8 Steps to High Performance - Quick Audit

Despite the challenges of the past 18 months, one thing about work remains true. High performance matters. High performers deliver breakthrough innovation, out-sized results AND inspiring leadership. But what’s scientifically proven to create high-performance and how much control do we have over our performance?

Marc Effron has a best-selling Harvard Business Review Publishing book entitled: "8 Steps to High Performance". As part of his toolkit, he provides an 8-STEPS QUICK AUDIT: WHERE ARE YOU TODAY?

Instructions: Let’s keep this simple. “YES” means that you conclusively do this; “NO” means that you don’t.

YES/NO Performance Mindset: I acknowledge that high performance at work requires additional time, effort, and personal sacrifice.

YES/NO Step One - Set Big Goals: I have a few big, challenging goals at work and seek regular coaching to improve my performance.

YES/NO Step Two - Behave to Perform: I understand how my personality and “derailers” affect my performance. I regularly seek insights to improve my behaviors.

YES/NO Step Three - Grow Yourself Faster: I have identified the specific experiences that will most accelerate my career growth and am in or actively pursuing the next key experience.

YES/NO Step Four - Connect: I regularly improve the strength of my key connections inside and outside my organization.

YES/NO Step Five - Maximize Your Fit: I know which capabilities and behaviors my company will value most in the next two to four years and am changing myself to better align with those needs.

YES/NO Step Six - Fake It: I adjust my behaviors as needed to optimize my performance rather than always trying to be the genuine me.

YES/NO Step Seven - Commit Your Body: I optimize my sleep and exercise schedules to support high performance and use science-proven strategies to compensate when I don’t.

YES/NO Step Eight— Avoid Distractions: I am a careful consumer of performance advice and only do what’s scientifically proven to make me a high performer at work.

Where you answered NO, list the top three steps in which you’d like to make progress. You can start reading any step, so consider reading these steps first.