Archive for the ‘High Performance Factors’ Category
Earlier this month I wrote a post about the subject of managers needing to be fixed – which they don’t. Yet, today I was reflecting on past coaching assignments with non=managers who were mostly fast trackers with People Skill issues.
While these very smart and very technically savvy individuals were critical to there company’s overall success, they all had one thing in common. Poor People Skills was their Achilles Heal. Seems these people were frequently being reported to Human Resources due to some issue or conflict.
Here is what we found working with these talented people who unfortunately lacked some understanding of how to play well with others. There are Seven Issues… Continue reading ‘Do People Need to be Fixed? Seven Results’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on August 18, 2011 at 1:51 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: Arrogance, behavioral style differences, coachable issues, dehiring, fixing people skills, low self esteem, personal beliefs and philosophies, Voss W Graham
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Top performers are often referred to as “A-Players” or “high potential employees”. What sets these employees apart from the average employee? They bring to your company:
- Excellent work performance
- Critical expertise and knowledge
- High work ethic
- Integrity in dealing with others
- Leadership and collaboration skills
- Strong business networks and external relationships
- Strong interpersonal skills and Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
- An inner drive to succeed
- Passion
- Resourcefulness Continue reading ‘Resourcefulness: An Important Trait for A-Players’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on May 2, 2011 at 2:31 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: a players, collaboration, high potential employees, Judy W Bell, resourcefulness, Success Habits, Top Performers, work ethic
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We looked at the Pareto Principle in the earlier post, which most people recognize as the 80/20 Rule. Malcolm Gladwell has written several books around this theme and he says, “The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts.”
Gladwell describes these gifted people as Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen. Continue reading ‘The Law of the Few’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on February 8, 2011 at 2:08 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: Coaching, Connectors, Judy W Bell, Law of the few, Malcolm Gladwell, Mavens, Pareto Principle, Salesmen, Success Habits
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We have looked at the Pareto Principle a few times in our blogs at InnerActive Consulting Group. Today we will look at this important principle from the perspective of Malcolm Gladwell, who has several very successful business books that many great leaders as well as business coaches follow. His book, “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference”, contains many nuggets of business (and life) brilliance.
Most of life follows the Pareto Principle. So…what’s that? The Pareto Principle is also known as the 80/20 Rule. We’ve all heard of this rule and it is in practice in most aspects of our lives. Simply stated, the principle submits that 80% of effects come from 20% of causes. Additionally, the Pareto Principle is referred to as the “law of the vital few” and the “principle of factor sparsity”.
Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, first wrote about this phenomenon in 1906. Pareto developed a mathematical formula to document his findings that 20% of the population owned 80% of the land. Pareto was also able to establish that 80% of the peas in his garden came from 20% of the plants. Continue reading ‘More on the Pareto Principle’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on February 7, 2011 at 2:35 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: 80/20 Rule, Judy W Bell, Malcolm Gradwell book, Pareto Principle, Tipping Point, Vilfredo Pareto
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The 5 Disciplines of Multipliers
At first glance, it’s hard to know for sure exactly what the title of the blog denotes. The terms in the title come from the book, “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter”, by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown.
Once you study the disciplines and behaviors (as well as the results received) of each group, a light bulb will likely go off for you by which you can relate to previous managers who fit into one category or the other. Continue reading ‘Multiplier or Diminisher: Which One Are You? Part 1’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on January 5, 2011 at 12:12 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: 5 disciplines of multiplies, behaviors, diminsher, Judy W Bell, Liz Wiseman, Multiplier, talent magnet
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Maybe YOU are holding you back…
Things that you may be doing (or not doing) that could be getting in your way: Continue reading ‘What’s Holding You Back from Success?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on January 4, 2011 at 12:05 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: excuses, Judy W Bell, lack of skills, lack og goals, limiting health and fitness issues, Success factors
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Do you enjoy being around people? Do people enjoy being around you?
Many people come and go – in and out of our lives- and often times we don’t realize who may be gone for good until we wake up one day and find that we have only a few acquaintances remaining. Unfortunately, unlike true friends, our acquaintances and business associates will keep moving away from us if the chemistry no longer works. The people we used to laugh with and enjoy an occasional lunch with can slowly or even abruptly slip away from us with no warning at all. Continue reading ‘Are You a People Repellent?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on December 15, 2010 at 12:19 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: anger management, bad behavior, bad habits, Ethics, friendship, honesty, Judy W Bell, Trust
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We all know that multiple situations come across our desks and our minds daily. Focus is a critical element of leadership.
I just read a great paper by Dan Coughlin. He calls this process the 1-3-6 Process for Focusing Efforts.
The 1-3-6 Process for Focusing Efforts: Continue reading ‘Focus For Success’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on December 13, 2010 at 12:23 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: Dan Coughlin, Focus, focusing efforts, greatest positive impact, Judy W Bell, Leadership, Success Habits
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We become like the people we spend time with. It’s the age-old truth that we our parents drilled into us and we, in turn, attempted to drill into our own children. We must hang around the right “reference group” in order to stay on the right track.
As corporate and community leaders, it is important to refer back to this sage advice. A good business associate will tell you when you are about to walk into the lion’s den or when you are about to walk off of a cliff. And the good news is that you don’t have to hold regularly scheduled meetings of everyone. This board you put together exists not on paper but exists in friendships, phone calls, and lunch meetings.
You should have a trusted friend in each area of your professional and personal life. Some examples: Continue reading ‘Do You Have Your Own Personal Board of Directors?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on December 7, 2010 at 12:03 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: EQ, Human Relation Skills, Judy W Bell, Leadership, Personal board of directors, reference group
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Author and motivational speaker, Brian Tracy, was at a conference many years ago and met Kop Kopmeyer, an expert in the field of success. Kopmeyer studied and researched the principles of success for more than fifty years. Tracy asked him, “Of the 1,000 success principles you discovered, what is the most important?” Without hesitation Kopmeyer replied, “Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
Wow! Here are my 4 D’s to Success: Continue reading ‘Can You Stay on Task? The 4 D’s Can Help’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on December 3, 2010 at 12:03 am under High Performance Factors.
Tags: Brian Tracy, four D's to success, Judy W Bell, Kop Kopmeyer quote, self-discipline, success principles
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