“This book’s clear messages — about what to do and what not to do — make it a must-read for anyone who wants to perform better at work, regardless of level or age.”
Melanie Steinbach
Vice President and Chief Talent Officer
Use the most conclusive science and practical advice to boost your performance today.
Each chapter is research-based, practical, and filled with powerful resources including:
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Self-Assessments
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Tools
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Templates
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Guidelines
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Case Studies
The 8 Steps of High Performance
Science shows that you completely control 50 percent of your work performance - 8 Steps tells you how to optimize that 50%.
The other 50%? You can’t control it so don’t waste your time.
It’s the heart of high performance and the critical step before you worry about any of the next seven steps. The great news about delivering big results is that powerful science tells us exactly how to do it well; the fundamentals haven’t changed in ages.
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Set Big Goals
We know which behaviors will help and harm your performance. Use this information to demonstrate performance-driving behaviors and avoid those that may undercut your success.
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Behave to Perform
When you grow, you get a better choice of jobs and more money in your pocket. Every minute you aren’t growing your capabilities, you’re losing your competitive advantage to someone who’s working hard to grow theirs.
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Grow Yourself Faster
Science shows that your ability to influence and connect with others predicts who will be a high performer. The more strong, productive relationships you create, the closer you’ll get to your theoretical maximum performance.
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Connect
Your ability to quickly adapt your behaviors to your company changing strategies and needs makes you more versatile, valuable, and more likely to get opportunities to demonstrate even more high performance.
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Maximize Fit
As your career evolves, you’ll need to show new behaviors to sustain your high performance. Some of those behaviors might not come naturally to you, so get comfortable faking them until they become your new normal.
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Fake It
Your body plays a critical role in your performance and the science shows that sleep is the most critical and controllable factor. The surprising fact is that quality matters much more than quantity.
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Commit Your Body
Your hard work to be a high performer shouldn’t be derailed by popular but questionable management advice. These fads prevent theoretical maximum performance and waste valuable time that you can apply to the seven steps proven to work.
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Avoid Distractions
Meet the Author
Marc Effron
President | Talent Strategy Group
Co-Founder | Talent Management Institute
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