1: “Most CEOs have a ‘top talent’ list that can be counted in the single digits,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
“CEOs can entrust them to do things that others can’t,” they write. “These stars sit on just about every standing committee and act as sponsors for most task forces … continue reading
1: “Who are your top twenty most talented leaders?”
That was the question McKinsey consultants Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra asked the CEO of an average-performing healthcare company.
The CEO shared his list.
Next, they asked: “What are the twenty most important roles in the company?”
Once again, he shared his list, but “with a speed that suggested he hadn’t given that answer nearly as much … continue reading
1: The news about employee engagement is distressing.
“For more than thirty years, the Gallup Organization has run in-depth behavioral economic research on more than twenty-five million employees across hundreds of U.S. organizations,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
First, the good news. The Gallup data shows that workgroups in the top quartile of engagement achieve strong financial results.
“Their profitability and productivity … continue reading
1: “It’s amazing how much you can come to know someone, even before any deep conversations happen,” David Brooks writes in his book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
When David’s oldest son was an infant, he would wake up early every morning. As in 4 a.m. early.
Because they lived in Brussels at the time, it would be dark … continue reading
1: We are chasing the impossible. Peak performance is our goal.
Step one: Align our intrinsic motivators: curiosity, passion, purpose, autonomy, and mastery.
Step two: Layer in our goals.
The final piece of the puzzle? Seven daily practices and six weekly practices. These are our non-negotiables.
“If we want to sustain peak performance long enough to accomplish the impossible—whatever that is for us—we’re going to need to weave these items … continue reading
1: Our goal? Peak performance.
In the final chapter of The Art of Impossible, Steven Kotler gives us “a meta-strategy for consistent peak performance.”
There are steps to this process, and we must follow the steps in a specific order.
We begin by aligning our intrinsic drivers or motivators: curiosity, passion, purpose, autonomy, and mastery.
Steven writes: “Because of the nature of intrinsic motivation, we have to start … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
One area where I am trying to get better is implementing what philosopher Brian Johnson calls the “PM Routine.”
Step one, Brian tells us, is to create a “bright line” … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Until recently, scientists believed that extrinsic motivators were more powerful than intrinsic drivers.
“Extrinsic drivers are rewards that are external to ourselves,” Steven Kotler writes in his book The … continue reading
1: This week, we’ve been doing a deep dive into peak performance. We must get into a flow state to perform at the highest levels.
We do so by engaging flow triggers, including autonomy, the curiosity-passion-purpose triad, complete concentration, the challenge-skills balance, clear goals, and immediate feedback.
All of these are internal flow triggers. They arise from within us.
However, there are also external flow triggers, Steven Kotler writes in … continue reading
1: To achieve peak performance, we must enter what scientists call the flow state.
Otherwise known as “Being in the zone” or a “Runner’s High.” That feeling of “Being unconscious.”
Yesterday, we looked at three triggers that help us access the flow state: Autonomy, the curiosity-passion-purpose triad, and complete concentration, as outlined by Steven Kotler in his brilliant book, The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer.
Our next … continue reading
