The GWC™ Flow Channel

00:04:18
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Summary

TLDRMark O'Donnell, CEO of EOS Worldwide, discusses the concept of GWC (Get it, Want it, and Capacity to do it) from their book, "The People Book: Dare to Build an Intentional Culture." Inspired by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's idea of flow and the challenge-skills balance, the GWC concept emphasizes aligning challenges with individual skills to maintain motivation and productivity. Over-challenging team members can lead to stress, while under-challenging can cause boredom. Leaders are encouraged to carefully balance challenges to keep their teams in the optimal GWC state, fostering both personal growth and organizational effectiveness.

Takeaways

  • 📘 The concept of GWC stands for Get it, Want it, and Capacity to do it.
  • 📊 GWC is about finding the right challenge-skills balance for team members.
  • 🤔 Too much challenge can lead to stress and anxiety.
  • 📉 Too little challenge can cause boredom and procrastination.
  • 🔄 Continuous adjustment of challenges is essential for maintaining motivation.
  • 📈 Keeping employees in the GWC flow channel promotes personal growth.
  • 🧠 Inspired by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's flow theory.
  • 🏆 The goal is to maintain high performance and engagement.
  • 📚 Concept is from "The People Book: Dare to Build an Intentional Culture."
  • 🔍 Leaders must be aware of delegation impact on challenge levels.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:04:18

    Mark OD Donnell fala sobre o conceito de GWC (Get It, Want It, Capacity to Do It) e como ele é essencial para construir uma cultura organizacional intencional. Esse conceito é relacionado ao "flow" de Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, onde o equilíbrio entre desafio e habilidades mantém o indivíduo motivado e eficiente. À medida que as tarefas são delegadas, pode haver um descompasso entre o desafio e as habilidades do colaborador, colocando-o em estresse ou tédio. O objetivo é manter os colaboradores no estado ideal de GWC ajustando continuamente o nível de desafio, evitando tanto a sobrecarga quanto a monotonia. Isso garante que as pessoas estejam sempre engajadas e alinhadas com os valores centrais da organização.

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Frequently Asked Question

  • What is the main concept discussed in the video?

    The main concept is GWC, which stands for Get it, Want it, and Capacity to do it.

  • Who introduced the concept of GWC?

    Mark O'Donnell, CEO of EOS Worldwide, introduced the concept.

  • What book is the concept from?

    The concept is from "The People Book: Dare to Build an Intentional Culture."

  • Who is the author of the book mentioned in the video?

    The author is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who wrote about flow and challenge-skills balance.

  • What balance is crucial for GWC according to the video?

    The challenge-skills balance is crucial for maintaining GWC.

  • What happens if the challenge exceeds an individual's skills by too much?

    If the challenge exceeds skills too much, it can cause stress and anxiety, leading to erratic behavior.

  • How should leaders manage challenges for their team?

    Leaders should ensure challenges are slightly above current skills for growth without causing excessive stress.

  • What can happen if there is not enough challenge for team members?

    A lack of challenge can lead to boredom, causing procrastination and avoidance.

  • How should leaders keep their team in the GWC flow channel?

    Leaders should continuously adjust challenges to match skill development and avoid stress or boredom.

  • What is the ultimate goal of managing challenge-skill balance?

    The goal is to keep the team in a state of GWC, where they are engaged and perform well.

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  • 00:00:01
    hey there I'm Mark OD Donnell Visionary
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    and CEO here at EOS worldwide and we're
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    pleased to introduce to you a concept
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    from our newest book The People book
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    dare to build an intentional culture and
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    so what I'm going to do is take you
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    through the concept of gwc get it want
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    it and capacity to do it over time and
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    how that occurs for managing your people
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    for building that culture with intent
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    and this comes from a concept from mihi
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    chick sent mihi who in his book flow
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    talks about the challenge skills balance
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    and what we realized working with all of
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    the companies that we have all of the
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    people that we have over time is that
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    gwc changes and it's really based on
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    this challenge skills balance so on the
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    vertical here we have challenge that's
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    the amount of effort that it takes to
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    get a particular job done versus the
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    current skill that they possess on this
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    horizontal and the intersection of the
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    right amount of Challenge and the
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    current level of skill for a person puts
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    them into a gwc space they get it they
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    want it and they have the capacity to do
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    it but here's what happens over time you
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    start delegating things to your direct
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    report to a team member and maybe the
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    challenge is way above their skill set
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    so they're sitting here they're GW
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    seeing their role now all of a sudden
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    they're outside of their flow Channel
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    where they don't have the skill
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    developed in order to do the job and so
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    now they're in a place of stress where
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    they start acting a little bit
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    differently they're in this complete
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    place of stress a little bit of anxiety
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    they're acting erratically and so this
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    is where you have to really think think
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    about what's
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    happening with your person so you've
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    you've delegated something to them they
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    don't yet have the skill all right so
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    they're in this place of stress now over
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    time then the person gains the skill and
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    they get back into that gwc flow Channel
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    because their skills have increased so
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    they start to move up here now if you'll
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    notice we only put the the challenge a
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    little bit outside of their current
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    skill set if we were to put it way up
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    here it might shut them down they might
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    no longer appear to be sharing your core
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    values because they're in just such a
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    place of stress such a place of anxiety
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    so a little bit of stress is good it
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    creates that upskilling for your people
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    but if you go a little bit too far
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    you're not going to have a a happy
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    result from that and so the same thing
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    occurs over time so let's say this
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    person is going to keep doing the same
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    thing over and over and over again again
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    they already have these skills and their
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    skills continue to develop well if you
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    don't add any challenge they may end up
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    in a place of boredom and really what we
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    found is that Stress and Anxiety look
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    pretty much the same as boredom people
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    will procrastinate they avoid it it's
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    just too easy for them so the goal here
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    with each of your direct reports is to
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    continuously challenge them just a
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    little bit they move up they gain the
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    skill and they're just going along this
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    path and they're remaining in a state of
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    gwc over long periods of time and what
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    we want you to really recognize as
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    leaders and managers is first are you
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    pray you know not giving your people
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    enough challenge where they become a
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    little bit too bored or if you giving
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    them too much challenge because you're
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    not aware of your delegation and they're
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    putting them in this place of of stress
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    and so the goal here again is simply to
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    keep all of your people across your
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    entire organization in that sweet spot
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    in the perfect challenge skills balance
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    where they get it they want it and they
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    have the capacity to do their job really
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    well
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    [Music]
Tags
  • GWC
  • challenge-skills balance
  • leadership
  • EOS Worldwide
  • intentional culture
  • stress management
  • boredom
  • team productivity
  • personal growth