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How to prime big ideas and creativity in yourself and your team

Welcome to brain based professional development, resources to help you build new insights and strategies for long lasting vitality at work!

The Science and Strategy of Team Creativity and Momentum

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

Malcolm Gladwell

“Whole Brained” Team

Ideas

Impact

Momentum

Fine Tune your neural state to perk up your creativity!

1. Write down 3 emotions 3x/day x 7 days, get to know your daily patterns

2. Movement, gentle stretch or a walk can help increase the positive emotional state

3. Recalling a time someone helped you, gratitude changes the neural state to a more positive state and therefore the creative part of the brain can be more active.

12 Steps of Positivity- Dr. B Fredrickson, Book=Positivity

Expansive Mind

1:1 Stable

3:1 Flourishing

Positive Emotions:

Joy, Gratitude, Serenity, Interest, Hope, Pride, Amusement, Inspiration, Awe, Love

Be Open
Build high quality connections
Cultivate kindness
Limit Distractions
Dispute negative thoughts
Find Nature
Learn & apply strengths
Mindful meditation
Meditate on Loving kindness
Ritualize Gratitude
Honor endings
Visualize YOU in 10 years meeting your mission

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Core Values Matter

Find Values that Speak to YOU!

Core Values are your “line in the sand”, they describe your character.

Core Value List:

1. Read over the values below, look for the ones that “speak to you", the ones that describe your character or how you guide your decisions.

2. From the list below, choose and circle every core value that resonates with you. Do not overthink your selections. As you read through the list, simply circle the words that feel like a core value to you personally. If you think of a value you possess that is not on the list, be sure to write it down as well.

Abundance Acceptance Accountability Achievement Advancement Adventure Advocacy Ambition Appreciation Attractiveness Autonomy Balance Being the Best Benevolence Boldness Brilliance Calmness Caring Challenge Charity Cheerfulness Cleverness Community Commitment Compassion Cooperation Collaboration Consistency Contribution Creativity Credibility Curiosity

Daring Decisiveness Dedication Dependability Diversity Empathy Encouragement Enthusiasm Ethics Excellence Expressiveness Fairness Family Friendships Flexibility Freedom Fun Generosity Grace Growth Flexibility Happiness Health Honesty Humility Humor Inclusiveness Independence Individuality Innovation Inspiration Intelligence

Intuition Joy Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning Love Loyalty Making a Difference Mindfulness Motivation Optimism Open-Mindedness Originality Passion Performance Personal Development Proactive Professionalism Quality Recognition Risk Taking Safety Security Service Spirituality Stability Peace Perfection Playfulness Popularity Power

Preparedness Proactivity Professionalism Punctuality Recognition Relationships Reliability Resilience Resourcefulness Responsibility Responsiveness Security Self-Control Selflessness Simplicity Stability Success Teamwork Thankfulness Thoughtfulness Traditionalism Trustworthiness Understanding Uniqueness Usefulness Versatility Vision Warmth Wealth Well-Being Wisdom Zeal

3. Work in the table below; Group all similar values together from the list of values you just circled. Group them in a way that makes sense to you, personally. Create a maximum of five groupings. If you have more than five groupings, drop those least important. There is a limit of 6 in each category.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5

4. Choose one word within each grouping that best represents the label for the entire group. Again, do not overthink your labels. There are no right or wrong answers. You are defining the answer that is right for you. Circle the one word that best represents the label for the group.

5. Read over the groups, or columns, and the one that you circled as the label for each group, do these values drive your days? These values should be your core values or your “lines in the sand”. These core values build your character and help you with decisions each day. It is important to know your core values.

Core Values, write down the “labels” or core values for each group in the table.

1. __________________________________

2. __________________________________

3. __________________________________

4. __________________________________

5. __________________________________

Think about how you structure your days, are your core values leading your decisions on how you spend your time? Be aware that your core values drive your choices and decisions.

Personal Values are related to subjective well-being.
A high level of well-being is associated with a sense of direction from your values. Values direct our actions.

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Purpose Activity:

What is your first name?_________________________________
What do you do?________________________________________

(What is the one thing right now that you feel supremely qualified to teach other people? Fill in above)

Who do you do it for? ___________________________________________________________
What do they want or need? ______________________________________________________
How do they change or transform as a result of working with you? ______________________________________________________________________

Dinner Party Answer:

“What do you do?”

I help people (use answer #5) _________________________________________________________________

How do you do that? ________________________________________________________________________

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Network Exercise:

“If you were going to make one choice to try to make yourself happier and have a better life, just one choice. It would be to invest in your relationships. “

Robert Waldinger, MD

Goals:

1. Health; yours, and others

2. Exchange resources

3. Professional joy

Power Up your Network

Grow it Strategically (Goal unique three people@ category)

► 1. Support: Who Supports me personally at work?

__________________________________________

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► 2. Expertise: Who shares knowledge or expertise with me?

_________________________________________________

___ ______________________________________________

► 3. Influence: Who provides political support and influences on my behalf?

____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

► 4. Feedback: Who provides feedback and watches out for my career?

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

► 5. Validation: Who makes me feel good about my work?

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

► 6. Energy: Who helps me stay energized?

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

► Notice any gaps? Start planning coffee dates to build your network strategically.

Coffee date ideas (ask for 10 minutes of their time).

► ______________________________

Honor Reciprocity

► Helpful networking, Be generous with your time, work, gifts, service.

► This week I can help, praise, give or spend time with_____________.

► This week’s plan is (keep it simple and doable)

_____________________________________________________________________.

Strategic health networking

(We assume the behaviors of those we spend time with)

In the last 2 weeks have you spend time with someone who prioritizes:

Healthy nutrition yes/no

Friend Relationships yes/no

Stress Management yes/no

Work/ Home balance yes/no

Sleep yes/no

Fun yes/no

Learning yes/no

Professional growth yes/no

Partner relationships yes/no

Relaxing yes/no

Movement/Exercise yes/no

Modulate your emotional state to perk up your creativity!

1. Write down 3 emotions 3x/day x 7 days, get to know your daily patterns

2. Movement, gentle stretch or a walk can help increase the positive emotional state

3. Recalling a time someone helped you, gratitude changes the neural state to a more positive state and therefore the creative part of the brain can be more active.

Books;

Culture Code - Daniel Coyle Resonant Leadership- Richard Boyatsis

The Mind of the Leader- R Hougaard Positivity- Barb Fredrickson

Find Your Why- Simon Sinek The Genius Zone- Gay Hendricks

Thank you for your attention and please reach out with questions,

Mary Rensel, MD FAAN

thebrainfresh@gmail.com

https://linktr.ee/Dr.MaryRensel

Free Team Resources:

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Productivity Tips

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Ted talk on Purpose:

https://youtu.be/vVsXO9brK7M?si=_ehrFCVneGUVanAe

Books;

Culture Code - Daniel Coyle Resonant Leadership- Richard Boyatsis

The Mind of the Leader- R Hougaard Positivity- Barb Fredrickson

Find Your Why- Simon Sinek The Genius Zone- Gay Hendricks

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