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November 24, 2021
Defining High-Performance Culture
The metrics you use to define ‘high performance’ will drive your team members’ behaviors. Make sure your definition leads to the behaviors you want.
To build a high-performance culture, you have to define what high performance is. What does high performance mean? How are you going to measure it? How much of your definition hinges on hard business metrics like sales, profitability, and growth, versus on qualitative metrics like morale, engagement, and customer satisfaction?
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November 22, 2021
Strengthening Thinking as a Mechanism to Building Resilience
The ability to manage and strengthen your thinking goes a long way toward making you more resilient and better able to deal with the daily challenges you face.
Today’s post is by thougthtLEADERS principal Maureen Metcalf.
During a time when we are facing natural disasters and geopolitical uncertainty, many of us are trying to find a balanced path to respond to what is happening on the global stage, national stage, local stage, and in our own personal lives.
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Today’s post is by thougthtLEADERS principal Maureen Metcalf.
During a time when we are facing natural disasters and geopolitical uncertainty, many of us are trying to find a balanced path to respond to what is happening on the global stage, national stage, local stage, and in our own personal lives.
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November 18, 2021
How do you react when people don’t follow written instructions?
Our reader poll today asks: How do you react when people don’t follow written instructions?
No big deal, unless it causes a major issue or possible safety/security risk 9.18%
It irks me — it’s written down. But I don’t get too upset 30.57%
I get frustrated. Why did I bother to write it down for them in the first place?
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No big deal, unless it causes a major issue or possible safety/security risk 9.18%
It irks me — it’s written down. But I don’t get too upset 30.57%
I get frustrated. Why did I bother to write it down for them in the first place?
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November 17, 2021
Assessing Your Current Culture
One of the first steps you can take to create a high-performing culture is to assess what is and isn’t working in your current culture.
An assessment of your current culture gives you an understanding of the starting point for your journey toward building a high performance culture. This assessment includes evaluating what your current culture stands for, how people behave, and the incentives you have in place to drive behavior.
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An assessment of your current culture gives you an understanding of the starting point for your journey toward building a high performance culture. This assessment includes evaluating what your current culture stands for, how people behave, and the incentives you have in place to drive behavior.
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November 15, 2021
Four Ways to Become a Complete Leader
Stop beating yourself up for what you don’t do well—be a complete leader. Great leaders build processes that leverage their teammates’ strengths.
Today’s guest post is by Xavier Naville, author of The Lettuce Diaries: How a Frenchman Found Gold Growing Vegetables in China (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
The caller ID stated “Mike.” The phone was on the fourth ring. I held it in front of me, watching the screen, mouth dry, sitting at my desk, thinking, “Here it goes again.
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Today’s guest post is by Xavier Naville, author of The Lettuce Diaries: How a Frenchman Found Gold Growing Vegetables in China (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
The caller ID stated “Mike.” The phone was on the fourth ring. I held it in front of me, watching the screen, mouth dry, sitting at my desk, thinking, “Here it goes again.
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November 11, 2021
How well connected do you stay with people from your school years (high school, university, advanced degree)?
Our reader poll today asks: How well connected do you stay with people from your school years (high school, university, advanced degree)?
Very: We’re in touch all the time 7.01%
Somewhat: We’ll get together occasionally, but it’s sporadic 22.32%
Not very: I’ll see them at a 5-year scheduled reunion interval 19.05%
Not at all: I am totally out of touch with them 51.62%
Missed connections.
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Very: We’re in touch all the time 7.01%
Somewhat: We’ll get together occasionally, but it’s sporadic 22.32%
Not very: I’ll see them at a 5-year scheduled reunion interval 19.05%
Not at all: I am totally out of touch with them 51.62%
Missed connections.
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November 10, 2021
Creating the Virtuous Circle
Knowing the behaviors you want from your team and how they link to results is one of the keys to creating a strong culture.
Leaders who create a strong culture of outstanding performance will find that performance strengthens their culture. By strengthening the culture, the likelihood of better results and performance increases. This is known as a virtuous circle.
You need to be careful though—the dynamic works in the opposite direction as well.
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Leaders who create a strong culture of outstanding performance will find that performance strengthens their culture. By strengthening the culture, the likelihood of better results and performance increases. This is known as a virtuous circle.
You need to be careful though—the dynamic works in the opposite direction as well.
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November 8, 2021
Building Agile Organizations: Adapting Faster
Making your organization a well-oil machine, that operates faster and more efficiently, is something every business has been after for years. Here’s how to do it.
Today’s post is by Maureen Metcalf, a principle here at thoughtLEADERS.
Many organizations feel the need to be thinner, faster, stronger, more adaptable, more profitable, etc. The right toolset to get them to that outcome may not be intuitive or singular.
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Today’s post is by Maureen Metcalf, a principle here at thoughtLEADERS.
Many organizations feel the need to be thinner, faster, stronger, more adaptable, more profitable, etc. The right toolset to get them to that outcome may not be intuitive or singular.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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November 4, 2021
Where do you spend the majority of your time and energy on people leadership?
Our reader poll today asks: Where do you spend the majority of your time and energy on people leadership?
I spend it mostly with my high performers 36.67%
I spend it mostly with my average performers 35.83%
I spend it mostly with my low performers 27.50%
The Best Use of Your Time.
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I spend it mostly with my high performers 36.67%
I spend it mostly with my average performers 35.83%
I spend it mostly with my low performers 27.50%
The Best Use of Your Time.
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November 3, 2021
6 Components of High-Performing Cultures
Learn how to build and maintain your organization’s culture by studying these six components of high-performing cultures.
A high-performing culture is one where people drive performance because of the right behaviors. They’ve embedded these behaviors in their everyday life. People in high-performing cultures require less supervision. They’re empowered to achieve goals that are consistent with the organization’s direction. As a leader, you need to understand how to build a high-performing culture and your responsibilities for making it happen.
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A high-performing culture is one where people drive performance because of the right behaviors. They’ve embedded these behaviors in their everyday life. People in high-performing cultures require less supervision. They’re empowered to achieve goals that are consistent with the organization’s direction. As a leader, you need to understand how to build a high-performing culture and your responsibilities for making it happen.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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