Scott Perry
Chief Difference-Maker at Creative on Purpose
I’m Scott Perry, your solopreneur cornerman—a catalyst for independent business owners who want to build a fulfilling and prosperous business on their terms that funds and fits their...
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- Solopreneur Business Strategies: Optimizing businesses for ideal lifestyles
- Personal Development for Creatives: Harnessing unique abilities for growth
- Coaching Techniques for Solopreneurs: Strategies to overcome business constraints
- Intentional Living Frameworks: Designing purpose-driven and impactful lives
- Creative Entrepreneurship Insights: Cultivating excellence in passion-driven ventures
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TALK SHOW VIDEOS
Tricky Workplace Situation Handled
- 1. Define things objectively. Take out the adjectives and adverbs. Don't make it personal. 2. Don't make value judgments. Try to name without name-calling. Avoid put-downs and dismissiveness. 3. Speak from your own experience. Use "I" statements. Don't conflate the anecdotal with the universal. 4. Listen. Witness and reflect what you hear ("Here's what I heard. Did I get that right?"). Ask for more information ("Is there anything else?"). 5. Breathe. Don't speak from your emotional gut reactions or your justifying rationalizations. Be kind and speak from the heart.
- 1. Give people the benefit of the doubt. 2. Avoid value judgments about others. 3. Find common ground. 4. Engage when necessary and don't when not.
- I have worked with difficult people and people I don't "clique" with. I find focusing on the common goal, active listening and reflecting what I hear, and using questions and "I wonder if" statements to invite next steps to be helpful. In almost every case, the work got done and the relationship was improved.
- Myself. Pausing, zooming out, calming down, and returning to the task and not myself helps.
- I made a living as a musician for 30 years. Relationship skills are essential to keep a band together and performing well. I now bring these skills to training head coaches at Akimbo Workshops (created by Seth Godin), and my own coaching clients at Creative on Purpose.
- It sounds like there is no mutual enrollment in the department's goals. This is not conducive to relationship building. One way this might be improved is to reward each member more generously for reaching department sales goals than individual goals. Another would be to support the sales team leader in building a collaborative culture. The first is a fast fix. the second a longer game. They can be done simultaneoously.
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- Everyone performs better when they feel valued, safe, belonging, and working toward a worthwhile goal.
- They have clear goals and encourage collaboration over competition. They also are playful and fun, encouraging curiosity and creativity.
- Yes. We focus on real/human/soft skills of communication, connection, collaboration, creativity, and courage. We also have clear boundaries and guardrails that promote and protect inclusion, diversity, and equity.
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- To adopt 1-min daily practices. For instance, find the good in others. There are only two steps. First, "catch" someone doing something kind or generous. Second, express your gratitude to them for the act of kindness or generosity you saw.
- Not knowing what you don't know can lead to unhelpful and even unhealthy unintentional consequences. This can lead to confusion and frustration when someone is judged or punished for what they don't know they don't know.
- Conscious competence rising into unconscious competence.
- Daily practice Putting learning into disciplined action Focus, boldness and discipline Playfulness Presence and purpose
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- I have achieved conscious competence as a musician (guitarist, singer, and bandleader) and coach (Akimbo Workshop head coach and trainer and my own practice).
