{"id":419,"date":"2017-08-23T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/?p=419"},"modified":"2018-05-30T19:40:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:40:37","slug":"have-a-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/rwc-blog\/have-a-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Go !"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am proud of the confidence that I see growing in the commerce students who I teach at the Eastern Institute of Technology. Only a matter of a few weeks ago you could have heard the proverbial pin drop after I asked for students to contribute their thoughts\/ opinions in relation to the scheduled topic of interest that I was addressing at the time. Just over a month on from this “quiet as a mouse” initial era most students are delighting in coming forth with their thoughts – many are expressing their views with real conviction in their voices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The “motto” that we remind ourselves of during classes when student input simmers somewhat is “Have a go !<\/strong>” I remind students of the ethos that underpins all classroom interaction – that being that all opinions offered will be gratefully received and respected, and that everyone has a valid view.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d love to see more of the “Have a go !” message launching forth from the lips of leaders – encouraging the people who they are providing leadership to to step forward and express their honest views\/ opinions. By having a go (or to use the old Kiwi expression…”give it a crack”) we move our minds from “thought mode” to “action<\/strong> mode”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are so many minds out there that – for whatever reason – are making the choice to “do nothing”; often after spending much time and energy going around in circles in thought. Common reasons for this tendency are:<\/span><\/p>\n

a) The situation has simply been over-thought…unnecessarily.<\/span><\/p>\n

b) The thought-filled person fears making the “wrong” choice of action (e.g. saying the wrong thing\/ giving incorrect guidance\/ advice to another person, etc).<\/span><\/p>\n

c) The thought-filled person is risk adverse, and can’t face making a decision\/ taking action that may (in their mind) result in a mistake being made. The fear of making mistakes holds many organisations back – their comfort in maintaining the status quo year after year often becomes the cause of their undoing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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As a leader, if you set the stage for free-flowing conversation\/ discussion by reminding everyone in attendance that all ideas offered will not<\/strong> be judged as being either “good” versus “bad” or “valid” versus “invalid”, and support (and praise) – or constructively challenge – the ideas that start flowing, you’ll be pleasantly surprised as to who joins-in and the quality of ideas that continue to flow. Keep encouraging other people around you to “Have a Go !<\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\n

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I am proud of the confidence that I see growing in the commerce students who I teach at the Eastern Institute of Technology. Only a matter of a few weeks ago you could have heard the proverbial pin drop after I asked for students to contribute their thoughts\/ opinions in relation to the scheduled topic of interest that I was addressing at the time. Just over a month on from this “quiet as a mouse” initial era most students are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}