Dr. TC North
High Performing Teams
Nine Unusual Characteristics of a High-Performance Culture
High-performing individuals, including world-class athletes and business leaders, are different from average athletes and business leaders. High-performance organizations and workplaces are also different from average businesses. What makes them so dissimilar? Here are nine characteristics of high-performance organizations, teams and cultures, from high-performance psychology.
Work Life Balance for Entrepreneurs and High-Performers
Work Life Balance is irrelevant.Focus on living a happy and fulfilling life.
Toxic People – A High-Performance Outlier Is Drawn to them
This is an advanced statistical phenomenon, and it’s important to understand if you want to be a high-performer. It essentially says that if you’re significantly different from the group you’re around, you’ll tend to become more like the group over time. Ever notice that high performers choose to be around other high performers, and emotionally toxic people (toxics) like to be around other toxics? So what do you do if you’re a high-performance thinker, but have to spend time with toxics?
Dan O’Brien – Indomitable Spirit of an Olympic Gold Medalist
This is the indomitable spirit of an athlete who had the honor of being deemed the greatest athlete in the world four times with his Olympic and world championships. It’s also the value of a great coach, because Dan said on many occasions that he was too injured to train, but Mike always found a way for Dan to progress in some area of his training. And, Dan overcame one of the largest and most embarrassing setbacks in the history of sports.
High Performance Executive Coaching – No Equal Treatment!
High-performers don’t want to be treated with equality, they want me to be tougher on them than others are. If you want to be a high-performer, don’t ask for equal treatment, ask for tougher treatment!
Performance Consulting – Creating Positive Motivation
We often wish we could have a more positive influence on others (if you’ve ever coached, managed employees or raised teenagers — or if you’re a kid living with your parents — I’ll bet you get this)! There are ways to say things that will increase their positive impact. Here’s an example of how one amazing comment changed my life.