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Extraordinary Results
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Leadership & Team Building Drives Success
“The reason I came to The Option Institute was to learn the techniques to help my son emerge from his world of Autism. Now after more than four years of practicing The Option Process, my son is ready to emerge from his exclusive world and I have discovered a secret formula to grow our business.
I was a confident, goal oriented, high-energy entrepreneur. I thought I didn’t need much help, but little did I know. When I began employing The Option Process Dialogue®, my awareness expanded: how to be present, how to connect with others and how to empower the people around me. This led to wonderful growth in my company that develops and sells personal care products. I began to lead my organization more effectively. My energy became more focused, and my mind remained calm and able to respond to new challenges with quiet precision. My whole team noticed the changes and I decided to share The Option Process with my employees.
Our training seminar, PowerDialoguesSM, provided an Ah-Ha! moment for the team. We were able to synchronize our intentions of increased success in daily business. The results speak for themselves – business is expanding and the team is working together in amazing harmony.”
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Building Valuable Team Consensus
“In my work as Director of I.T. for a large multinational corporation, I was having a problem with my managers making decisions that benefited their own units at the expense of overall corporate goals. I spent lots of time explaining the importance of the overall goals and they would express their support and agreement. But then a situation would come up, and again they would make decisions to the contrary in ‘this one case.’ This one case was almost all the time. This would lead to my lecturing and debating, not solving the problem.
After taking courses at The Option Institute such as Empower Yourself and Radical Authenticity, I began to realize things about my own behavior. While watching the teachers talking with students about their beliefs, I often assumed I knew what the students were going to say and was surprised when I was dead wrong. Through my work at The Option Institute, I realized I could be a much more effective manager if I applied the The Option Process approach of listening in a non-judgmental, accepting manner. I did not believe these qualities would work in a business environment. Nevertheless, I decided to try it.
In meetings, it was difficult for me to break my own pattern of behavior. I developed a private technique of pushing my chair back from the table to remind myself that I wanted to behave differently. Then I would simply ask questions about their decisions, being careful to listen and not make judgments. The results were amazing. The meeting participants began to discover for themselves what they believed wasn’t true. They discovered new approaches that worked to meet everyone’s goal. Eventually, meetings became much more productive through The Option Process of listening more to each other and exploring the group’s beliefs together. This approach has enabled us to build team consensus beyond what I would have thought possible!”
Taking Your Career to Whole New Levels
“I’ve always been a top performer at work, but since learning and applying The Option Process , I’ve taken my career to whole new levels. In particular, I’ve worked through my fears of making mistakes, looking stupid, addressing conflict and getting laid off. This has enabled me to get in touch with what I really want from work, which is to make as big a difference as I can while having fun and providing for my family. I now make decisions quickly, raise the issues that need to get raised (in a helpful and not angry way), get input from others rather than try to produce the ‘perfect’ finished solution myself and am open about my mistakes so everyone can learn from them. As a result, I’m contributing more to the bottom line than ever before, and my manager and colleagues have noticed. At my recent performance review, my manager told me to pick whatever career path I want and he and the senior management team would support it. Thanks to The Option Institute, for giving me the tools to release the best version of me I can be!”
