Title: Who moved my cheese 1 Who moved my cheese A short session on life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Facilitated by Nancy E. Stetson Ed.D. Expert on Call http//CompanyofExperts.net Nancy_at_sonic.net 2 (No Transcript) 3 Introductions and overview Who I am and whats my cheese What makes me happy! Who you are and whats your cheese What makes you happy! 4 Who moved my cheese A 12-minute video As youre watching notice which of the four characters you believe you are most like 5 Debrief So which character do you believe you are you most like 6 Hem Who does not want to change Its not fair! 7 Haw Who is startled by change but then laughs at himself changes and moves on to new cheese 8 Sniff Who can smell change in the air 9 Scurry Who goes into action immediately 10 Or are there other possibilities 11 characters who are not in the best-selling book Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson M.D (1998) 12 Characters who move their own cheese 13 Lets try out another possibility Take a few minutes to think about a high-point experience in your past or current professional life when you were exceptionally happy (i.e. you felt really good about the positive impact you

were having on students or on the college) What were you doing Who was involved What were the factors the forces the conditions that supported your moments of exceptional happiness A variation on Appreciative Process by G. Bushe 2001 Clear Leadership 14 Now pair up with someone you dont know or dont know well Take turns sharing your stories about those exceptional moments 15 You can learn how to create more cheese i.e. more happiness in your professional life 16 Meet Track and Fan! 1. Be clear about what you want to create MORE of (not less of) In this case you want to create MORE happiness in your professional life 2. Track it Notice when you are happy Also notice the conditions the forces the factors that support your happiness 17 3. Fan your happiness Praise yourself for creating it Bless it - give license to yourself to continue creating it Ask yourself to create even MORE of it 4. Get others to Track and Fan your happiness i.e. notice and acknowledge your exceptional moments of happiness 18 When you create your own cheese no one else can move it! 19 Change the way you think about change Old way some external force or agency or person moves the colleges cheese and the college reacts or responds Negatively Positively New way the college as a whole system (board CEO administrators classified staff and students) collaboratively creates the positive changes that matter most AND that the college community most wants 20 Create MORE of your own cheese! As a trustee and as a board what is one thing you can do to help the whole college collaboratively create the changes that matter most AND that the college community most wants

21 On an index card What was the most important thing you learned today How will you apply it That is how will you change your DNA Decide what you want to do more of Notice each little instance of its presence Acknowledge and celebrate each time you notice it