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An Essential Ingredient for High Performance
We
believe it is the job of leaders to create the work environment that
enables people within their organization to perform at their peak. We
know from leadership simulation
assessment data that taking the time to clearly define success at
work is one of the most impactful performance moves a leader can
make.
We know
from corporate culture assessment data that
when organizations fail to clearly define success at work they risk more
than just strategic ambiguity — they risk
employee disengagement, misaligned efforts, and ineffective strategy
execution.
While
most companies focus on high-level corporate outcomes like revenue growth,
profitability, or customer satisfaction, too few leaders take the critical
step of articulating what success and failure actually look
like at every level of their organization.
This
oversight is a significant barrier to excellence because people need to
have an accurate sense of their current performance status if they are to
perform at their peak.
Just
imagine if you were running a marathon and you did not know previous
winning times, who you were racing against, where the other racers were, or
how you were doing along the way. It would be pretty difficult to
perform at your peak and pretty easy to make excuses for underperformance.
There are
some proven steps to take for leaders to get it right. How are your leaders
doing?
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