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Munich, 17. March 2013

Henrik Weller von Ahlefeld

Sailing

How it Contributes to my Personal and

Professional Develoment


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About me

"ac#!round

$ame, %!e& Henri#, 22

Hobbies& 'ailin!, '#iin! and (ootball

)i#es& (riends, (amily, "a#ed "eans

Disli#es& Pre*udice, +iolence and $o!o

attitude

Motto& Have the serenity to accet the

thin!s - cannot chan!e, coura!e

to chan!e the thin!s - can and

wisdom to #now the difference.

- en*oy sailin! in cometitions and for fun

Who What

Cometition

'atisfaction of winnin!

(eedbac# on my abilities

% !reat team effort and eerience (or fun

Close to nature / eicenter of wind and water

Meditative focus / for!ettin! stress

uality time with friends

Where Why


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Successful sailing

eamwor#

%ny crew, small or lar!e needs

the interaction of crew members

and their individual roles that

inte!rate into one movement

)eadershi

Masterin! the boat means

resonsibility for the safety and

success of the crew

(ocus

(ull commitment to

assi!ned role to reach

maimum otential

%lways a third eye on

team mates and chan!es in

the setu

Communication

4veryone must be ali!ned

and made aware of net

move to ensure a fast

manoeuvre eecution

Key characteristics needed for successful sailing

he 5 Characteristics 6 'ailin!

Teamwork, Leadership , Communication and Focus make up 4 key characteristics

the crew members need to build in order to be able to sail successfully


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Teamwork

he 5 Characteristics 6 eamwor#

Teamwork

'ailin!

"oats that are too bi! to sail by oneself need crew

interaction

Crew members assume interdeendent roles

'wan 5& 11 members

4very individual contributes to the overall

erformance of the boat by fulfillin! his assi!ned

role

Communication amon! crew vital to otimi8e theteam interaction a rere9uisite for to erformance

be aware of the boat:s caacity of each arameter

Professional develoment

;nderstand that one cannot ta#e char!e of all

tas#s, must focus on one


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Leadership

he 5 Characteristics 6 )eadershi

Successful Sailing

)eadershi


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Leadership

he 5 Characteristics 6 )eadershi

Leadership

'ailin!

4very boat needs a catain to command it

)eader must be able to assume ultimateresonsibility for crew

Coordination of crew needed

Dan!erous situations need fast decisions

Catain is often free from micro mana!in! all roles

and can concentrate on the strate!ic ath

% leader must be democratic yet authoritarian

"usiness

eams benefit from havin! a leader

%s a team leader one is resonsible for the team:s

erformance, and must accet this resonsibility

% leader needs to coordinate talents to ma#e

rocesses more efficient @ effective -f the team does not share an oinion the leader

can brea# the stalemate

-f situations need to be solved 9uic#ly, consultin!

every team member may slow down the reaction

% leader must have the trust of his team

'ailin!

he catain may be over occuied with

concentratin! on the strate!ic ath of the boat he catain may not consult his crew sufficiently

and thereby lose credibility amon! his crew

"usiness

)eader may be reoccuied with himself

and frustrates team members by i!norin!

their inut

'ailin!

he catain can coordinate a team and assi!n

duties to avoid chaos

he catain can save a boat from imminent dan!erby ma#in! 9uic# decisions

"usiness

% leader must coordinate his subordinates to

allocate members to their most suitable role

to best contribute to the overall success

Strengths

Pitfalls


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Communication

he 5 Characteristics 6 Communication

Successful Sailing

Communication


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Communication

he 5 Characteristics 6 Communication

Communication

'ailin!

Crew members need to communicate in order to

facilitate teamwor# (eedbac# is necessary for catain to ad*ust boat

he catain needs to issue commands to

coordinate the crew

Crew must be recetive towards instructions

Communication ensures everyone is informed of

net manoeuvre for a swift eecution "riefin! and debriefin! imortant for erformance

"usiness

(eedbac# is necessary for the team leader to be

able to ma#e informed decisions

% feedbac# loo lets the leader #now where

stren!ths and wea#nesses are ;nderstand that roactive and clear communication

is better than #eein! 9uiet

)ively communication fla!s otential roblems

earlier and raises chance of avoidin! the roblem

"riefin! and debriefin! imortant for erformance

'ailin!

verrelyin! on feedbac# and communication may

rove fatal when in etreme situations "usiness

oo many communication channels may confuse

team members and cause a brea#down

Communication may slow down the decision

ma#in! rocess

'ailin!

Communication hels catain understand situation

better to ad*ust the strate!ic ath of the boat

(eedbac# hels crew understand where theirstren!ths and wea#nesses are

"usiness

Communication and feedbac# hels team

members and leaders to ad*ust and balance

their wea#nesses and stren!ths

Strengths

Pitfalls


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Focus

he 5 Characteristics 6 (ocus

Successful Sailing

(ocus


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Focus

he 5 Characteristics 6 (ocus

Focus

'ailin!

4ternal factors chan!e constantly and boat needs

to be dynamically ad*usted to these chan!es Hi!h ressure on members durin! manoeuvres

Must bloc# out ressure and urely focus on

tas#

Predict, anticiate, train, build routine, to be ready

for sudden chan!e in circumstances and succeed

"usiness

"usiness environment chan!es constantly and the

business may need to be ad*usted accordin!ly

ne cannot let ressure distract oneself from the

tas# at hand, this wastes critical time and raises

clumsiness and ris# of failure

(ocus articularly in be!innin!s of ro*ects

he more dimensions one #nows, the better

one is able to eecute a decision

Clear communication, tas#, trainin!,

scenario buildin! ensures one does not fall

behind

'ailin!

(ocus on own tas# ma#es member unaware of full

chain of events and how to ta#e over another tas#in times of ur!ency

"usiness

$arrow secialisation ma#es emloyee less

#nowled!eable to assi!n to other tas#s

)ess aroachable for collea!ues sub

ordinates when too focused on own tas#s

'ailin!

>hen everyone is focused, boat can be sailed

faster and increases erformance throu!h flawless

eecution

"usiness

4mloyees have a !ood understandin! of

tas#s and are dedicated to eecution of tas#s

Strengths

Pitfalls


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Successful organiation

Key characteristics needed for a successful

business

he 5 Characteristics 6 Professional and Personal develoment

Teamwork, Focus, Communication and Leadership also make up 4 key

characteristics employees must build for a successful business

eamwor#

"i!!er or!ani8ations need more

emloyees that need to cooerate

for the !oal of the comany

)eadershi

'teerin! a business area means

resonsibility for subordinates

and the erformance of that area

(ocus

(ull commitment to assi!ned

role to reach maimum

otential

Constant awareness of

eternal and internal factors

Communication

4mloyees must be on the

same a!e and contribute

towards same strate!y

(eedbac# is imortant to

ali!n everyone


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