Assess:
Hire “A” Players and Develop “A” Teams
Discuss/Meet: 4 Distinctions
The ability to make good decisions regarding people represents one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage since very few organizations are very good at it.”
— Peter Drucker
4 Distinctions
#7 Employee Engagement
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According to Daniel Goleman, Primal Leadership, for every 1% improvement in employee service climate, there is a 2% improvement in revenue. The service climate refers to the environment a company creates – does it foster enthusiasm, engagement with employees? If your employees feel valued, they will be more productive.
“Getting on the path to outstanding performance as an organization requires at least a critical mass of people who are no longer children — people who have assumed an adequate level of responsibility for themselves and for how well they perform the role they are in.” Lee Thayer, Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing
#8 Hire ‘A’ Players
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“Anytime you have the opportunity to hire someone to join a team, you have the possibility of either adding to the strength of the team or disrupting it. Select wisely.” William C. Sproule, Top Box Leadership
Research has shown that only 46% of senior executives hired will last longer than 2 years in their job, because they were not a fit in some way. These odds are worse than a coin toss! Eligibility PLUS suitability need to be considered for a great hire to occur, and having ‘A’ players makes a significant difference to the opportunity for breakaway success.
First DEFINE what the job is. How can you hire for success if you haven’t done the preliminary work of determining the required contribution of the role and how to measure for success? The answer is, of course, you can’t.
“Great people – the A-Players – are a very different breed from the good (B-Players) and mediocre (C-Players). Great people are more likely to be employed with a company since a great person is often over 3 times as productive as a good person. Joel Spolsky argues in Smart & Gets Things Done that an A-player is anywhere from 5-10 times as productive.” Auren Hoffman, CEO of Rapleaf and an investor in over 30 technology companies.
#9 Right People in the Right Seats on the Bus
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“When we began the research project, we expected to find that the first step in taking a company from good to great would be to set a new direction, a new vision and strategy for the company, and then to get people committed and aligned behind that new direction. We found something quite the opposite. The executives who ignited the transformations from good to great did not first figure out where to drive the bus and then get people to take it there. No, they first got the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) and then figured out where to drive it. They said, in essence, ‘Look, I don’t really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we’ll figure out how to take it someplace great.’” Jim Collins, Good to Great.
#10 Assess and Develop Team
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“The Harrison Assessments system reveals deeply rooted insights that determine essential high performance traits and those that will accelerate or hinder performance related to specific positions. It reveals a person’s work preferences and behavioral competencies that pinpoint the developmental opportunities to achieve or increase personal satisfaction and measurable job performance. Predict how they will communicate, influence and lead, handle autonomy, take personal initiative, resist or facilitate change, handle conflict, seek to learn, grow, and excel, plan and organize…and much more.” Dan Harrison.
“Many, if not most, organizations either lack an explicit human resource philosophy or ignore the one they espouse. Yet success often hinges on a thoughtful, explicit strategy for managing people.” Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal, Reframing Organizations
“In today’s specialized work environment, talent is not enough. Talented people must effectively work together in order for the organization to succeed. Harrison Assessments Paradox Theory reveals team dynamics in a way that has never before been possible, enabling individual team members to easily identify how their own behaviors contribute or obstruct the team objectives. It also provides a step-by-step plan in which each team member can make adjustments to facilitate optimal team performance. A team building tool to create teams with effective interactions; discover the strengths and challenges of a team including team decision-making potential, identify the best roles for each team member, assess the potential for cooperation or conflict, establish clear guidelines for effective interactions.” Harrison Assessments Talent Solutions, Dan Harrison.
“When you are aligned with others, you will feel one with nature. When you are serving others, your self-image disappears and the alignment appears. You become a part of something greater than just yourself. You are connected to everyone and them to you.” Bill Schwarz, The Generative Organization.
Read/Resources
Author Dan Pink presents a Ted talk on the surprising science of motivation! According to the research, Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose are the drivers of motivation, certainly not the old carrot and stick. http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
A Look at the Southern California Life Science Workforce Engagement 2010
If you <a href=”http://www.zbglobal.com”>click here</a> then click on “Workforce Engagement & Top Ten Trends 2011,” you will find these results.





