In the last lesson you were asked to demonstrate your skill in PTO. Now check if you were able to PTO as instructed.
The orange you were asked to peel was:
Resolve the PTO paradox in 111 words.
The most important instruction for you to follow in this PTO was the specification of 111 words. You were not to know that, of course. In PTO one never really knows because one doesn’t get the opportunity to discuss things, as one does in normal situations.
One of the benefits of PTO, provided you have a skilled leadership team, is that anyone in the team can give anyone else in the team a PTO and it is done without question or discussion. This has advantages of speed, efficiency and effectiveness when the team is striving for a mutual objective. But it is not easy and does take PRR to produce a high level of PTO skill.
Obviously, so early in a leadership training sequence, one is not expected to get the ‘right’ answer as much as one is expected to just try and practise the skills.
DFQ #15:
What is the biggest insight about PTO that you have had so far as you’ve been doing these past few lessons?
That it is still acceptable to give – and follow – orders
True we should be more attentive in following instructions, I did miss the 111 part and simply answered. This also became biggest insight for me coz half understood instruction in real life can bring disasters.
I Will be more attentive and focused from next time.
Thank you.
TRUST
FOCUS
BELEIF
It is not easy to give a PTO, and the person receiving the PTO, may not also perform as expected.
Indeed, PRR is required with lots of creativity.
PTO
Lawrence
PTO is the fastest way to get quick action, feedback and integration in the fastest way. New learning always raises a whole host of question, many of which are irrelevant and a major distraction. Most people hear 2 to 3 things when a verbal instruction is given. If they are fed with more than that they “select” what they can hear and miss out on the others. If you allow them to indulge in question before they have a feel for what needs to be done, any explanation given will be lost because they cannot link it back to reality. PTO allows the trainer to see and provide relevant feedback quickly.
PTO brings all people in the activity chain in alignment qucikly allow understanding to follow once the task has been completed
Following instructions to the dot. That’s not easy to do in this ‘human right” society. I remembered a poem I learnt in school about the “Charge of the Light Brigade”…”you are not to reason why, you are but to do and die…” question, question, question… Once we earned the trust of our fellowmen, that’s when things can get done.
Bugger I did 112 words !! The biggest insight I have found is the need to be clear and concise in your thinking if you require that of others (and you do if you are to achieve your goals in a professional manner) If you do not have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and a “gameplan of how you want to achieve it, how can you expect others to follow with any degree of confidence. The effectivness of the whole team is deminished by its its lackof direction and focus.
I recognized the PTO” (about 111 words) and completed the lesson in 111 words. The biggest insight for me is that you need to really be fully focused and clearly interpret the whole message. Sometimes the real message can be hidden in small print or phrased in an ambiguous way.
And there will be times when you have to interpret the message under extreme or stressful conditions. Your fellow team mates or other peoples lives may depend on how clearly you interpret that message.
Yes, I peeled the orange!
The biggest insight?
To simply peel the orange by trusting the leader giving the command… and once the orange is peeled, to question if there was a better way to peel it and if so, to feed back to the leader the better view of the situation.