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Term
|
Definition
|
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Accountability,
Effective
|
Holding a person to
their commitments without making the
Ogre Blunder
|
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Advisory
Coaching
|
see Coaching,
Advisory
|
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Aligned
Priorities
|
see Priorities,
Aligned
|
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Animal nature
|
see Our "animal
nature"
|
|
Automatic mode of human
activities
|
see Auto-self
|
|
Auto-behaviors
|
see Auto-self types,
Auto-behaviors
|
|
Auto-behaviors,
Behaving
disruptively
|
Auto-self behaviors that
undermine the effectiveness of others; bad habits of commission; e.g. anger outbursts,
micromanagement
|
|
Auto-behaviors,
Blockage to
action
|
Auto-self lack of
consistent action that undermines the effectiveness of self; bad habits of omission; e.g.,
performance reviews, self-discovery
|
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Auto-characteristics
|
The profile of an
individual's auto-self characteristics – usually revealed using multi-rater (e.g., 360°) surveys
|
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Auto-contexts
|
see Auto-self types,
Auto-contexts
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Auto-expertise
|
see Auto-self types,
Auto-expertise
|
|
Auto-self
|
The involuntary,
robot-like component of the bipartite mind
|
|
Auto-self
access, Metaphorical
|
Metaphors used to
identify indirectly previously unrecognized auto-
self success factors; uniform-mind as auto-context; "soft" factors
|
|
Auto-self
access, Direct
|
New terminology created
to describe directly the auto-self, as shown in this glossary; bipartite mind as
new auto-context
|
|
Auto-self activities,
Noticing
|
see Self-awareness,
Dynamic
|
|
Auto-self activities,
Recognizing
|
see
Self-awareness, Static
|
|
Auto-self
changes
|
Altering an auto-self
characteristic; we use it to help people improve their performance in areas where they
involuntarily come up short
|
|
Auto-self changes,
Constructing
|
Training auto-skills;
acquiring auto-expertise; creating initial auto-contexts; little discomfort
|
|
Auto-self changes,
Reconstructing
|
Erasing and replacing
obsolete or ineffective auto-contexts; recontextualizing; high discomfort; see our
services
|
|
Auto-self changes,
Transforming
|
Changing an auto-self
characteristic; usually associated with improving an auto-behavior; high discomfort; see
our
services
|
|
Auto-self
characteristics
|
see
Auto-characteristics
|
|
Auto-self
properties
|
see Bipartite mind
Properties
|
|
Auto-self Success
factors
|
see Success factors,
Auto-self
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Auto-self types
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Four types of auto-self activities
that help us understand the auto-self better and see commonality in seemingly diverse
activities
|
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Auto-self types,
Auto-behaviors
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Auto-self driven
behaviors; involuntary behaviors; habits, compulsions, phobias
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Auto-self types,
Auto-contexts
|
Assumptions and beliefs
hidden in the auto-self; appears to us as the way things “really are;" our attitudes, self-image;
organizational cultures
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|
Auto-self types,
Auto-skills
|
Skills automatically
executed by the auto-self such as with sports, musical instruments, and interpersonal and
presentation skills
|
|
Auto-self types,
Auto-expertise
|
Ability of auto-self to
see patterns and relationships holistically rather than through analysis with thinking-self;
“intuition”, “gut” feelings
|
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Auto-skills
|
see Auto-self types,
Auto-skills
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Behaving
disruptively
|
see Auto-behaviors,
Behaving disruptively
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Bipartite
mind
|
The empowering
realization that our mind has two distinct components: auto-self and thinking-self
|
|
Bipartite mind Auto-context |
A new way of seeing
performance improvement; supplants uniform-mind auto-context; opens up vast new frontier
|
|
Bipartite mind
Properties
|
Description of inner
workings of the thinking-self and the auto-self; lays the foundation for systematic
transformations
|
|
Bipartite-mind Theory
|
The theory of the human
mind that opens a new frontier in performance improvement leading to sustained success
|
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Black-box
brain
|
Brain's role
acknowledged and modeled, but its complexity and functioning ignored for simplicity in
Bipartite-Mind Theory
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Blindsided career
derailment
|
Auto-self deficiencies
often lead to "blindsided" failures because person does not notice them (an auto-self
property)
|
|
Blockage to
action
|
see Auto-behaviors,
Blockage to action
|
|
Brain-controlled
activities
|
see Control center,
Brain
|
| CDO |
See Chief Demotivational Officer |
|
Characteristics of the
mind
|
see Auto-self
characteristics
|
|
Chief Demotivational
Officer |
Designation for aggressive executive who often looks good but who’s behavior demotivates
colleagues |
|
Coaching, Advisory
|
Providing timely or
specialized information aimed at the thinking-self; a.k.a. “consulting”
|
|
Coaching, Transformational
|
Erase and replace a
dysfunctional auto-self characteristic, often an auto-behavior; see our
services
|
|
Comfort
Imperative
|
The relentless auto-self
force that drives us to seek pleasure and avoid discomfort; stealthy impulse that compels and
repels us
|
|
Comfort
Priorities
|
see Priorities,
Comfort
|
|
Commitments
|
see Declarations,
Commitments
|
|
Communications, Evocative
|
Nonverbal communications
that evoke feelings that produce comfort priorities
|
|
Communications, Informative
|
Verbal communications
that inform the recipient
|
|
Communications,
Nonverbal
|
Auto-self controlled
evocative communications including facial expressions, gestures, voice inflections; body
language
|
|
Communications,
Verbal
|
Thinking-self controlled
stories
|
|
Competing
Priorities
|
see Priorities,
Competing
|
|
CompleteLeadership.com
|
Website that identifies
the reality of the bipartite mind, creates a theory about it, and builds techniques upon that
theory
|
|
Conditioning
|
The generic name for
creating or changing something about an auto-self characteristic; transforming, constructing,
reconstructing
|
|
Conditioning,
Classical
|
AKA Pavlovian
conditioning; create new trigger that piggybacks on one that creates unconditional response; works
on humans & animals
|
|
Conditioning,
Operant
|
Environmentally-induced
conditioning; behaviorism associated with
B. F. Skinner; works on humans and animals
|
|
Conditioning,
Virtual
|
Auto-self conditioning;
applied through virtual consequences previously constructed in auto-self; works on humans
only
|
|
Consequences,
External
|
Rewards and punishments
from environment
|
|
Consequences,
Virtual
|
Constructed pleasures
and discomforts driven by the auto-self
|
|
Control center,
Brain
|
The
brain controls auto-self activities like holding program for this “robot
within”; mind robotically follows brain commands
|
|
Control center,
Mind
|
The
mind controls thinking-self activities; brain subordinately follows mind
commands
|
|
Control center,
Shifting
|
Normally, control
imperceptibly shifts between mind (thinking-self) and brain (auto-self); but, see Priorities,
Competing
|
|
Constructing
|
see Auto-self changes,
Constructing
|
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Coping
mechanisms
|
Mental tricks we use to
help us cope with failures and setbacks; can help us, but see Evasion gimmicks
|
|
Counteracting Principle
|
Use auto-self feelings
to counteract deleterious drives of the auto-self; “fight fire with fire”; overcomes
unfair-fight
|
|
Counteracting blockages,
Path of least
discomfort
|
Counteracting process
that gets something unpleasant done by making it more uncomfortable to avoid the task; a
push process
|
|
Counteracting blockages,
Pleasure overcomes discomfort
|
Counteracting process
that causes pleasure of doing task to overcome discomfort of performing an unpleasant task; a
pull process
|
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Counteracting bad habits,
Path of greatest
pleasure
|
Counteracting process
that makes it more pleasurable to display the desired behavior than the counterproductive one; a
pull process
|
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Counteracting bad habits,
Discomfort overpowers drive
|
Counteracting process
that uses discomfort of displaying dysfunctional behaviors to overpower the auto-self drive to
exhibit it; a push process
|
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Crossing auto-context
chasm
|
Making a courageous,
frightening leap from an existing auto-context into the unknown of a new auto-context
|
|
Declarations
|
Declaring, usually
publicly, to accomplish something important
|
|
Declarations,
Commitments
|
Voluntary declarations
to achieve a measurable or verifiable result by a specific time; a powerful way to instill internal
motivation
|
|
Declarations,
Intentions
|
Declaration to behave a
certain way; a powerful anchor for transformational coaching
|
|
Descriptive
Stage
|
see Stage,
Descriptive
|
|
Direct
descriptions
|
see Auto-self access,
Direct
|
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Discomfort
overpowers drive
|
see Counteracting bad
habits, Discomfort overpowers drive
|
|
Doing
consistently
|
Overcoming blockages to
action; see Auto-behaviors, Blockage to action
|
|
Dual
Priorities
|
see Priorities,
Dual
|
|
Dynamic
Self-awareness
|
Noticing one’s auto-self
activities while involuntarily enacting them; overcomes an auto-self Property; see Self-awareness,
Dynamic
|
|
Effective
Accountability
|
see Accountability,
Effective
|
|
Empirical
Foundation
|
see Foundation,
Empirical
|
|
Empirically-derived
techniques
|
see Improvement
techniques, Empirically-derived
|
|
Escape
rituals
|
see Evasion gimmicks,
Escape rituals
|
|
Evasion
gimmicks
|
Misused coping
mechanisms; counterproductive attempts to avoid failure discomfort when corrective actions are
needed
|
Evasion
gimmicks,
Rationalization |
Minimize importance: Replace action with a
story that action is not really needed |
Evasion gimmicks,
Procrastination |
Keep putting off: Acknowledge task; keep it
low priority; be "too busy" |
|
Evasion gimmicks,
Escape rituals
|
Divert attention: Do
something pleasurable when faced with an uncomfortable task
|
|
Evasion gimmicks,
Simplistic solutions
|
Substitute: Acknowledge need – take related action that does not achieve goal; creates seduction trap
(common in self-help efforts) |
|
Evasion gimmicks,
Excuses as reasons
|
Pretend: Excuse away
lack of action by pretending you have a real reason; people often fool themselves as well as
others
|
|
Evocative
Communications
|
see Communications,
Evocative
|
|
Experiential
workshops
|
see Improvement
techniques, Experiential workshops
|
|
External
Consequences
|
see Consequences,
External
|
|
External
Motivation
|
see Motivation,
External
|
|
Fight fire with
fire
|
Use auto-self to induce
feelings to overcome the discomfort of transformational auto-self change; see Counteracting
Principle.
|
|
Foundation, Empirical
|
Experimentation and
verification of effectiveness constitute the foundation for performance improvement
techniques
|
|
Foundation, Theoretical
|
A theoretical structure
constitutes the foundation for performance improvement techniques; in this case, the bipartite-mind
theory
|
|
Framing realities
realistically
|
Aligning auto-contexts
with environmental realities; see Auto-self types, Auto-contexts
|
|
Group-help
|
see Improvement
techniques, Group help
|
|
Handling complexity
intuitively
|
see Auto-self types,
Auto-expertise
|
|
Hard Success
factors
|
see Success factors,
Hard
|
|
HowTheMindWorks.com
|
Website that discusses
the bipartite-mind theory of performance improvement vis-à-vis other studies and theories of the
mind
|
|
Human nature
|
see Our "human
nature"
|
|
Improvement
activities,
Teaching
|
Providing information
for thinking-self; consulting; advisory coaching; tutoring
|
|
Improvement activities,
Transformational coaching
|
1-1 interactions
transform dysfunctional auto-self characteristics using systematic techniques; escort through
discomfort; see our
services
|
|
Improvement
activities,
Experiential
workshops
|
Workshops where
facilitators induce and manage experiences to aid transforming shared auto-self characteristics;
see our
services
|
|
Improvement
activities,
On-the-job
|
"Experience", “know-how”
building; creation of auto-expertise; structured assignment rotations; minimum
discomfort
|
Improvement techniques,
Learning |
Thinking-self acquiring knowledge from
information; minimal discomfort |
|
Improvement
activities,
Action learning
|
Intense group activity
with high potential people working on a critical business issue with a tough deadline; planned
discomfort
|
|
Improvement activities,
Self-help
|
Attempting to transform
an auto-behavior without external help; transformation discomfort often causes failure due to
unfair fight
|
|
Improvement
activities,
Group help
|
People with similar
interests or problems helping each other improve, normally without a professional facilitator;
guided through discomfort
|
|
Improvement
techniques,
Constructing
|
Auto-self acquiring new
abilities through conditioning, practice, or mimicking; auto-skills or initial auto-contexts;
little discomfort
|
|
Improvement
techniques,
Reconstructing
|
Erasing and replacing
counterproductive auto-contexts; usually creates significant discomfort, which often blocks
crossing chasm
|
|
Improvement
techniques,
Transforming
|
Erasing and replacing
dysfunctional auto-behaviors; creates discomfort that can block transformation; coaches alleviate
discomfort
|
|
Indirect
construction
|
see Improvement
techniques, Constructing
|
|
Indirect
reconstruction
|
see Improvement
techniques, Reconstructing
|
|
Informative
Communications
|
see Communications,
Informative
|
|
Intentions
|
Resolving to enact a
particular behavior; see Declarations, Intentions
|
|
Internal
motivation
|
see Motivation,
internal
|
|
Internal Reality
wars
|
Conflicts between two
internal realities; any combination of auto-self and thinking-self conflict; a.k.a. cognitive
dissonance
|
|
Involuntary human
activities
|
see Auto-self
|
|
Knowledge,
explicit
|
Thinking-self
knowledge
|
|
Knowledge, Tacit
|
Non-explicit knowledge;
In The Knowledge Creating Company, includes
auto-contexts, auto-skills, and auto-expertise
|
|
Leadership
|
Auto-self part of
getting things done through others; “management” is name for thinking-self component of getting
things done
|
|
Leading
effectively
|
Displaying the auto-self
characteristics to move people forward;
see Auto-self types, Auto-skills
|
|
Learning
|
Acquiring new knowledge;
see Improvement techniques, Learning
|
|
Locus of
control
|
Mind for thinking-self;
brain for auto-self; see Control center entries
|
|
Metaphoric
Stage
|
see Stage,
Metaphoric
|
|
Metaphorical
identifications
|
see Auto-self access,
Metaphorical
|
|
Mind-controlled
activities
|
see Control center,
Mind
|
|
Mind versus
Brain
|
Focus on intangible mind
not tangible brain for performance improvement
|
|
Motivation,
external
|
Environmentally produced
motivation (promises of rewards; threats of punishments)
|
|
Motivation,
internal
|
Auto-self driven
motivation; feel great about meeting commitments; feel terrible about missing
commitments
|
|
Motivator of
action, Feelings
|
The auto-self controls actions through
feelings (pleasure and discomfort)
|
|
Motivator of
action,
Thoughts
|
The thinking-self
motivates action through intentional thoughts such as strategies, goals, plans, and task
lists
|
|
Mystical
techniques |
A minimalist approach relying on the placebo effect for any help. The antithesis of the grounded
techniques described here |
|
Nonverbal
Communications
|
see Communications,
Nonverbal
|
|
Noticing Auto-self
activities
|
see Auto-self
activities, Noticing
|
|
Ogre
blunder
|
Creating discomfort
associated with your communication rather with the failure of person you are trying to
change
|
|
Our "uniquely human
nature"
|
Our thinking-self;
stories, thoughts, intentions
|
|
Our "animal
nature"
|
Our auto-self; mostly
shared with other animals
|
|
Our "human
nature"
|
Integration of our
"uniquely human nature" and our "animal nature"
|
|
Path of least
discomfort
|
see Counteracting
blockages, Path of least discomfort
|
|
Path of greatest
pleasure
|
see Counteracting bad
habits, Path of greatest pleasure
|
|
People
process
|
The name used for the
auto-self in Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things
Done by Bossidy and Charan
|
|
Performance
improvement
|
The general name for
improving workplace performance; see Improvement entries
|
|
Performance
improvement,
Systematic
|
Systematic performance
improvement techniques built upon robust theoretical structure that maximizes results across
people, situations
|
| Pinnacles |
A way to visualize the
isolation and difficulty of changing auto-contexts (crossing chasm to a new Pinnacle); another way
to view paradigms
|
|
Pinnacle of success
|
Double entendre: Peak of
success and the auto-context (bipartite-mind model) that enables reaching that peak
|
| Placebo |
Any help that comes from providing hope and support without applying any techniques that specifically
transform the auto-self |
|
Pleasure overcomes
discomfort
|
see Counteracting
blockages, Pleasure overcomes discomfort
|
|
Priorities, Dual
|
The fact that we have
two independent types of priorities
|
|
Priorities,
Success
|
Priorities set by
thinking-self through goals, strategies, and action plans
|
|
Priorities,
Comfort
|
Priorities set by
auto-self. These priorities driven by feelings rather than intentions; compels for pleasure; repels
for discomfort
|
|
Priorities,
Aligned
|
When auto-self
priorities align with thinking-self priorities – a major goal of transformational coaching
|
|
Priorities,
Competing
|
When comfort and success
priorities compete or collide – often leads to (blinded) failure; an insidious barrier to sustained
success
|
|
Procrastination
|
see Evasion gimmicks,
Procrastination
|
|
Properties of the
auto-self
|
The inner workings of
the auto-self; see Bipartite mind, Properties
|
|
Properties of the
mind
|
see Bipartite mind,
Properties
|
|
Push process
|
Using discomfort to
counteract a comfort priority that opposes a success priority; see Counteracting entries
above
|
|
Pull process
|
Using pleasure to
counteract an adverse comfort priority; see Counteracting entries above
|
|
Rationalization
|
see Evasion gimmicks,
Rationalization
|
|
Reality wars
|
see Internal Reality
wars
|
|
Reasons vs.
Excuses
|
see Evasion gimmicks,
Reasons vs. Excuses
|
|
Recognizing Auto-self
activities
|
see Auto-self
activities, Recognizing
|
|
Reconstructing
|
see Auto-self changes,
Reconstructing
|
|
Recontextualizing
|
Erasing and replacing an
obsolete or ineffective auto-context; see Auto-self changes; reconstructing
|
|
Replacing
obsolete
auto-contexts
|
Recontextualizing;
crossing chasm to new Pinnacle; shifting paradigms; see Auto-self changes,
Reconstructing
|
|
Robot within
|
The way our auto-self
seems to work robot-like
|
|
Robot-like
auto-self
|
Auto-self acts like a
robot whose program the thinking-self has only indirect access for reprogramming
|
|
Seduction
trap
|
Succumbing to lure of
apparent change without results; common self-help failure mode; see Evasion gimmicks, Simplistic
solutions
|
|
Self-awareness,
Dynamic
|
Noticing an auto-self
activity while enacting it.
|
|
Self-awareness,
Static
|
Becoming aware of a
stable or static auto-self characteristic; often revealed using multi-rater (e.g., 360°) surveys;
see our services
|
|
Self-help
|
see Improvement
activities, Self-help
|
|
Self-image
|
Hidden, mostly implicit,
auto-context beliefs about our characteristics; feedback opposing our self-image creates a reality
war
|
|
Simplistic
solutions
|
see Evasion gimmicks,
Simplistic solutions
|
|
Soft Success
factors
|
see Success factors,
Soft
|
|
Stage,
ignorance
|
Naïve stage before an
important concept that needs management is even identified. Metaphorical stage emerges to identify
issues
|
|
Stage,
Metaphorical
|
The first stage in
managing a newly identified phenomenon; it uses metaphors to identify the concepts within an
existing auto-context
|
|
Stage,
Descriptive
|
When the metaphorical
stage reaches a point of diminishing returns, we need to describe the phenomenon within a
new auto-context
|
|
Static
Self-awareness
|
see Self-awareness,
Static
|
|
Success factors,
Auto-self
|
Success factors
controlled by auto-self, such as interpersonal skills, beneficial work habits, realistic
self-image
|
|
Success factors,
Thinking-self
|
Success factors
controlled by thinking-self, such as designing, accounting, and marketing
|
|
Success factors,
Hard
|
A metaphorical name to
indentify thinking-self success factors
|
|
Success factors,
Soft
|
A metaphorical name to
indentify auto-self success factors
|
|
Success
Priorities
|
see Priorities,
Success
|
|
Systematic
improvement
|
see Performance
improvement, Systematic
|
|
Tacit
Knowledge
|
see Knowledge,
Tacit
|
|
The
"box"
|
Auto-context; as in
"thinking outside the box"
|
|
Theoretically-derived
techniques
|
see Improvement
techniques, Theoretically-derived
|
|
Theoretical
Foundation
|
see Foundation,
Theoretical
|
|
Thinking-self
|
The voluntary,
intentional, knowledge-based part of the bipartite mind
|
|
Thinking-self
properties
|
see Bipartite-mind
Properties
|
|
Thinking-self Success
factors
|
see Success factors,
Thinking-self
|
|
Transformable
organization
|
An organization that has
instilled ability to transform undesired
auto-behaviors and
reconstruct obsolete cultural artifacts
|
|
Transformable
person
|
A person who acquired
ability (usually with help) to transform dysfunctional habits and reconstruct obsolete
auto-contexts
|
|
Transformation
facilitators
|
People who transform
many people on common issues in experiential workshops; see Improvement techniques, Experiential
workshops
|
|
Transformational
Coaching
|
see Coaching,
Transformational
|
|
Transforming
|
Changing an auto-self
characteristic see Auto-self changes, Transforming
|
|
Transforming
auto-behaviors
|
Erasing and replacing
dysfunctional habits; see Improvement techniques,
Transforming
|
|
Trusted
helper
|
Someone who can help
guide you through the discomfort of transformational change
|
|
Unfair-fight
|
Occurs when the
thinking-self attempts to overpower the auto-self; the unfair-fight causes most self-help
transformations to fail
|
|
Uniquely human
nature
|
see Our "uniquely human
nature"
|
|
Verbal
Communications
|
see Communications,
Verbal
|
|
Virtual
Consequences
|
see Consequences,
Virtual
|
