

2. Strengthen Others What did you like about the chapter? Big Message Small Stories Wonder moments Enhance Self-determination Powerful / Provide Choice / Structure Jobs to Offer Latitude / Foster Accountability (p. 255) Develop Competence and Confidence Flow / Educate and Share Information / Organize Work / CoachingCoaching You?

3. Leadership Task You are a university professor who wants to “Strengthen” the students in your class. Drawing from this chapter (especially the specific actions at the back) what would you do? Work in groups of three or four to complete this exercise

4. Insight … The Marshmallow Tower 20 sticks of Spaghetti Tape String Marshmallow Build the tallest structure within 18 minutes

5. Self-Check Powerless Times As Past President of an organization I could not keep two provinces from leaving the association. Powerful Times As President of an organization I was able to change our financial picture from red to black.

6. Examining Interactions Did I feel more or less capable of getting extraordinary things done? More capableLess capablePerformance and desire increaseddesire decreased

7. Build Self-confidence through high expectations Self-fulfilling prophecy The “exceptional” class Coaching for confidence

8. Coaching for Performance Listen and watch actively Provide specific feedback (PEP) Give emotional support Reflect feelings - give a person feedback on the emotions they are expressing Reflect content or meaning - rephrase their cognitive message Allow for modeling of behaviour Gain a commitment to change

9. Self-confidence Questionnaire (for your eyes only) Be as honest as you can with yourself 1= most of the time/ 2 = sometimes describes me / 3= rarely describes me/ 4 = never describes me easily discouragedfollower easily embarrassedfeels inferior shy timidblaming self-doubtingpessimistic confuseddependent TOTAL ________

10. Confidence relates to the positive belief in one’s own ability and is the result of feeling emotionally secure Profile Chart - Confident 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100% 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 35 find your score and relate it to the general population

11. Next Day Failure: Accountability – Ron Brown Plane Crash