So often, we find inspiring values and mission and vision statements on the walls of many organizations where people tell you, they only work because they have to. The presentation will cover the elements of an organizational culture that needs to be nurtured and lived and treated as a living organism in order for people to continue to be inspired by it.

1.
CRAFTING ORGANISATIONAL
CULTURE THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE
PEOPLE
Mario Denton (MeCon, MBA, PhD)
Let's network. Tel (w) + 27(0) 82 88 29903.
E-mail address: marden@mweb.co.za
Website: http://www.thestrongmessage.com/

2. Married: 24 March 1979

6. WARNING:
The following presentation
contains material appropriate
for passionate leaders who
are serious about
HAPPINESS.

7. WHAT
causes nations and
organisations to
FAIL?

8. Mario’s Research Interest
1. Managerial cataracts1. Managerial cataracts
2. Executive blind spots/Managerial infertility2. Executive blind spots/Managerial infertility
3. Professional workplace bullying3. Professional workplace bullying
4. Toxic, dark side of leadership4. Toxic, dark side of leadership
5. Signs of ethical collapse and low morale5. Signs of ethical collapse and low morale
6. Managerial derailment and Spiritual Leprosy6. Managerial derailment and Spiritual Leprosy
7. Detoxifying the Swine viruses in the workplace7. Detoxifying the Swine viruses in the workplace
8. Team Dysfunctions - Organisational Heart attacks8. Team Dysfunctions - Organisational Heart attacks

9. Authentic Happiness Conversations
1. Your Design
2. Character and Competence = Consistency
3. GPS and Vision Alignment
4. Real Time Fine Tuning
5. EQ Heartbeat Conversation
6. Career Success and Family Excellence
7. Finish well Conversation

10. Courageous Authentic discussion
One: Your Design

11. Why Character?
“I’m convinced that
90% of failures in life
are character
failures, not ability
failures.”
—Stephen Covey,
The Eighth Habit

12. TM
Character
= C1
Competence
= C2
Consistency = C3
The C3TM
Concept

13. Competence + Character
= Consistency
Source: Brett Johnson

19. Conversation: Real Time Fine Tuning

20. Building Trust
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R.
Covey
 Talk Straight - Be honest. Tell the truth. Let people know where you stand.
 Demonstrate Respect - Show kindness, demonstrate caring and
recognizes the contribution.
 Create Transparency - About being open, real, and genuine and telling
the truth.
 Right Wrongs - Apologize quickly - Make restitution where possible,
don’t cover up.
 Show Loyalty - Give credit to others and speak about people as though
they were present.
 Deliver Results - Understand the expectation, get the right things done,
don’t make excuses.

21. Building Trust
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey
 Get Better - Seek feedback, and learn from mistake.
 Confront Reality - About taking the tough issues head on,
sharing the bad news.
 Clarify Expectations - Check for clarity by asking questions,
don’t assume.
 Practice Accountability - Have a safe place to go to,
take responsibility for results.
 Listen First - Listen before speaking. Understand. Diagnose.
Don’t presume the answers.
 Keep commitments.
 Extend trust.

22. Take up your role towards engagement
1. Fully Engaged
2. Disappointment
3. Discouragement
4. Distance
5. Disconnect
6. Discord
7. Fully Disengaged

23. EQ Heartbeat Coaching
Conversation Five

24. Coaching Conversations

25. Coaching Conversation: Married
and Parents For Life
 Can you merge Career success and Family
Excellence?

30. A NEW SOCIAL
PHENOMENON HALFTIME
“People now have two lives LIFE 1
and LIFE 2 and they are over prepared for
LIFE 1 and underprepared for LIVE 2, and
there is no university for the second
half of life.”
PETER DRUCKER

31. STAGE OF LIFE HALFTIME
– Bob Buford
We have achieved some measure of success.
We have accumulated more stuff than we need.
YET there is SOMETHING MISSING.
We want to move beyond success to
significance.

32. Signs Of Leaders In Happiness
Dr Bruce Wilkinson
1 Physically Exhausted/Tired Energetic/Strong
2 Emotionally Discouraged/Down Encouraged/Up
3 Mentally Bored/Discontent Challenged/Content
4 Spiritually Depleted/Empty Growing/Full
5 Geographically Distant/Alone Near/Together
6 Relationally Alienated/Cold Close/Warm
7 Internally Hopeless/Sad Hopeful/Happy
8 Personally Insecure/Unsure Secure/Confident
9 Secretly Bitter/Angry Forgiving/Accepting
10 Deeply Wounded/Hurt Appreciated/Love

33. Make the difference.
Stand out wherever you go.
Be a lighthouse. Make it
your burning desire. Mario

34. Let your happiness
make a
difference
wherever
you go?
Be significant –stand
out as a leader.
Mario Denton
Mario Denton’s Epitaph: Not selfish to share his knowledge and wisdom with others.