The Performance Resource Center
Leading Success: How the Math of Trust Is Already Transforming Your Teams
Trust is fundamental to any team working to get things done. This statement is true for any size team, from startup to enterprise. Trust is the factor that either accelerates or blows up a team's ability to deliver results. Leaders must become intentional in their treatment of trust.
The Trust Equation: Why It Hits Your Bottom Line
As a leader, trust is one of the simplest levers at your disposal when you want to elevate your teams and their results. I’ll introduce a simple, powerful equation: Trust = Time + Consistency. The research is clear on what happens when teams have trust, and what happens when they don't. Both circumstances impact your bottom line. Get clear on how this works. Ignore it at your peril.
10 Ways Leaders Erode Trust Without Realizing It
We've made the case for leaders taking ownership of trust in their teams and organizations. We've laid out trust as an equation of time + consistency. Here are 10 ways leaders erode trust without realizing it. Use these as anti-patterns.
How Vendors and Tools Get Trust Wrong
Many tools exist in the "productivity" and "teamwork" space. Many vendors of these tools break the trust equation by building on outdated management concepts that no longer serve people in modern businesses. This section breaks down how those trust breaks happen so you can be aware and recognize better alternatives.
How Leaders Can Get Trust Right (Simplified)
There are many approaches to trust building. Most of these focus on doing things away from work, or they use complicated and abstract techniques. This section of our Guide to Trust for Leaders provides concrete, simple-to-implement methods to build trust across your teams, including actionable techniques you can apply today.
The Trust Equation: Your Next Steps
Take action now to build trust in your team - and put trust builders on autopilot. The easiest way to think about trust is to start with the trust equation. Then, keep score on whether you add or lose points. We'll look at some tools that help.
The Math of Trust - and How Leaders Can Get It Right
Trust is affecting results right now. But most leaders get it wrong. This guide breaks down a simple way to view trust. It shows what what trust really is, why it matters, how vendors and leaders get it horribly wrong, and what to do about it.
How to Run Meetings Effectively: 8 Principles to Cure Bad Meetings
Elevate your team's productivity by implementing 8 key principles for effective work sessions. Say goodbye to bad meetings with our guide, including a proven framework for world-class weekly meetings.
Inside ResultMaps: November 2020
ResultMaps is software that helps teams mobilize their strategy and drive accountability no matter where people are working. This month’s newsletter focuses on OKRs, planning for 2021, and raising accountability for everyone.
Inside ResultMaps: September 2020
ResultMaps add support for the V2MOM so you can mobilize your strategy with this lightweight, practical framework. Featured interview: Cameron Herold.
Book Review: Personality Isn't Permanent by Benjamin Hardy
Every so often, a book makes the must-read list. This one covers vision, goals, and habits with science and research. It also exposes the fallacies of personality types and labels and shows how they are behaviors people choose.