The purpose of thinking is to stop thinking. The reason is that thinking is a high energy activity: It takes massive amounts of energy to simply think. Whenever we think, we are therefore designed to return to automatic pilot as […]
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Here are ten signs that your organization has an incredibly effective high performance meeting culture. At the start of each meeting, the first point of discussion is: “What are we trying to achieve in this meeting?” At the end of the […]
Whenever I help leaders to create a high performance culture in their organization, they often tell me that they feel like expensive executive babysitters: They are frequently called upon by their team to take low-level decisions, solve internal conflicts, or […]
The downfall of Captain Ahab, the protagonist of Moby Dick, became his obsession with catching the white whale. There is a fine line between admirable persistence and block-headed tenacity. If you’re the only one left on the barricades, it’s probably time to leave […]
Most decisions in life don’t matter much, for example what’s for dinner, what to wear, what to watch, music to listen to, etc. These decisions should be made on the spot, and don’t require spending a huge amount of mental […]
If you only focus on cost cutting, you have embraced the root canal approach to business. How then can you save money, while at the same time move vigorously towards your most important goals? A helpful approach is to make use […]
The road to high performance starts with building on strengths, instead of improving weaknesses. This approach is not always easy. Below are ten warning signs of organizations moving away from their strengths. More than 80% of a typical performance review […]
I recently watched Jiro Dreams of Sushi: A documentary of 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, working in his famous Tokyo restaurant. What impressed me most was his relentless pursuit to create the perfect sushi: From being first at the fish market […]
If you want to improve a skillset, you can use the concept of compound improvement: Small, consistent improvements add up over time and have a massive effect on your results. One powerful method to engage in compound improvement is to […]
According to Greek mythology, the goddess Pallas Athena was ‘birthed’ from the head of Zeus. Not only that, but she skipped childhood and became a powerful and mature goddess from day one. Wouldn’t it be nice if our decisions to […]
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