HIGH PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES

"Success is created from within the organization."

It’s how a Xerox business increased profits by 15% and growth by 20% within a year. It’s one of the strategies Microsoft uses for product development. Syncrude Oil of Canada has increased productivity 65% over 3 years without additional capital investment.

Today’s high performance organizations use new tools to stay at the head of their industry. They have learned that traditional redesign and growth strategies can only take them so far. How have they learned to anticipate the changes and set the trends of their market? What knowledge do they have that no one else does? What resource have they tapped to get such positive results? They’ve just found new ways to tap into the knowledge and creativity of the resource they already pay for, one every company already has – their people!

Four field-tested strategies that help successful companies best utilize their greatest asset – the people within their organization – are Flow, Search Conference, Participate Strategies, and Open Systems. These methods help organizations anticipate change, create flexible plans and improve their ability to respond actively to the ever-changing business environment. Use them to help your company act, adapt, and lead.

FLOW

Are you an entrepreneur or business leader who has found success but not meaning? Your six week mission, should you choose to accept it is to learn the 7 Indicators of Superior Performance to get effortlessly into a flow state so that you can get clarity and purpose in your business life. So imagine a future self that has the strength and know how to effortlessly shift mindset when confronted with very stressful and negative situations!

A powerful model used in business, athletics, the arts and education. Participants are completely immersed in the activity of pursuing excellence. Athletes call this the “zone”, poets and artists call it “bliss” and people in the workplace call it “passion”.

PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN

Participative Design outperforms bureaucratic top-down models. Our process improvement produces better results for your business, as well as creating valuable intangibles such as trust, commitment and a desire to excel. Employees take responsibility for identifying problems, designing and implementing solutions within their work area.

OPEN SYSTEMS APPROACH

Recognizes that an organization’s plan influences the external business environment, enabling an organization to set trends for their industry. The process allows the company to learn from the external business environment which directly impacts the company’s strategic plan.

HEALTHY WORK

A business model that focuses on achieving excellence in business performance. We get to the root cause of employee performance problems. This process reduces company costs, management/employee stress while enhancing company performance.

Healthy work is based on the idea that people will produce better results. Some of the notable results are:

• increased performance & productivity
• fewer accidents & sick days
• increased creativity & commitment
• Increased safety & sustainability