VITAL BEHAVIORS, NEW LOVE?

Attended INFLUENCER training on JUNE 10-12, 2015.

One of my favorite take aways from my INFLUENCER training is Vital Behaviors (VB). These are the smallest set of actions that lead to the results you want. It is an eye opener to me. Unlike the previous training I have attended, like 7 Habits, Awareness before change etc, VB are the few high-leverage actions that if you keep doing, produce the outcomes you’re after. Vital Behaviors are keys to change efforts whether you are trying to change yourself or something larger (your team, your organization, or the world). In fact, change efforts often fail because they either focus on the results but don’t identify the specific actions to get there, or they spend time and energy on a bunch of actions that are good ideas, but aren’t the vital few.

I like to think of the vital behaviors as the MUST actions vs. the SHOULD or COULD.  For example, if I want to get my body in fighting shape, I need to workout 4 times per week.  If I want to write a book, I need to write and edit daily.  I can do a bunch of other supportive behaviors, but if I don’t do these vital behaviors, I don’t get the results I want.  Vital Behaviors cut to the chase.

Our VB Tracking chart

This is our Vital Behaviours in Sales

We have implemented Vital Behaviours (google sheet) on 29May. Since then, most of us in the team are very focus on doing our daily VB, with the belief that this VB will truly lead us to the desired result soon.