What’s your interference?
Ngozi Adebiyi MBA, PCC
Shaping professions & creating pathways for others are my superpowers! I collaborate with global technocrats and provide diverse & global perspectives in Coaching, Leadership Development, Team Effectiveness & Training.
If someone asked, ‘What size of pot are you in on your leadership journey?’ would you know?
?I?learnt?a?valuable?lesson over the weekend. It’s a good self reminder and worthy to be shared.
?Last year, I bought 3 species of the tonga vine and had them in small pots sitting in the living room.
So?literally,?they?are?triplets. Identical in size, shape and pots. Couple weeks later I moved 2 outdoors and left one indoor.?
The one left ?in?the?living?room?kept tilting?towards?the? the?sun?but didn’t grow per se. It just got accustomed to the pot and every now and again tilted more towards the sun.
The outdoor plants continued growing ?and outgrew their space so needed to be repotted.?
They just kept growing in a larger pot – unnoticed. It only hit me when the two outdoor plants needed to be repotted AGAIN and I took the indoor plant outside for some sun that their difference in size and shape was very obvious.
It brought to mind the performance coaching equation made popular by the inner game guru – Tim Gallawey: ?
Pe = Po – i?in which Pe (Performance) equals Po (Potential) minus i (Interference).
So, Performance (of the plant) = Potential (it’s DNA) minus inteference (pot location & size)
And?I?was?just?saying,?this?is me.?I?can be in a?small?pot but I need to find out where the pot location and size (interference) is, decrease the inteference?so I can maximize my potential and improve my performance .
?If?I challenge?myself,?I?can move?to?a?midsized?pot.?If I keep growing, I move to a large sized pot, constantly reinventing myself.
I’ll focus on improving Performance by maximizing my potential and reducing interference – what about you?
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Don't?get?stuck?in?a?small?pot.?Find?the environment?that?gives?you?soil?and?potential?to?move.?
Give yourself?the?gift?of?spreading?out?and?make?room?for yourself.?
Performance (of the plant) = Potential (it’s DNA) minus inteference (pot location & size).
Find and decrease your interference.
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?Ngozi Adebiyi
Trainer. Executive Coach
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3 个月Speaking to me. Great script ma Ngozi Adebiyi MBA, PCC
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