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Brainstorming Checklist Helps you and your team imagine what your future could be
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What three things can we do in the next 90 days to make a 50% difference?
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In a single word or sentence, what problem are we solving? 2 What would be the ideal thing to do in this situation? Which option would be ideal long term?
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What are our three greatest strengths? How can we maximize them?
Why are we doing what we are doing?
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What three things could keep us from realizing our full potential? How can we clear away the roadblocks? What if our best idea turns out to be 100 times as successful as we plan?
What changes would we make if we had unlimited time, three years, three days, three hours, three minutes, to accomplish the task? 5
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What changes would we make if we had double our current budget? Unlimited budget? Half the budget? How can we double the income and cut our costs in half? Which part of the total idea warrants extra funding? Which part could we drop and not really miss?
What if we had unlimited staff? Half the current staff? One or two extra people? What would they do? Why?
Outline
Quotables BRAINSTORMING
QUESTION
• Have you ever felt your thinking was going in circles? • Have you ever known your thinking needed to get “out of the box”?
INTRODUCTORY STORY
“Brainstorming” is asking the question, “If our team received a gift/inheritance equal to THIS YEAR’S ENTIRE BUDGET, AS A SINGLE GIFT...if we had to spend it all this year...what would we do with the money?” This question helps your team climb quickly to a “50,000-foot view.”
Bill Hybels — Ideal long term?
EFFECTIVENESS
Brainstorming Questions
effectiveness is doing right things.” —Dr. Peter F. Drucker
1. BREAK THROUGH 2. Stretching the context— gets you out of the rut... Ask Profound Questions g Profound Answers 3. Limiting Assumptions – Limit your thinking 4. Informal Research – your clients are already out of your box
“Efficiency is doing things right;
FUN
Fun is “uninhibited spontaneity.” Things that are
inhibited and not spontaneous seem boring. Think back to the last time you were having fun. Why was it so much fun? The activity was uninhibited and spontaneous.
IF
INSTRUCTIONS
Brainstorming = Solving current problems. Dream Sparking = accelerating the future! o What most needs you to think outside the box? __________________________________ o Ask / answer the 10 Dream-Sparking questions ... 10 minutes! REMEMBER:
The Brainstorming Checklist is for your personal use ... and for the others you are teaching to lead! The Brainstorming Checklist is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a years for the rest of your LIFE!
“If I had __________________________
I would __________________________.” —Moshe Rosen
IF–ANYTHING?
If you could do anything you wanted,
if God told you that you were free to choose, and you had all the time, money, staff, and education, and you knew for certain you could not fail, what would you actually do?
IF–YOU WERE PRESIDENT
If you were made president of your organization to-
day what are the first 3 things you would do? Why would you do them?
SOMEDAY
Someday ______________ (person/organization)
will be a world-class___________________!
Trying to deal with any situation without the proper tool is like trying to drive a nail into a hardwood board — with your fist!
© 2015 Bobb Biehl – 1 800 443 1976 – BobbBiehl.com
Brainstorming Checklist I f Y ou O n l y R e m e m ber O ne T hin g F ro m T his S ession :
A Brainstorming Checklist helps stretch your team’s imagination far faster! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
What is the essence of this idea in a single word, sentence, or paragraph? ___________________________________________________________________________________ What would be the ideal thing to do with this idea? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Why are we doing what we are doing? ___________________________________________________________________________________ What changes would we make if we had unlimited time, 3 years, 3 days, 3 hours, 3 minutes, to accomplish the task? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What if we had unlimited staff? half the current staff? one or two extra people? What would they do? Why?_______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What changes would we make if we had double our current budget? unlimited budget? half the budget? How can we double the income and cut our costs in half? Which part of the total idea warrants extra funding? Which part could we drop and not really miss? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What if this idea is 100 times as successful as we plan? ___________________________________________________________________________________ What 5 things could keep us from realizing the full potential? How can we clear away the roadblocks?_____ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What are our 3 greatest strengths? How can we maximize them?__________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ “What 3 things can we do in the next 90 days to make a 50% difference?”–Steve Douglass______________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
© 2015 Bobb Biehl – 1 800 443 1976 – BobbBiehl.com
Leadership Academy Dealing with any situation without the proper tool is like trying to drive a nail into a hardwood board — with your fist!
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Focusing
Direction
Tool 1. Your NORTH STAR (50,000 feet) Helps you focus your next 50 years – in less than 50 minutes Tool 2. “I WANT” CHART – (20,000 feet) Helps you define what you really want in life regardless of what others want or don’t want Tool 3. BOULDERS GRID (Ground level) Helps you clearly focus your next 90 days priorities (goals, problems, and opportunities)
Tool 13. ANNUAL TEAM-FOCUS ARROW Helps you help your team focus your next year -- in minutes! Tool 14. STRATEGIC PLANNING ARROW Helps you plan your team’s strategic direction on one large sheet of paper Tool 15. SPEED PLANNING Helps you focus your team’s planning steps – quickly – in the middle of explosive growth!
Asking
Organization
Tool 4. Wisdom CHECKLISTS Helps you make decisions and solve problems – faster! Tool 5. BRAINSTORMING CHECKLIST Helps you and your team imagine what your future could be Tool 6. OPPORTUNITY-SPOTTING QUESTIONS Helps you spot “high value / low risk” opportunities others completely overlook!
Balancing Tool 7. ANNUAL BALANCE CALENDAR Helps you keep your life in balance Tool 8. EMOTIONAL BALANCE CHART Helps flatten life’s “emotional roller coaster” Tool 9. VISUAL PERSPECTIVE CHART Helps reduce your pressure – personal or professional – in minutes!
Communicating Tool 10. FOG-CUTTING ARROW Helps you focus your thinking on any subject –far faster! Tool 11. “YOU FOCUS” MODEL Helps you communicate WITH your audience not AT them. Tool 12. SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE CHECKLIST Helps you relax before you speak – and while you are speaking!
Tool 16. “GREEN TEAM” RATING TOOL Helps you build an “all-green team” to go to your “Super Bowl”! Tool 17. “FIRING STAR” Helps you fire a loyal staff member, in a Christian way! Tool 18. FIRST 90 DAYS CHECKLIST Helps you focus your (or, any new hire’s) first 90 days in any new position!
Cash Tool 19. MARKETING PROCESS (Making money) Helps you develop a systematic marketing strategy Tool 20. FUND-RAISING PROCESS (Raising money) Helps you keep your fund-raising program balanced and growing! Tool 21. VITAL SIGNS AND CRITICAL STANDARDS (Monitoring money) Helps you keep your entire organization focused and healthy
Management
Tool 22. FIVE REPORTING QUESTIONS Helps you know exactly what to ask for (or, submit) in a staff report Tool 23. PROCESS CHARTING CHECKLIST Helps you dramatically increase your team’s efficiency and effectiveness Tool 24. MOTIVATING YOUR ENTIRE TEAM Helps you motivate your offense (goal oriented), your defense (problem oriented), and your special teams (opportunity oriented)!
Contact Online Ordering: BobbBiehl.com Call: 1-800-443-1976 © 2015 Bobb Biehl – 800 443 1976 – BobbBiehl.com
Brainstorming Checklist Helps you and your team imagine what your future could be
1
What three things can we do in the next 90 days to make a 50% difference?
10
In a single word or sentence, what problem are we solving? 2 What would be the ideal thing to do in this situation? Which option would be ideal long term?
3
9
What are our three greatest strengths? How can we maximize them?
Why are we doing what we are doing?
? 8
4
What three things could keep us from realizing our full potential? How can we clear away the roadblocks? What if our best idea turns out to be 100 times as successful as we plan?
What changes would we make if we had unlimited time, three years, three days, three hours, three minutes, to accomplish the task? 5
7 6
What changes would we make if we had double our current budget? Unlimited budget? Half the budget? How can we double the income and cut our costs in half? Which part of the total idea warrants extra funding? Which part could we drop and not really miss?
What if we had unlimited staff? Half the current staff? One or two extra people? What would they do? Why?
Outline
Quotables BRAINSTORMING
QUESTION
• Have you ever felt your thinking was going in circles? • Have you ever known your thinking needed to get “out of the box”?
INTRODUCTORY STORY
“Brainstorming” is asking the question, “If our team received a gift/inheritance equal to THIS YEAR’S ENTIRE BUDGET, AS A SINGLE GIFT...if we had to spend it all this year...what would we do with the money?” This question helps your team climb quickly to a “50,000-foot view.”
Bill Hybels — Ideal long term?
EFFECTIVENESS
Brainstorming Questions
effectiveness is doing right things.” —Dr. Peter F. Drucker
1. BREAK THROUGH 2. Stretching the context— gets you out of the rut... Ask Profound Questions g Profound Answers 3. Limiting Assumptions – Limit your thinking 4. Informal Research – your clients are already out of your box
“Efficiency is doing things right;
FUN
Fun is “uninhibited spontaneity.” Things that are
inhibited and not spontaneous seem boring. Think back to the last time you were having fun. Why was it so much fun? The activity was uninhibited and spontaneous.
IF
INSTRUCTIONS
Brainstorming = Solving current problems. Dream Sparking = accelerating the future! o What most needs you to think outside the box? __________________________________ o Ask / answer the 10 Dream-Sparking questions ... 10 minutes! REMEMBER:
The Brainstorming Checklist is for your personal use ... and for the others you are teaching to lead! The Brainstorming Checklist is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a years for the rest of your LIFE!
“If I had __________________________
I would __________________________.” —Moshe Rosen
IF–ANYTHING?
If you could do anything you wanted,
if God told you that you were free to choose, and you had all the time, money, staff, and education, and you knew for certain you could not fail, what would you actually do?
IF–YOU WERE PRESIDENT
If you were made president of your organization to-
day what are the first 3 things you would do? Why would you do them?
SOMEDAY
Someday ______________ (person/organization)
will be a world-class___________________!
Trying to deal with any situation without the proper tool is like trying to drive a nail into a hardwood board — with your fist!
© 2015 Bobb Biehl – 1 800 443 1976 – BobbBiehl.com
Brainstorming Checklist I f Y ou O n l y R e m e m ber O ne T hin g F ro m T his S ession :
A Brainstorming Checklist helps stretch your team’s imagination far faster! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
What is the essence of this idea in a single word, sentence, or paragraph? ___________________________________________________________________________________ What would be the ideal thing to do with this idea? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Why are we doing what we are doing? ___________________________________________________________________________________ What changes would we make if we had unlimited time, 3 years, 3 days, 3 hours, 3 minutes, to accomplish the task? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What if we had unlimited staff? half the current staff? one or two extra people? What would they do? Why?_______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What changes would we make if we had double our current budget? unlimited budget? half the budget? How can we double the income and cut our costs in half? Which part of the total idea warrants extra funding? Which part could we drop and not really miss? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What if this idea is 100 times as successful as we plan? ___________________________________________________________________________________ What 5 things could keep us from realizing the full potential? How can we clear away the roadblocks?_____ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What are our 3 greatest strengths? How can we maximize them?__________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ “What 3 things can we do in the next 90 days to make a 50% difference?”–Steve Douglass______________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
© 2015 Bobb Biehl – 1 800 443 1976 – BobbBiehl.com
Leadership Academy Dealing with any situation without the proper tool is like trying to drive a nail into a hardwood board — with your fist!
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Focusing
Direction
Tool 1. Your NORTH STAR (50,000 feet) Helps you focus your next 50 years – in less than 50 minutes Tool 2. “I WANT” CHART – (20,000 feet) Helps you define what you really want in life regardless of what others want or don’t want Tool 3. BOULDERS GRID (Ground level) Helps you clearly focus your next 90 days priorities (goals, problems, and opportunities)
Tool 13. ANNUAL TEAM-FOCUS ARROW Helps you help your team focus your next year -- in minutes! Tool 14. STRATEGIC PLANNING ARROW Helps you plan your team’s strategic direction on one large sheet of paper Tool 15. SPEED PLANNING Helps you focus your team’s planning steps – quickly – in the middle of explosive growth!
Asking
Organization
Tool 4. Wisdom CHECKLISTS Helps you make decisions and solve problems – faster! Tool 5. BRAINSTORMING CHECKLIST Helps you and your team imagine what your future could be Tool 6. OPPORTUNITY-SPOTTING QUESTIONS Helps you spot “high value / low risk” opportunities others completely overlook!
Balancing Tool 7. ANNUAL BALANCE CALENDAR Helps you keep your life in balance Tool 8. EMOTIONAL BALANCE CHART Helps flatten life’s “emotional roller coaster” Tool 9. VISUAL PERSPECTIVE CHART Helps reduce your pressure – personal or professional – in minutes!
Communicating Tool 10. FOG-CUTTING ARROW Helps you focus your thinking on any subject –far faster! Tool 11. “YOU FOCUS” MODEL Helps you communicate WITH your audience not AT them. Tool 12. SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE CHECKLIST Helps you relax before you speak – and while you are speaking!
Tool 16. “GREEN TEAM” RATING TOOL Helps you build an “all-green team” to go to your “Super Bowl”! Tool 17. “FIRING STAR” Helps you fire a loyal staff member, in a Christian way! Tool 18. FIRST 90 DAYS CHECKLIST Helps you focus your (or, any new hire’s) first 90 days in any new position!
Cash Tool 19. MARKETING PROCESS (Making money) Helps you develop a systematic marketing strategy Tool 20. FUND-RAISING PROCESS (Raising money) Helps you keep your fund-raising program balanced and growing! Tool 21. VITAL SIGNS AND CRITICAL STANDARDS (Monitoring money) Helps you keep your entire organization focused and healthy
Management
Tool 22. FIVE REPORTING QUESTIONS Helps you know exactly what to ask for (or, submit) in a staff report Tool 23. PROCESS CHARTING CHECKLIST Helps you dramatically increase your team’s efficiency and effectiveness Tool 24. MOTIVATING YOUR ENTIRE TEAM Helps you motivate your offense (goal oriented), your defense (problem oriented), and your special teams (opportunity oriented)!
Contact Online Ordering: BobbBiehl.com Call: 1-800-443-1976 © 2015 Bobb Biehl – 800 443 1976 – BobbBiehl.com
