Tony Martignetti

How can we transform polarizing conflict to productive outcomes? Conflicts are unavoidable, but how do we make sure they don't impede effective decision-making and innovation? Listen to Centre for Dialogue’s executive director, Dr. Aftab Erfan, in 5.12 Solutions Consulting Group's latest podcast and explore practical strategies for leaders to handle conflicts more effectively. Tune in to the full episode: https://ow.ly/ABLk50RUzyo

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𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 Our values shape our lives and workplaces. Dr. Robert Hogan argues values are the driving force behind personal choices. Values are the core interests that guide us toward life goals. In groups, shared values are crucial. A group's values, not individual personalities, determine success. And, of course, some values are better for organizations. Cooperation and innovation create a positive environment, while team members obsessively considering primarily their own gains hinder it. Values often operate unconsciously. While personality traits constantly influence us (e.g., certain traits may lead to craving interaction, others may lead to one being more reflective and reserved), values guide decisions. We choose options that align with our core values, explaining why we would pick a company whose values resonate with us. An organization's culture reflects its values, often originating from the leadership team. Leaders unconsciously impose their values through rewards and corrective actions. Since values can be unconscious, leaders might not realize how they shape culture. This can lead to misaligned values between the organization, its leaders, teams, and individuals, potentially creating conflict. It's important to note the difference between knowing an organization's stated values and understanding the values it should have. Research suggests values like equal opportunity, empowering employees, and data-driven decisions are linked to organizational effectiveness. 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 ▶ Robinson, E. (2024, May 14). The Importance of Values. Hogan Assessments. 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 is a certified partner with Hogan Assessments. Interested in learning more? Contact us: https://lnkd.in/e6_B7Cgy.

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Storytelling is a powerful strategy tool. I recently co-facilitated an online learning session with fellow IAF member John Kingsley Cornwell. It was one of several sessions within the IAF’s Global Learning Series which explore the 6 Core Competencies of professional facilitators. John and I created a very simple session design for the two-hour workshop. The main tool was storytelling: sharing stories and experiences as a means to learn from each other. It was immensely successful. When the time was up, no one wanted it to end! That is the power of storytelling. Storytelling goes beyond mere public speaking; it is a tool to inspire, motivate, and enhance learning. Stories are a means to convey messages, values, and experiences, fostering engagement and connection among people. The human brain gravitates towards simplicity, and stories provide a sense-making instrument by simplifying complex ideas and details. When information is clear and orderly, our brains find it easier to process and remember, making storytelling a powerful communication tool. Stories captivate the mind and heart, transcending traditional communication and learning methods. Storytelling touches the essence of our humanity, making it one of the best tools for creating lasting connections. The next time you want to convey information or share experiences … start with a story. International Association of Facilitators (IAF) #Storytelling #CommunicationSkills #IAF #IAFGlobalLearningSeries

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Coaching leaders significantly impact employee engagement by unlocking potential and fostering high-performing teams. It goes beyond mere feedback, focusing on personal and professional growth, which in turn, enhances leadership development and boosts employee engagement. #buildingcoachingculture #coaching

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If you're wondering what the deal is with coaching, some of our Torch coaches gave some wonderful insights for International Coaching week!

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In the ICF core competency 6 under “Active Listening”, we read: “Reflects or summarizes what the client communicated to ensure clarity and understanding” and the PCC markers elaborate: “Coach succinctly reflects or summarizes what the client communicated to ensure the client’s clarity and understanding.” What I love about the elaboration in the PCC markers is that it shifts the attention from the understanding of the coach (which is almost irrelevant) to the client’s understanding. https://lnkd.in/e2uwuamB Roy Marriott, MCC

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Last week, Peter and I learned that our podcast received 1000 downloads, and we are still riding that wave of excitement. Let's keep the momentum going!!! 🙌🏼 Our latest episode is now live. You can listen here 👉🏽 https://bit.ly/dtpep28 or on your favorite podcast platform. #designthinkerpodcast #designthinking #designthinkers #podcast #podcastepisode #newepisodealert

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How do you spend your time defines how close you are towards achieving your goals. It was wonderful to collaborate with local ICF coaches during International Coaching week and refining the art and craft of coaching. NJ coaches - if you’re completing/completed your ICF certification and haven’t joined ICF NJ chapter, you’re missing out on a great line-up of events round the year. #FishbowlCoaching #ICFNewJersey

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I’m presenting with Amy Wilson at the Community of Human and Organizational Learning 30th annual conference https://lnkd.in/eZsMDERf in Henderson, NV. “Keeping your investigation metrics green, while also solving problems” How do you make this human and organizational performance way of learning from events work in biopharma (or any) manufacturing? Ten to twenty deviations per month, typically 90% minors and the remainder majors, four part-time investigators, 30-day due dates on investigations, leaders that believe 5-Why and Fishbone are helpful, and lagging metrics the industry believes are important such as Deviations Closed On Time, Deviations Per Batch, and Batch Right The First Time. Let's go!

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I'm delighted to present: Recording with Confidence: Self-Assessing Recordings for Your ICF Credential to the ICF Michigan chapter on June 27th. The link below will take you to all the details and instructions for signing up. Let’s engage our coaching mindset and get curious about what Assessors are listening for in your recordings. The core competencies create a container for a coaching conversation that allows the client to develop self-awareness and empowers the client to be at choice. There are specific requirements at each level of competency, and they build on each other. Happy Coaching! https://buff.ly/3KpjmLr #professionalcoaching #icf #mentorcoach #coachingskills

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Creative facilitation means tending to our creative self. How we show up plays a big part in facilitating the creativity of others. It starts with our own presence, flexibility, and creativity before we get into the room. Facilitating creative process, especially in groups with strongly divergent views, or who are focused on deeper healing or transformation, can require a lot. The process can weave in and out of being light and fun, and challenging and demanding. It’s easier if we have built up our own resilience with awareness that there are different elements informing ourselves, and each person in the room. Some Factors that Inform How We Create and Facilitate: •  Our character and personality
 •  Our upbringing, education, life experiences
 •  Our background, culture, ethnicity
 •  Our innate gifts, skills, talents
 •  Our belief systems, values, habits, attitudes, opinions •  Our stories we have about ourselves, creativity, or facilitation •  Our health, energy, vitality, and well being (physically, emotionally, mentally) •  Our challenges (physically, emotionally, mentally) •  Our hopes, dreams, aspirations, inspirations
 •  Our direct experiences, insights, discoveries
 •  Our connection to purpose or a sense of calling •  Our knowledge, wisdom,understanding •  Our level of awareness, adaptability, resiliency •  Our archetypal energies and drives •  Our learning and creating styles •  Our confidence in our own thinking and intuition •  Our sense of play, humor, fun, aliveness •  Our relationship to constraints •  Our frameworks, mental models, and worldview The ways these factors show up and integrate within us, and how they interact with different situations is unique to each person - part of our irreducible "creative signature." Facilitating creativity is a creative process in itself that is also uniquely our own, which emerges from the variety of these elements on different levels within us (while also having common universal patterns that emerge), and each person in the room has their own integration of these elements as well. So there is always a lot happening under the surface in any creative workshop - and that's what can make it exciting and surprising, if we anticipate, allow for, and value creative differences. (This is from Chapter 3 on Pre-workshop Preparation in my book, Pattern Breaks: A Facilitator’s Guide to Cultivating Creativity, where I break each of the elements down a bit more than I have space to do here.) #facilitatingcreativity #coachingcreativity #patternbreaksbook

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Thrilled that #FixingLeadership has started to make its way to leaders inboxes and mailboxes everywhere! My newest book addresses the systemic gaps facing leaders and organizations today: 📌 Why conventional leadership development methods fail 📌 Why we're not investing in the next generation 📌 What skills we need to, but aren't teaching 📌 What we need to be teaching, and 📌 How to teach skills so we remember and can apply them #Leaders - this book is for you. Remember: 1. If you don't invest in your leadership, you're not learning how to solve your own or your organizations' challenges - you become stuck where you are 2. If you're not investing in others' growth and building other leaders, the weight of change and organizational improvement all falls to you - you remain the bottleneck, stuck where you are 3. If there is no succession; no pay-it-forward - then there is no legacy. The walls fall down behind you and the collective impact and economic worth of your enterprise implodes. The leadership vacuum we are seeing - IS NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM. Arm yourself today with the tools you'll need tomorrow to be and do better. https://lnkd.in/gGqXNghU

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Are you studying for your ICF Credential but not sure about resources to study for the exam? In this video, I will cover some resources for studying for the ICF Exam to become a Professional Certified Coach. Watch to learn more! https://lnkd.in/e_5ZgqVX #executivecoach #coachingjourney #coachdevelopment

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Nuturing Human Potential towards Innovation is available for any leader.

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