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Chapter 23: Evaluate and review

Fostering a culture of openness and transparency means regularly evaluating and reviewing performance. 
People leaders provide clarity and alignment by setting goals and KPIs during performance reviews and Team Plan workshops. These are revisited in regular forums to evaluate progress, celebrate wins and reflect on lessons learned along the way.
Regular evaluation and review forums create context, meaning and connection to your company’s purpose, values and vision. They create a cadence around which all work activities revolve and help teams remain not just accountable, but motivated, because they are times when we actively observe progress and experience a sense of achievement.

What to expect in this episode:
(07:35): How to effectively evaluate and review performance.
(10:11): What can happen at an annual leave if there’s criticism?
(16:53): Where CEOs need to be heavily involved.

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Chapter 22: Cascade and align

A well-defined and succinct one-page Business Plan without a process to translate that plan into action is just a good read. 
The senior or executive team sets strategic goals, targets and priorities, but teams and individuals should have a large degree of autonomy over how that work is delivered. 
The Business Plan is cascaded to a Team Plan and My Plan via Team Plan workshops and annual performance reviews.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:16): Transform your business plan into an action plan.
(08:34): What a good quarterly team planning checkpoint looks like.
(15:07): What makes a great individual plan for your employees.

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Chapter 21: Engaging your workforce in the Business Plan

Any founder, CEO or senior executive responsible for running a business can write a one-page plan. Gaining full alignment, clarity and accountability for that plan from the whole team is the challenge.
Creating a Business Plan is a team engagement exercise. If you want your team to have ownership, accountability and buy-in to a strategic plan, they must be involved in building it.

What to expect in this episode:
(05:27): Why business planning needs to be both a bottom-up and top-down process.
(07:24): Using the SOAR framework for clarity on your team’s greatest opportunities and challenges.
(09:42): How you'll disengage your staff with business planning.

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📕 What I’m reading this week - ‘Showing Up’ by Nedd Brockmann - https://www.amazon.com.au/Showing-Up-Comfortable-Being-Uncomfortable/dp/1761422138 

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Chapter 20: Your Business Plan – a strategy on a page

Like birds flying in formation, a one-page Business Plan enables your people to efficiently and effectively migrate from where you are now to where you need to be. It translates your vision into clear and measurable action.
Having a highly engaged, positive culture filled with smart, capable people is not enough. To harness your team’s collective potential, you must have a single source of truth: the base from which all other activities cascade.

What to expect in this episode:
(01:18): What to do when a founder struggles to communicate their message to all staff.
(05:56): 5 key elements each one-page business plan needs.
(10:51): What the top teams do better each time when reiterating their business plan.

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Chapter 19: Introducing The Strategy System

The Strategy System is your process for strategy creation and execution that ensures your organisation remains adaptive and responsive in your chosen market.
The Strategy System aligns the whole team to work collaboratively. It involves:

creating a one-page Business Plan that is clear and actionable
cascading goals through to teams and individuals through alignment sessions
evaluating performance to review progress and to reflect on opportunities for continuous improvement.

What to expect in this episode:
(01:22): What you need to get right with strategy.
(05:19): Avoid the mistake made by this leadership client.
(09:04): Top tips for improving a chance of embedding a strategy system for success.

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Chapter 18: The value of strategy

At its most basic level, a strategy is a plan for realising a vision. 
But plans are limited – we can only form them based on the experiences and inputs we have at the time. The more information and experience we gain, the better our plans become. 
Plans are simply ideas that get you moving on a path towards your vision; action is where you learn the true nature of the game. Plans must be put to the test; and the quicker they can be tested, the more people learn, and the more effective their strategy creation process becomes.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:51): Transform your strategy into a sports game.
(08:35): How to create alignment in your business using the strategy ladder.
(12:01): The world-leading companies have these types of strategies.

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Chapter 17: Where culture often goes wrong

If you don’t manage culture, culture manages you. Culture goes wrong when we:

Think it’s something HR does.
Fail to fail.
Don’t hold leaders accountable to it.

In this episode, Steph breaks down each of these so you can pinpoint the red flags to watch out for in your organisation.

What to expect in this episode:
(06:13): Why your organisation needs psychological safety.
(10:37): It’s not your P&C/HR team to look after culture.
(12:21): When you should promote someone to manager/leader.

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Chapter 16: The Culture Plan

The Culture Plan is an organisational asset that demonstrates, at a glance, how your company honours its values in how it deals with employees at each stage of the employee lifecycle.

It's only fair that if employees are expected to perform at their best and uphold the company's values, the business should also act by those values when interacting with them. It's mutual respect and accountability, like a dance where both partners lead gracefully.

The Culture Plan operationalises your Culture System (your espoused purpose, values and behaviours), enabling leaders to honour values with the subsequent structures, processes and incentives that drive high performance.

What to expect in this episode:
(04:11): You only have one chance to make a first impression.
(07:26): Make your culture plan measurable.
(11:44): how to make your culture plan accountable.

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Chapter 15: Defining company values and behaviours

If your purpose describes why you exist, how you are unique, and what you do, your values capture how you behave in the pursuit of your company mission. Values provide an essential moral compass to your business. They define what is important; what is of ‘value’ or considered valuable.

Here’s the trick though. Values can’t be seen. We learn from each other what our values are by observing and experiencing the behaviours, attitudes, responses and practices that naturally arise during our interactions with people.

The behaviours you see are the indicators of the values held within. Therefore, for people to be meaningfully held accountable to a set of values or ethical standards, the behaviours that exemplify your values must be defined.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:10): Use this Mt Everest analogy when looking to make your next hire.
(05:22): 3 ways you can fundamentally bring a value system into your organisation.
(14:29): Put this on the first slide of any presentation deck.

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Chapter 14: Purpose beyond profit

Your purpose is your primary reason for being. It is the difference you make, the value you add, the change you create.
The terms ‘purpose’ and ‘mission’ have been used interchangeably. More recently we’ve seen ‘purpose’ claiming its moment alone in the spotlight, with its more nuanced definition encompassing value beyond profit or investor returns.

What to expect in this episode:
(03:05): Why purpose-driven companies outlast every other company.
(07:51): Make your team members work matter to feel connected.
(10:33): How to get your purpose aligned with your teams.
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Chapter 13: Introducing the Culture System

In high-performing cultures, everyone brings their A-game. People challenge each other, speak up, and no one is above the culture, not even the founders or CEO. 
These workplaces use ‘The Culture System’ to create a lasting impact with rhythms that energise and inspire all who work within them.

What to expect in this episode:
(03:02): The #1 prerequisite for a high-performance environment.
(05:25): 3 key elements to keep your culture alive.
(11:23): How Patagonia became the benchmark in sustainable clothing.

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Chapter 12: The power of culture

Culture drives engagement and ignites passion for your purpose. High-performance companies prioritise culture by putting their people first, and building their businesses around talent.
Research shows that a healthy, constructive workplace culture is essential for employee engagement and business success. An outstanding product and strategy won't compensate for a toxic, disengaging workplace environment.

What to expect in this episode:
(03:16): How culture is measured against 12 different styles of thinking and behaviour.
(06:56): Three business cases on why your organisation needs to invest in culture.
(18:51): How SoGood is the #1 alternative milk brand because of how they recruit culture.

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Chapter 11: Where leaders often go wrong

By fully embracing The Leadership System, leaders arm themselves with the tools to avoid the common traps that other leaders fall into. I’ve observed these pitfalls and even experienced them myself through the hundreds of hours coaching CEOs, executives and team leaders on how to get the best from their teams.
The way I see it, there are four common pitfalls where leaders work against themselves.

What to expect in this episode:
(01:44): Start addressing underperformance off the bat.
(06:20): Give attention to your best people.
(09:16): Strategic plans without implementation are a waste of time.
(11:33): Do you promote leaders with strong technical capability and zero people management skills?

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Chapter 10: Have powerful conversations

Having the right conversations in the right way and at the right time is a learned skill. This chapter provides leaders with all the tools they need to nail these conversations and help employees and their businesses flourish.

What to expect in this episode:
(06:51): Why the performance review isn't the only conversation needed to have as leaders
(08:42): Have this conversation to get your team to grow
(11:32): The conversation leaders avoid the most

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Chapter 9: Become a talent activator and amplifier

Coaching closes the loop in our leadership system.
If we successfully set standards for performance and give feedback on how we are tracking, coaching is the key lever that supports people to lift or sustain achievement.
Of all the strategies that leaders can choose – mentoring, training, managing, directing – coaching is known to significantly impact workplace performance.

What to expect in this episode:
(04:56): How to use coaching to amplify strengths
(09:58): Where leaders can go wrong with their coaching
(12:12): Tenfold workplace productivity using this strengths-based coaching method 

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📖 What I’m listening to this week - ‘Jerks at Work’ by Tessa West
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Chapter 8: Using feedback to boost performance + Q&A

Feedback is essential to performance.
Without it, we are flying blind. We’ve all heard the saying that ‘no news is good news’, but when it comes to inspiring high performance, it’s just not true. In high-performance cultures and high-performing teams, leaders adopt a constant and daily habit of asking for and giving feedback, reinforcing the behaviours of their people that add value and bring us closer to meeting set standards.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:42) The actual reason people shy away from receiving feedback
(04:38): Excerpt from chapter 8 of Steph’s book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(14:13): This speed-dating trick will encourage staff to ask for feedback

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Chapter 7: The importance of clear standards

Setting standards is about being clear on the outcomes for performance; but not being prescriptive about how to get there. It’s about pointing the direction you want people to go; but letting the navigate their own path. This can at first seem paradoxical. 

How can you exert control as a leader over an outcome without controlling the way that outcome is achieved?

What to expect in this episode:
(03:31): Excerpt from chapter 7 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(06:54): This one mind trick will make you spot opportunities in your goal and standard setting
(08:41): 3 key tips on setting standards

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📚 What I’m reading this week: “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek - https://shorturl.at/bpBN4 
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Chapter 6: Introducing the leadership system

The Leadership System is a perpetual process of building capability in your people and inspiring high performance in the service of the organisation’s purpose. The system is a series of deceptively simple behavioural codes for unlocking performance through leadership.

The only trick is mastering these codes as part of your leadership DNA and applying them consistently over time.

What to expect in this episode:
(03:12): Excerpt from chapter 6 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(07:12): The results from this Australian online travel company that runs a ‘Future leaders’ program
(09:03): The greatest compliment to a leader - does this reflect how you treat people?

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Chapter 5: The multiplying effect of good leadership

Leaders hire people. Leaders develop people. Leaders connect people to purpose and broker the opportunities and experiences that develop critical job skills.

Helping leaders understand their role in setting clear benchmarks for performance, coaching and giving feedback, and holding them accountable to these behaviours, is mission-critical to workplace engagement and performance.

What to expect in this episode:
(03:25): Excerpt from chapter 5 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(04:58): How to prevent becoming a hostile leader
(08:36): Adopt this one leadership style to put your organisation in the top 1%

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Chapter 4: Introducing the high-performance system

To thrive in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world, we need to build organisations that are adaptive and resilient; shaped on high-performance.
To measure high-performance systems, they are driven by the 3Ps: leadership fuels purpose, strategy fuels performance, culture fuels passion. Together, purpose, passion and performance equal profit.
Without building systems for these three critical organising and aligning processes, organisational leaders leave performance up to chance.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:52): Excerpt from chapter 4 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(07:54): How this social enterprise created team accountability due to a simple direction shift
(09:05): How you can enable sustained high-performance in an ever-changing world

To download the full audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y 

For all other resources:
🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/ 
📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/ 
🖊️ Sign up to my free eLearning event “Transform Culture” on August 16 - https://stephaniebown.com/events/ 
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Chapter 3: How good systems amplify performance

In connected systems, all parts of the system are interconnected. Individuals have clarity on goals, roles and responsibilities, and how all the parts work together. 
People are enabled to bring their energy to their work and focus on completing tasks with a level of confidence that their efforts will align with the efforts of their teammates and will translate to results.
By creating high-performance systems, you improve the conversion rate of your internal value-add process, exporting products and services at better quality, lower cost or higher speed.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:40): Excerpt from chapter 3 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(05:58): Why the “15% time” rule has revolutionised workplace innovation
(08:54): How can you improve your system habits by 1% better everyday?

To download the full audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y 

For all other resources:
🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/ 
📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/ 
🖊️ Sign up to my free eLearning event “Transform Culture” on August 16 - https://stephaniebown.com/events/ 
📚 What I’m reading this week: “Atomic Habits” by James Clear - https://www.amazon.com.au/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/1847941834 
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Chapter 2: Understanding systems

A human cell is a perfect open system. Its basic function is to take nutrients from food, convert those nutrients into energy, and export transformed energy back into the body. It achieves a steady state by maintaining a balance between itself and the environment. Cells contain our DNA and can make copies of themselves.

Like human cells, organisations are open systems that import energy, people and materials; complete an internal value-add process; and export products and services back into the environment.

What to expect in this episode:
(05:00): Excerpt from chapter 2 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(07:48): Why companies will thrive if they are open systems
(10:51): Adapt or die like these three companies
(14:28): Why leaders need to recognise their boundary management

To download the full audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y 

For all other resources:
🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/ 
📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/ 
🖊️ Sign up to my free eLearning event “Transform Culture” on August 16 - https://stephaniebown.com/events/ 
📚 What I’m reading this week: “Fearless Organisation” by Professor Amy C. Edmondson - https://www.amazon.com.au/Fearless-Organization-Psychological-Workplace-Innovation/dp/1119477247 
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Chapter 1: Understanding high performance

Like camping on the edge of a mountain, our performance edge is uncomfortable, yet exhilarating. It’s challenging, yet gratifying. It’s where we measure our character and put our strengths to work. It’s where we discover who we are, what we are and why we are.
At our performance edge, we are dynamically changing via the interaction with a task and the environment. We are actively learning by doing; increasing our capacity, and expanding our potential. We are acquiring new knowledge and skills, which allows us to take on more
responsibility or tasks of greater complexity.
Find out how your team can live a life of full engagement is living at our performance edge. Our performance edge is where capacity meets challenge; where performance meets potential.

What to expect in this episode:
(02:20): Excerpt from chapter 1 of the book, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’
(04:21): Creating an environment to allow staff to be at their performance edge
(05:43): Why leaders need to make it safe to fail
(07:12): Are you building a system of accountability?

To download the full audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here.

For all other resources:
🎙️ Podcast resources
📢 Book Steph to speak
🖊️ Sign up to my free eLearning event “Transform Culture” on August 16
📚 What I’m reading this week: “Fearless Organisation” by Professor Amy C. Edmondson
🎵 Music by Slip.stream - Alleyoop | Take It On | I’M Holding On

Greatly appreciated if you could leave a review or rating on your favourite podcast platform. It really does help us.

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