702: Three Pillars of Change: Lead Others to Lead Themselves Using Your Open Playbook with Larry Dodd

Larry Dodd from Open-Playbook.com is a keynote speaker and thought leader around strengths-based leadership. He challenges you to combine the best of what your team has to contribute with the appropriate management tools for where you are and then trains you to master them. This takes you from where you are to where you need to go, building a results-driven, people-first culture that consistently exceeds expectations.

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Things you will learn in this episode:

What is the methodology of Open Playbook to execute changes for effective leadership in a business or organzation?
In relation to the first pillar, what do people usually come up or discover about their skills and what are the notable ones?
Larry Dodd's inherent strength
The number one mistake that most organizations or businesses do over and over again
What is a Playbook and what is in it?
Is there a timeline in the process of developing a playbook?
What is the benefit of using and developing a Playbook?
Hardest parts in developing a playbook
Larry Dodd's journey of change
What is the importance of the third pillar, giving away the playbook, in the process of developing one?
Playbook's Ideal Client

What is the methodology of Open Playbook to execute changes for effective leadership in a business or organzation?

There are three pillars within the Open Playbook methods:

Know yourself - know yourself and understand what you could offer in the company or organization. Assess your skills, talents, temperaments and ask yourself what do you offer that nobody else can.
Know the kind of playbook you want to create- it is a foundation of building the change plan and its processes, and determining the people who will executive it.By this, you will have a clearer picture what you need and how to develop the change.
Give away the playbook- it is important to determine who you giveaway the playbook to because they are the people who you want to build.

In relation to the first pillar, what do people usually come up or discover about their skills and what are the important ones?
Most of the time, it leads to finding out your temperaments, learning styles, your strengths and weaknesses etc.

Larry Dodd's inherent strength

Making change. More specifically building people and seeing people's strength in every situation. He belivies that the key to success is getting the right people in the right place, with the right attitude at the right time.

Number one mistake that most organizations or businesses do over and over again

Lack of self knowledge and the lack of an orientation to develop people based on trust. By building a foundation of trust and confidence, you find the people to develop and help people to see the potential that they really have to offer.

What is a Playbook and what is in it?

Playbook can start with a document and the concept begins with developing. It demonstrates the change you want to make, the step-by-step process of achieving change, and the effect of change in the industry or business. As a leader, developing a playbook means developing people who will make the process better than it could be imagined. The idea is for people to unleash their knowledge about the business and acknowledge and use their skills to take the business further.

Is there a timeline in the process of developing a playbook?

It is not so much of a destination but a journey. It is a path. It is something that allows us to continually think about how we improve things, how we make them better, how we build people, who we build, and why. It becomes a way that you do your business. It is changing the heartbeat of that organization and the way that people think about how they do their job, how they interact with each other, how they view change, and how they initiate change

What is the benefit of using and developing a Playbook?

It is the constant innovation. Developing a playbook helps tremendously in the business scale since it is a competitive environment that needs a culture that supports constant innovation, continuous improvement, and creative thinking.

Hardest parts in developing a playbook

Coming up with the title of the playbook, the steps you will be taking, figuring out your strengths and abilities and how to advance them, and of course trusting the process.

Larry Dodd's journey of change

He began being frustrated that he was unhappy and made others around him unhappy too. He couldn't continue to work under the same circumstances and so he sought a counselor to help with his career.

He took the MBTI Test which really enlightened him and he began seing a clearer picture. The biggest break of his career followed within months. And that was the major league baseball team opportunity in which he was really charged along with the rest of the management team and the acquisition with leading change in a very high profile environment.

What is the importance of the third pillar, giving away the playbook, in the process of developing one?

When you think about giving away your playbook, you're really giving away your experience. You're giving away what you have to offer that nobody else can offer. And it's important to realize that you have to be careful and who you're developing and choose the right people who will benefit from that knowledge.

Playbook's Ideal Client

Organizations or businesses who need major change initiative, and they realize that it's going to require a cultural change with their organizations. It always starts at the top. It starts with the leaders

Key Quote: "When you have an open playbook and you lead with an open playbook, and you're developing yourself and others, and you're getting giving away and building the right people, the advancement of people in your organization and people you're investing in is absolutely staggering."

If you want to chat with Larry and his team, you may visit their webiste at Open-Playbook.com or call them at 925-448-4122 and begin the most needed change you've always wanted to see in your business!