Putting People First, TTI SI President, Rick Bowers, #59

The Wake Up Eager Workforce Podcast

Overview of Episode #59 ---

• Why TTI SI is committed to sharing the Science of Axiology with the world.
• How to use this science to change and grow, and upcoming updates, what's next for TTI SI’s Acumen report.
• Gain insights from a super busy Executive, husband and father, his favorite books, tips and inspiration.
• Contact Priceless Professional Development: 770-578-6976, [e-mail] or www.pricelessprofessional.com
• To see the show notes and get the transcript for this episode, go to: www.pricelessprofessional.com/rick

Timing on Recording: @ 6:13 ---

Topic 1: Welcome Rick Bowers; How You Became Aware of Robert S. Hartman's Work; Why Did You Decide That This Is a Tool You're Interested in Learning More About and Bringing It to People; Why Have You Continued to Stay Committed to It.

• It is getting inside someone's head, understanding how they think, and people are so complex that you just can't look at a person from just DISC or just from a couple assessments, you really have to have this complete picture of the individual and understand what's going on and where are their filters, what's going on in their brain.
• The Hartman tools give us the ability to understand how people look at the world and how they look at themselves.
• It is tough to look and assess a person without looking at everything, including the Axiology, Hartman’s work.

Timing on Recording: @ 10:05 ---

Topic 2: When You Use the Tool, How Have You Used it Within the Organization? How is It Used Across the Country? Across the World.

• We use it with every internal hire.
• When we're bringing in Chief Marketing Officers and VPs of people, different people at that level, you really have to truly understand how they think.
• World view vs. Internal view.
• Business is off a little bit this year, but the training and the development business is up because organizations have been hiring people without assessments over the last 12 months because they needed a person, and now they're having problems within the organization because they didn't make that connection, they did not use Acumen.
• If you don't match the person to the job, you're going to have issues as you go forward.

Timing on Recording: @ 13:38 ---

Topic 3: How Has Hartman’s Work Impacted Your Life?

• You start to look at things very differently.
• Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Systemic.
• Hartman’s work is a mental mind map that is so powerful personally and professionally.

Timing on Recording: @ 16:46 ---

Topic 4: What Do You Say to Consultants Who Are Struggling to “Bring it all together?”

• Use Axiology at the level that you're comfortable with.
• Focus on three main things: The people piece, feeling, the doing or practical piece, and then the systems or thinking piece.

Timing on Recording: @ 18:48 ---

Topic 5: What Do You Think the Future of Hartman’s Work Is? Do You See Changes in the Tools?

• There's so much opportunity, there's so much potential for growth and expansion.
• The Hartman Institute’s goal is to change the world for the better.
• Get more business-minded people into the Hartman Institute.
• Update training recertification.
• Updated Dimensional Balance page.

Timing on Recording: @ 28:02 ---

Topic 6: Who Has Most Influenced You in Your Life and Career? Who are They, What Do They Say and Do? What Was Most Useful?

• My Dad.
• He led by example.
• Really exuded that, “People first,” kind of mentality.

Timing on Recording: @ 30:39 ---

Topic 7: What Books, Training Programs, What Kind of Things Have Been Instrumental to Your Development?

• Simon Sinek Book: Start With Why
• Verne Harnish Material
• Book:Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business
• Book: The 4 Disciplines of Execution

Timing on Recording: @ 32:33 ---

Topic 8: When You Think of the Word Successful, Who's the First Person That Comes to Mind?

• Jeff Bezos from Amazon.
• “How can we make it easier for our customers to buy?”
• “How do I make it easier?”

Timing on Recording: @ 36:27 ---

Topic 9: What Are Some of the Things That You Do That Regularly That Help You Have More Wake Up Eager Days?

• It’s all about routine.
• Clean living.
• Protein shake in the morning.
• Clear your glass, taking a step back visualizing some of the better times that you've had, just have to get it out, and let people know what you're feeling.
• 2-3 physical workouts per week.

Timing on Recording: @ 42:46 ---

Topic 10: Getting to Know Rick Bowers.

• Your favorite guilty pleasure TV show: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med.
• Your favorite possession: Cars (Camaro, Porsche Cayenne, Audi Spider).
• Advice you would give you 25 year-old self: “Every mistake is an opportunity to learn. Don’t be defensive.”
• If you could have a billboard anywhere, what would it say?: “Chase your dreams, not the competition.”
• Last bit of wisdom, advice that you want everybody who's listening to take away: You can't fill an intrinsic hole with extrinsic or systemic dirt.