Kick Start 2012:
Get Your Great Work Groove On
with Michael Bungay Stanier
Course Overview
Somehow, it’s 2012 already -- yes, that’s 2011 disappearing out the back door -- and if the Aztecs are correct this may be our last shot at an amazing year.
So make 2012 extraordinary.
One way to do that is get more Great Work into your life. What’s Great Work?
Well - you know how some of the stuff you do lights you up? It’s important, exciting and it makes a difference. It’s the stuff that matters. That’s Great Work.
And wouldn’t you like a little more of that, and a little less of all the other stuff that’s filling up your life.
This program is just four weeks long, but is full of practical, get-going insights and tactics so that you’ll have an action plan to do more Great Work. Here’s a taste - you’ll:
- Find clues to your own Great Work—they’re all around you
- Locate the sweet spot between what you want to do and what others need you to do
- Generate new ideas and possibilities quickly
- Best manage your overwhelming workload
- Double the likelihood that you’ll do what you want to do
So you can have another busy, productive … and slightly forgettable year. Or you can join us and get your Great Work Groove On.
Dates & Tuition
Date and Time: This class is available for immediate download!
Tuition: $150
(If cash is tight, we offer a "Pick Your Price" model where you can choose to pay $150/$100/$50. And, if cash is *super* tight, you can apply for a scholarship!)
Who Should Attend?
If you’d like to do more of the stuff that matters and less of the other stuff,
then join us.
If you’re slightly skeptical that programs like this can make a difference,
then join us.
If you’re willing to act rather than just take notes, then join us.
If you’re tired of tolerating ho-hum and you’d like to taste an enticing mix of excitement and adrenaline, then join us
What You’ll Learn Each Week
Week 1. What’s Great Work?
- What’s the difference between Good Work and Great Work - and why you should care
- The three attributes you need to do more Great Work
- The neuroscience of Great Work
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Why Great Work is easier said than done
Week 2. How to Find Your Great Work
- The seeds of your future Great Work are all about you if you know where to look
- Two practical ways of looking at things differently to find clues to your Great Work
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A bonus third tool to practice in between now and the next call
Week 3. How to Start Your Great Work
- We’re stealing one of the secrets to Google’s success to help you do more Great Work
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A brand new template tool you can use to plot and plan your Great Work project
Week 4. How to Keep Your Great Work Going
- How do you keep going when you want to give up
- Three practical tools to increase your resilience
- Beyond the course: How to keep things moving now the program is over
What You’ll Get Out of the Course
Sometimes it can feel like you’ve spent the whole year mowing the lawn. It’s a great lawn and you’ve done a lovely job - but it’s not like you can point to a single part of the lawn and say, “That’s where we really rocked it. That’s where I stretched and touched my best.”
To carry on the gardening metaphor, I want you to be able to point to one of those amazing topiary hedge sculptures and say: That’s what I’ve been working on! But to be a little less gardening-tastic and more specific, you will:
- Get insight about what Great Work is - and why it matters.
- Get practical tools you can apply right away to help create your own Great Work journey.
- Get a sense of Yes, this is something I can and will do.
- Leave with an action plan to do more Great Work.
Textbook for the Course
Do More Great Work by Michael Bungay Stanier
About Michael Bungay Stanier
“An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful.
A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying,
since any life when viewed from the inside
is simply a series of defeats.”
— George Orwell
Michael was banned from his high school reunion for “the balloon incident”, was sued by one of his Law School lecturers for defamation, gave himself a concussion digging a hole as a labourer, was fired on his first shift as a garage attendant and has held a number of jobs where he had little or no impact.
Luckily, there’s also been some upside. He is the author of a number of successful books including the best sellers ‘End Malaria’ (which raised more than $300k for Malaria No More) and ‘Do More Great Work: stop the busywork and start the work that matters’. He is also the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons (www.BoxOfCrayons.biz), and was the first Canadian Coach of the Year and a Rhodes Scholar.
Before Box of Crayons, he was the first employee for what is now the world’s largest independent innovation agency, and while most of what he invented never saw the light of day, he did have a hand in Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust pizza. He has also spent time as a change management consultant where he batted about average for the industry for really successful change projects - 10% or so. His only lasting impact in this role was writing the global vision for GlaxoSmithKline, something that has lasted more than a decade even though it took almost no time at all to create.
Michael created The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun (EightPrinciples.com), a short Internet movie seen by millions, and some other movies seen by a lot fewer people (The 5 ¾ Questions You’ve Been Avoiding, Great Work Alchemy and 11 Words for 2011).
Michael speaks regularly to audiences around the world. Highlights include speaking at Google, the HRPA and SHRM conferences, the Rural Women of Manitoba conference and anywhere that’s vaguely warm during wintertime in Toronto, his home.
Praise for Michael Bungay Stanier
"If I had to pick a person to have dinner with, when I need to be prodded and challenged and inspired to think about the things I really am committed to think about for myself and what I'm doing, I'd pick Michael Bungay Stanier. He has an ability to shake our tree and make us more conscious and responsible about what we know but aren't willing to admit we know yet."
– David Allen, Author of Getting Things Done
“Do More Great Work is both inspiring and sublimely practical, a rare mix in a book. Michael has created a road map for all of us to find the great work in our lives, and to achieve it. There is a lot of power in the simplicity of this book. A must read.”
– Leo Babauta, Author of Zen Habits &The Power of Less
“Michael shows us how careers can be transformed from mindless mediocrity to work wanderlust where everyday is a joyous adventure of discovering meaning in what you do. He rewrites the old mantra of “hard work is fun” to “great work is fun”!”
– Joyce Russell, President and COO, Adecco General Staffing USA
“This book may be little but the idea is big. Do More Your Great Work will help you think bigger about who you are and what you offer the world.”
– Michael Port, Author of The Think Big Manifesto & The Contrarian Effect
Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of Do More Great Work and founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work.
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