Creating a performance culture

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

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The "new normal" for creating performance excellence is emerging. Training can no longer afford to be tactically focused and event-based. It must be an ongoing, systematic process which maximizes opportunities in cognitive behavioral research. The research explores what elite performers do differently, and when applied to corporate culture, has the ability to profoundly impact talent development. The elements of extraordinary performance as articulated by Professor Randy Massengale at Seattle University's Center for Leadership Formation are based on leading theoretical and experimental research by experts such as American Developmental Psychologist Howard Gardner, Hungarian Psychology Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Swedish psychologist K. Anders Ericsson. The authors are applying the idiographic and nomothetic elements of extraordinary performance in multiple domains through case studies. This case study applies the elements to the athletic elite performance of a hockey player. It was performed by Professor Michele Loughead at Michigan Technological University's School of Business and Economics, merging 20 years of business experience including strategic management and executive leadership with higher education in the classroom and on the ice rink. Readers will gain insight into this emerging body of work to better understand how the nomothetic and idiographic elements can be applied to develop world-class talent, providing a foundation for training leaders, leveraging development. © Common Ground, Michele Loughead, Randy Massengale, All Rights Reserved.

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Organizational Cultures

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