Introductory session for the New Mexico Society of CPAs 2013 Leadership Academy at Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe. Covers "management by sticky note" and thought bridging (concepts attributed to Tom Hood, CEO of the Business Learning Institute and Gretchen Pisano, Founder of Sounding Board Ink).

1. New Mexico Society of CPAs
Leadership Academy
November 17, 2013

2. MBSN – “Management By Sticky Note”

3. How is Leadership Changing?

4. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

5. Make Your Thinking Visible
May the best
ideas win!

6. Let People Weigh In

7. Build Trust & Emotional Buy-In: Jack
Welch Story
Head
Hands
Heart

8. From Advocacy to Inquiry

9. Intellect & Emotion: How are We Wired?

10. Intellect Can Clarify Intent

11. Emotion Moves Us to Act

12. Thoughts ALWAYS Precede Emotions

13. Change the Thought, Change the Emotion

14. Change the Emotion, Change the Action

15. Change the Action, Change the Result

16. How Long Does it Take for a Strong
Emotion to Pass through our System?
90 Seconds

17. How Can We Intervene to Change the
Result?
“Between stimulus
and response there is
a space. In that space
lies our freedom and
power to choose our
response. In those
choices lie our growth
and our happiness.”

18. The Results ALWAYS Seek to Justify the
Precipitating Thought . . .
I told you I
was right!

19. Reptile Brain (Amygdala Highjack) – Failed
Intervention
You see! They really
are out to get me!

20. Our Brain is like Teflon for Positivity and Velcro
for Negativity (hat tip to Gretchen Pisano)

21. Flashlight Analogy

22. Catastrophizing
We’re all going to die!!!!

23. Now It’s Your Turn: Individual Exercise
►
Describe a recent vivid event that elicited a strong
emotional response
Thought
► Felt
► Acted Like
► Result
►
►
Alternative thought – just as believable as the original

24. Find a Friend: Pair Exercise
►
►
►
Describe your situation
Brainstorm some alternative thoughts – push your
partner’s thinking
Switch – now it’s your partner’s turn

25. Contact Information
Dan Griffiths, CPA, CGMA is the Director of Strategic
Planning at Tanner, LLC, a Salt Lake City-based
professional services firm with about 80 team members.
Prior to merging his practice with Tanner, he co-founded
Proficio Services Group to provide strategic & business
planning, leadership development, and business
coaching services. Dan is very active with the UACPA
and in 2011 was recognized as the Outstanding CPA in
Business and Management. He was recently selected to
serve as Utah’s elected member of the AICPA Governing
Council. Dan is an avid flyfisher, backpacker, and
gardener. He and his wife Bibiana just welcomed their
fourth child to the family.
Contact Dan at: dgriffiths@tannerco.com
Or connect with him on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffithscpa