Leadership: Five 'Absolutes' for Getting High Performance
This absolute includes progressively staffing your operation with high-quality people, developing effective planning practices, providing ongoing training and education, and ensuring people have the tools they need to get the job done. (See sidebar for tips on justifying resources.)
The following “Three P’s” may prove helpful as keys to operational excellence. To excel in an operation, we must continuously learn and improve in these key areas:
Wes Friesen is a proven leader and developer of high performing teams and has extensive experience in both the corporate and non-profit worlds. A former in-plant manager, he is also an award-winning university instructor and speaker, and is the president of Solomon Training and Development, which provides leadership, management and team building training. His book, Your Team Can Soar! contains 42 valuable lessons that will inspire you, and give you practical pointers to help you—and your team—soar to new heights of performance. Your Team Can Soar! can be ordered from Xulonpress.com/bookstore or wesfriesen.com. Wes can be contacted at wesmfriesen@gmail.com.
