You may have read a lot about Emotional Intelligence from good folks like JCA or Daniel Goleman. You might even have had your emotional intelligence measured! It’s great stuff and an essential component of any high performer - we don’t know any person at the top of their game who doesn’t posses huge self-awareness and [...]
It’s interesting how by creating a whole “eve” concept, it adds to the excitement of what’s to come. Would Christmas Day be quite so exciting without the clear, exciting signposts that are Christmas Eve? Probably not quite as exciting, although the day would still hold its own charms and rituals. However, there’s some useful learning [...]
A quick thought for you… Step 1. Look back over your career and identify your top 10 career highlights (or 5 if you’re pushed for time!)Step 2. You’re a common denominator in all of those highlight performances. Which of your personal qualities shine through as instrumental to success in each of those occasions? Are there [...]
Whilst having a rare flick through the FT the other day, we happened across a book review for “Managing to Learn Using The A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor, and Lead” by John Shook. Not the most enticing of titles! However, the FT article was entitled “The Toyota mindset revealed”, which got [...]
The concept of “next step thinking” came up last week in a conversation. This is all about focusing on being in the moment and being confident that you can do the next thing you need to do with complete focus and confidence. It seems that this is very important at the moment. Much of our [...]
in pressure situations.Often the success of delivering when facing challenging conditions can be influence greatly by being able to hold two paradoxical beliefs at the same time.For example, in Good to Great, Jim Collins introduces the Stockdale Paradox, in which he outlines the importance of being able to “confront the brutal reality of the situation [...]
Something we work on a lot in the world of high performance sport revolves around the concept of “competitive learning”. If we can learn quicker, more effectively and produce performance refinements quicker than the opposition (between races or matches, or within a tournament), then we know we’re gaining a competitive advantage when we’re not head [...]
So, how Performance Intelligent are you?We’ve got a simple formula that you can begin to think through that will help you begin to work out what your PI score is.There’s four questions to ask yourself:How well do I know the world that I have to perform in?How well do I know my own performance ingredients [...]
We talk a lot about pies on planet K2… Performance Pies. We know that if you’re serious about performing, then you always ensure that every section of your Performance Pie is delivering you maximum value.
Typically, people focus a lot on the Technical and Tactical elements of the work (just check out a typical c.v.), but [...]
In my last post I reflected on the change in context of my role and identity at work and how this impacted on my performance and emotions.
I took a decision there and then to look at my situation differently and to choose to feel something else more useful.
Of course, it is never really as simple [...]