Time Talent Energy

Question 1

teaming is more important than simply bringing in great talents.

Answer 1

Most of the work gets done in teams

Question 2

Importance of having inspired employees

Answer 2

An employee who is satisfied is 40% more productive than an unsatisfied one
An engaged employee is 44% more productive than a satisfied worker
An inspired worker is nearly 125% more productive than a satisfied one

Question 3

Meetings don’t just proliferate they cascade

Answer 3

A single meeting at the top can produce ripple effects throughout the orgnization.

Question 4

Distraction can cause 10 point fall in a person’s IQ

Answer 4

Same as losing a night of sleep

Question 5

The rule of seven for meetings

Answer 5

Every attendee over seven reduce the likelihood of making a good, quick, executable decision by 10%

Question 6

How to measure potentials

Answer 6

1. Behavioral signature
2. learning agility
3. collaborative intelligence
4. trajectory

Question 7

Every team needs an extra miler

Answer 7

A single extra miler can increase team productivity by more than the other members of the team combined.

Question 8

Value added collaboration is highly concentrated in very few employees.

Answer 8

20%-35% of value added collaboration comes from 3%-5% of employees

Question 9

No one ever washes a rental car

Answer 9

Unless you feel real ownership, real connection, you will never devote the extra energy needed to make something better.

Question 10

3 ways for engagement

Answer 10

1. Attached to the content of the work itself
2. Connections of people
3. Believe in the company’s purpose

Engaged = 1-2 out of 3
Inspired = 3 out of 3

Question 11

Perhaps the most important single element in inspiration

Answer 11

Autonomy

Question 12

Founder’s mentality

Answer 12

1. They set out to make a difference
2. They presume trust
3. They are unafraid to take risks, encourage calculated risk-taking
4. They empower the team more than the individual manager
5. Their cultures and business practices are guided by principle, not by rules.

Question 13

The pyramid of employee needs

Answer 13

Top: inspiration
Mid: Engaged
Bottom: Satisfied

You can not achieve a layer above without address the layer below. Attempts to inspire employees are particularly vulnerable to this sort of backfiring.

Question 14

One consistent key to engagement

Answer 14

Help individuals link their roles and individual missions to the company’s purpose.

Question 15

How to increase inspirational engagement

Answer 15

1. Develop and implement a humane philosophy
2. Balance employee autonomy with organizational needs
3. Develop leaders who deliver results and inspire

Question 16

Autonomy is a double-edged sword

Answer 16

1. Balancing autonomy and accountability
2. Balancing freedom to innovate versus following proven routines
3. Balancing alignment versus control

Question 17

How to be an inspiring leader?

Answer 17

Focusing on strengths as opposed to fixing a weakness
Having 4 distinguish strengths is sufficient to make someone highly inspiring. The more you have the more inspirational you can be.

Question 18

The seven universal VALUES

Answer 18

1. Innovation, including the courage to take informed risks and learn from mistakes
2. Ambitions, openly seeking and embracing strech missions
3. High integrity, with honest communications and respect for the highest ethical standards
4. Accountability, with a bias toward what is best for the company rather than best for the individual
5. Collaboration, displaying mutual trust and teamwork
6. Agility, expecting and anticipating changes
7. People orientation, focused on building human relationships