What Leads to Star
Performance?
Understanding the
concept of star performance is rooted with understanding what separates a star
performer from an average one.
Stars are Made, Not
Born
Be the master of your
own
productivity by:
1) Taking initiatives
2) Establishing good
and reliable networks
3) Learning how to
manage yourself
4) Adopting a
perspective 5) Giving
followership a value
6) Valuing the
concept of leadership and developing this skill
7) Putting importance
on teamwork
8) Being
organizationally savvy
9) Knowing how to
master the art of show and tell
Improvements in
Productivity Rates
Women, Minorities and
Newer Workers Improve 400 Percent
The Productivity Return
of the Organization is 600 Percent
Learn what does not
improve your productivity
1. Initiative:
Blazing Trails in the Organization’s White Spaces
Seek out
responsibility over and above the expected job description.
Undertake extra
efforts for the benefit of co-workers or the larger group
Stick tenaciously to
an idea or project and follow it through to successful implementation.
Willingly assume some
personal risk in taking on new responsibilities.
1) They deliver their
current assignments well.
2) They make a
“benefit check” by laying on an initiative value trail.
3) They stay close to
the critical path.
4 They choose
higher-level initiatives.
5) They determine the
probability of success and the cost of failure and know how to pull the plug
gracefully when necessity calls for it.
2. Knowing Who Knows:
Plugging Into the
Knowledge network Know What You Don''t
Know
Networking
Fundamentals
1. The knowledge
itself.
2. Organizational
support
3. Technical /
physical environment
The Eight Network
Nodes
Node 1: Mental Models
of Networking
Node 2: Weed and Seed
Node 3: Proactive
One-Way Trading
Node 4: Networking
Etiquette on the critical Path
Node 5: Do Your
Homework
Node 6: Credit
Lavishly
Node 7: The Benefit
of Newness
Node 8: Be a Good
Network Citizen
3. Managing Your
Whole Life at Work:
self-
Management Proactively
getting on the critical path
Self-knowledge in
self-management
Self-managing and job
satisfaction
Managing flow: the
productive state of mind
Organized
self-management: getting the job done
Organized
self-management: company and career
4. Getting the Big
Picture: Learning How to Build Perspective
Colleague Perspective
Customer Perspective
Competitor
Perspective
Company-Management
Perspective
Creative Dissonance
Perspective
5. Followership:
Checking Your Ego at the Door to Lead in Assists
Work Strategies of a
Star Follower
Self-leadership
Focus / commitment /
incentive
Competence that leads
to credibility
The courageous
conscience
Seven ways to control
your ego:
1) Be pro-active
2) Be a fact finder
3) Be an advice
seeker
4) Be a system player
5) Be persuasive -
speak in the language of the organization
6) Be courageous - go
over heads when absolutely necessary
7) Be a collective
follower or plan well to stand alone
6. Small-L Leadership
in a Big-LWorld
Knowledge quotient
People-Skills Quotient
Momentum Quotient
7. Teamwork: Getting
Real About Teams
Getting in touch with
the culture
8. Organizational
Savvy: Street Smarts in the Corporate Power Zone
9. Show-and-Tell:
Persuading the Right Audience with the Right Message
The basic skill
needed to persuade the right audience with the right message is: KNOW YOUR
AUDIENCE
Become a Star
Performer: Making the Program for You
Star productivity
requires work. Do not lose sight that the goal is higher productivity
A Conversation with
Women and Minority Employees: Useful Tips on Becoming Stars
1. Understanding
Initiative
2. Customized
Networking
3. Reality Check on
Teams
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