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Circles, Marshmallows, and Carrots 7-27-12
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Staff Development: Circles, Marshmallows and Carrots

Simon Sinek - How Great Leaders Inspire Action

20 minute TED Talk - 20 Minute Discussion - 10 Minute Break

Initial Conversation

Directed Conversation

What is our What?

What is our How?

What is our Why?

Everything we do, we believe in _________________. The way we do this is in this way ______________. Would you like to join us?

Neocortex - What level - Responsible for rational and analytical thought and language

Limbic Brain -How and Why levels - Responsible for feelings, trust, loyalty, decision making and has no capacity for language.

“When we can communicate from the inside out we’re talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do.”

If ministries are not “working”, before we blame lack of money or people, we must examine the clarity of the “why”.

Innovators - 2.5% - 30 members

Early Adopters - 13.5% - 118 members

Early Majority - 34% - 296 members

Late Majority - 34% - 296 members

Laggards 16% - 140 members

People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it, and what you do simply serves as the proof of what you believe.


Tom Wujec - Build a Tower, Build a Team

5 Minute TED Talk - 15 Minute Discussion - 5 Minute Break

Initial Conversation

Directed Conversation

How could you/we build a prototype in your ministry area?

Teams which paid attention to processes lead to more “Ta-da” and less “Uh-Oh” moments. How are we paying attention to our processes?

Incentives + Low Skill  ≠ Success

Incentives + High Skill = Success

Estee and Jason work on incentives and each staff person is trusted to take the lead on working on personal skill level.


Daniel Pink - The Surprising Science of Motivation

11 Minute RSA Animation - 20 Minute Discussion - 10 Minute Break

Initial Conversation

Directed Conversation

Mechanical skills are enhanced from monetary incentives.

Cognitive skills are impaired from monetary incentives.

Science showing that those who do work that requires cognitive skills (creativity, conceptual, etc.) there are three non-monetary motivations: