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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE
TRAINING
PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE COACHING
PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
EUROCLEAR:
TEAM INNOVATION
The Challenge
This executive team had the opportunity to be more than the sum of its parts – to make better use of its collective skills – to enhance innovation. In order to help foster creativity, the Chief Executive Officer identified the need to challenge the team’s traditional affiliative style and increase its comfort level with constructive dissent, viewing it positively.
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The Approach
Physical Intelligence techniques were used to address collaboration and innovation and challenge silo’ed thinking/protectionism. Participants were introduced to posture and breathing techniques to achieve low cortisol and alert relaxation, essential for innovation and to develop the mental strength and clarity to manage their threat response in the midst of innovation – linking their mindset to physicality. They learned what types of movements support convergent vs. divergent thinking and how to relax their minds to foster creative connections. As a team, they collaborated on an exercise designed to promote divergent thinking and constructive dissent and learned how to counteract negative bias. They also learned the importance of networks and social intelligence as opposed to silo’ed thinking to create an environment that fosters the ongoing exchange of ideas.
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The Physical Intelligence group session was followed by one-on-one coaching on the use of physical intelligence techniques to reinforce the core concepts introduced during the group session and provide individual support tailored to each team member.
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The ROI
Within only weeks of the training, it was clear that the team was working together better and interacting in a more effective way. Each individual’s performance and level of confidence had clearly improved. Within months, operating results had increased, feedback from clients had improved, and the team had received excellent feedback from regulators. In addition, because executive team members were more empowered, they, in turn, more effectively empowered their teams, freeing up more time for the executive team to work on strategic planning vs. tactics. As new individuals have joined the team, they have recognized and commented positively on the open collaboration and constructive approach the team takes and its comfort level with challenging each other’s thinking. On a personal level, the physical intelligence training had also positively impacted the personal life for many team members, enabling them to more effectively manage their professional and personal lives.
EUROCLEAR:
TEAM INNOVATION
The Challenge
This executive team had the opportunity to be more than the sum of its parts – to make better use of its collective skills – to enhance innovation. In order to help foster creativity, the Chief Executive Officer identified the need to challenge the team’s traditional affiliative style and increase its comfort level with constructive dissent, viewing it positively.
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The Approach
Physical Intelligence techniques were used to address collaboration and innovation and challenge silo’ed thinking/protectionism. Participants were introduced to posture and breathing techniques to achieve low cortisol and alert relaxation, essential for innovation and to develop the mental strength and clarity to manage their threat response in the midst of innovation – linking their mindset to physicality. They learned what types of movements support convergent vs. divergent thinking and how to relax their minds to foster creative connections. As a team, they collaborated on an exercise designed to promote divergent thinking and constructive dissent and learned how to counteract negative bias. They also learned the importance of networks and social intelligence as opposed to silo’ed thinking to create an environment that fosters the ongoing exchange of ideas.
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The Physical Intelligence group session was followed by one-on-one coaching on the use of physical intelligence techniques to reinforce the core concepts introduced during the group session and provide individual support tailored to each team member.
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The ROI
Within only weeks of the training, it was clear that the team was working together better and interacting in a more effective way. Each individual’s performance and level of confidence had clearly improved. Within months, operating results had increased, feedback from clients had improved, and the team had received excellent feedback from regulators. In addition, because executive team members were more empowered, they, in turn, more effectively empowered their teams, freeing up more time for the executive team to work on strategic planning vs. tactics. As new individuals have joined the team, they have recognized and commented positively on the open collaboration and constructive approach the team takes and its comfort level with challenging each other’s thinking. On a personal level, the physical intelligence training had also positively impacted the personal life for many team members, enabling them to more effectively manage their professional and personal lives.
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FLEXIBILITY
The Winning Cocktail for Flexibility
Mental and emotional flexibility is influenced by physical flexibility -- because the body and brain are inextricably linked. With the kind of flexibility that Physical Intelligence enables us to develop, we can be more collaborative, creative, innovative, more willing to embrace change and adapt to different styles of communicating and working.
Lack of flexibility both mentally and emotionally is usually accompanied by physical tension or collapse caused by being in a physiological threat response for a sustained period of time. Once we realise that we are in threat response, using flexibility techniques is one way to discharge the negative effects of the threat chemical cortisol and replace them with the chemicals that are better for sustained peak performance – Oxytocin and Serotonin.
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Oxytocin gives us the ability to create trust, social bonds and rapport. It enables us to work well in teams, conceive win/win ideas, and prevents us from alienating others. Serotonin gives us the sense of self, status and well-being that we need in order to be able to confidently work through complex needs in business relationships. Serotonin is particularly important in the process of balancing after winning. If this balance doesn't happen easily or naturally, we need to consciously bring these chemicals into the body in order to alter how we are thinking, feeling and behaving. At Companies in Motion, we share physical intelligence techniques around breath, movement and how we interact with others – all of which provide us with greater flexibility.
These Physical Intelligence techniques will help you enhance your flexibility:
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Generating Innovative/Creative Solutions and Adapting to Others
To reduce cortisol and boost oxytocin, dopamine, DHEA and serotonin:
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Stretch to release ‘hot spots’ where you hold tension.
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Shake out your arms and legs
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Twist at the waist 2x/day.
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Spark creativity by taking a walk or looking at beautiful objects in art/nature.
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Encourage a combination of convergent and divergent thinking across teams.
Strengthening Interpersonal Relationships and Inspiring Trust
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Create excellent trusted relationships by balancing your own agenda with those of others, communicating well and flexing your behavioural style to create the chemistry of trust – balance of oxytocin (social bonding and trust), dopamine ( goal-orientation/seeking and gaining reward), and testosterone (independent competitive action), and management of cortisol (threat).