Tag: Management Excellence

Brad And Steve On How To Elevate Your Game

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Improve Academy, Innovation Management, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning

If you want to improve your life, you must first improve your performance.

The question is, according to Brad and Steve, ‘Is healthy, sustainable peak performance possible? If so, how? What’s the secret? What, if any, are the principles underlying great performance? How can people like us- which is to say, just about anyone-adopt them?’

‘The brightest minds spend their time either pursuing their activity with ferocious intensity, or engaging in complete restoration and recovery.’

What are you doing to get better? If you are doing something, then ask yourself, ‘Is it the right thing for this moment?

‘It isn’t experience that sets top performers apart but the amount of deliberate practice they put in. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.’

Be intentional about your practice. If your practice is not right, do not expect to get better.

‘The way we think about the world has a profound effect on what we do in it.’

‘By pushing us toward just- manageable challenges and enhancing how we’ll respond to them, the right mindset opens up the possibility for growth to occur.’

Growth happens when you open up your mind to receive it. Because you will never receive what you are not expecting.

‘If we never take ‘easy’ periods, we are never able to go full throttle and the ‘hard’ periods end up being not that hard at all.’

‘Hard work only becomes smart and sustainable work when it’s supported by rest.’

‘It is hard to do your best thinking when your mind isn’t at peace.’

‘The things we work amidst become expansions of the self, things the mind can use to create harmony in experience.’

‘Is healthy, sustainable peak performance possible?

Source:

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness (2017). Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with The New Science of Success

William A. Cohen On Leading Your Company To Victory

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Improve Academy, Innovation Management, Leadership, Management, Workplace Learning

‘Roadblocks are a fact of life for strategists. Expect the unexpected. Humans are often unpredictable, so the human factor must be considered. Weather can be an influencing factor. Economies can take unanticipated turns. A planned, alternative approach allows the strategist the flexibility of continuing toward the goal without a major delay.’

‘A point that has significant potential for the future. If you can identify this kind of strategic position, and get there before the competition, you can realize great success down the road.’

‘You cannot consistently win unless you mass and concentrate your resources.’

‘Maintain the initiative by looking for hidden opportunities, and new solutions. Don’t just rest on your laurels.’

‘Act now! You cannot afford to wait for conditions to be perfect in order to implement your strategy.’

‘After you’ve gained the advantage, keep the pressure on. That way, your competition will always be playing catch-up.’

‘Obstacles will inevitably appear along the way. Expect them and deal with them, while never losing sight of your objective.’

‘Once you are committed to a fully defined objective, be ready to adjust your strategy as necessary, but not your objective.’

‘With the right strategy, we can overcome adversaries with much greater resources.’

‘Things rarely go exactly as planned, so you need to have alternative not only ready to use, but actually in use. When unexpected obstacles block one approach, an alternative approach is already at work.’

‘When should you take a specific action?

Source:

William A. Cohen, PhD., (2024). The Art of the Strategist: 10 Essential Principles for Leading your Company to Victory