Improving Employee Performance
We do a lot to help organizations and businesses thrive and we believe that your talented staff holds the key to your success. We focus on your workplace culture and how it may affect (both positively and negatively) employee engagement. We then work with you to implement various talent development strategies that improve business results.
All of the solutions that we offer are ultimately intended to improve your employees' performance leading to better business results. Whether that be through evolving your culture, new and improved learning and leadership development solutions, or increased engagement, our vision is to maximize people's potential.
We do a lot to help organizations and businesses thrive and we believe that your talented staff holds the key to your success. We focus on your workplace culture and how it may affect (both positively and negatively) employee engagement. We then work with you to implement various talent development strategies that improve business results.
All of the solutions that we offer are ultimately intended to improve your employees' performance leading to better business results. Whether that be through evolving your culture, new and improved learning and leadership development solutions, or increased engagement, our vision is to maximize people's potential.
Workplace Culture
What is "culture"? We define culture as "the way we do things around here".
It's the character and personality of your organization. It's what makes your organization unique and is the sum of its values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviors, and attitudes. Culture is as important, if not more important, than your business strategy because it either strengthens or undermines your business and the objectives it is trying to achieve. Culture is significant, especially because it…
What is "culture"? We define culture as "the way we do things around here".
It's the character and personality of your organization. It's what makes your organization unique and is the sum of its values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviors, and attitudes. Culture is as important, if not more important, than your business strategy because it either strengthens or undermines your business and the objectives it is trying to achieve. Culture is significant, especially because it…
- Attracts talent. Potential job applicants evaluate your organization and its climate. A strong, positive, clearly-defined, and well-communicated culture attracts the right fit and talent.
- Drives engagement and retention. It creates a work environment that either strengthens or weakens employee engagement and retention.
- Impacts happiness and satisfaction. Research shows that employee happiness and satisfaction is linked to a strong workplace culture (Source: Deloitte).
- Affects performance. Organizations with stronger cultures outperform their competitors in financial performance and are generally more successful.
- Do you have a feedback-rich environment?
- Is everyone crystal-clear about the mission, vision, values, and organizational strategy?
- Do people know how team and individual performance will be evaluated?
- Are all employees putting forth their discretionary effort over a sustained period of time?
- Do employees feel valued and invested in your organization's purpose?
- Do you consider how everyday actions (or inaction) as leaders are affecting the formation of your culture?
Employee Motivation & Engagement
In general, there are four ingredients for being really successful at anything.
The truth is that we cannot actually observe motivation in others. We can only observe their behavior and infer motivation from what we see them do. We cannot see, touch, taste, or feel motivation. We can only see the consequences of motivation. It is invisible. The interesting truth is that motivation is simply a hypothetical construct or at best, a convenient label that we have invented to explain certain patterns (or the absence of those patterns) of behavior we see in others. What is the pattern we see in others when we infer that they are motivated? We see them exhibiting sustained, goal-directed effort.
To summarize, motivation is an internal state of the individual. It is the source of energy within that provides fuel to get something done. The energy produces sustained effort, and it is that behavior, not motivation itself, which is observed by us and by others. Only when we see sustained effort can we assume that one is, in fact, motivated. Motivation is the fire within.
Our challenge as leaders is to learn how to light that fire within ourselves and others.
In general, there are four ingredients for being really successful at anything.
- One must know clearly what they want to accomplish. They must have clearly defined and
measurable goals.
- One must then know how they will attain that goal. They must have a plan.
- One must have the requisite aptitude and abilities to get it done. They must have the talents and skills.
- One must have the passion and the energy to carry out the plan. That ingredient is called
“motivation”. All things being equal, the difference between real success and failure is more
often than not motivation, or the energy that one is willing to expend.
The truth is that we cannot actually observe motivation in others. We can only observe their behavior and infer motivation from what we see them do. We cannot see, touch, taste, or feel motivation. We can only see the consequences of motivation. It is invisible. The interesting truth is that motivation is simply a hypothetical construct or at best, a convenient label that we have invented to explain certain patterns (or the absence of those patterns) of behavior we see in others. What is the pattern we see in others when we infer that they are motivated? We see them exhibiting sustained, goal-directed effort.
To summarize, motivation is an internal state of the individual. It is the source of energy within that provides fuel to get something done. The energy produces sustained effort, and it is that behavior, not motivation itself, which is observed by us and by others. Only when we see sustained effort can we assume that one is, in fact, motivated. Motivation is the fire within.
Our challenge as leaders is to learn how to light that fire within ourselves and others.
Learning & Leadership Development
Learning happens each and every day, both formally and informally. We can provide immediate and custom learning solutions that address specific skill gaps as part of a broader, strategic learning and leadership development plan. Some of the skills we develop are:
Learning happens each and every day, both formally and informally. We can provide immediate and custom learning solutions that address specific skill gaps as part of a broader, strategic learning and leadership development plan. Some of the skills we develop are:
- Setting Clear & Measurable Goals
- Building a Culture of Accountability
- Creating a Motivational Environment
- Providing Effective Feedback
- Coaching for Performance & Results
- Understanding Workstyle Preferences
- Values-Based Leadership
- Setting Clear Expectations
- Identifying & Solving Business Problems
- Managing Effective Meetings
- Making Effective Decisions
- Celebrating Success
- Accelerating Team Performance
- Networking for Success
- Establishing Team Norms & Operating Principles