Exemplary Performance: Driving Business Results by Benchmarking Your Star Performers

by Paul Elliott, Al Folsom

Exemplary Performance provides a model for driving improved business results by replicating the accomplishments of your star performers. The advantage of this approach is that it is derived from the current performance of those stars, so you know that it is possible within your current structure and culture. It also has the advantage of being cost-effective and efficient.

What would it look like if you, as leader and architect of your organization, designed a barrier-free, high-performing work environment and your team’s performance curve shifted optimally to the right? What would be the impact if you closed the gap between average performers and star performers by 10, 20, or 30%? Exemplary Performance provides a model for shifting the performance curve for your own department, team, or organization.

Simply put, shifting the performance curve is all about driving results, enhancing revenue, and improving margins. Our model and methodology allow organizations, their leaders, and associated work teams to capture more value with existing resources. In a “do more with less” economy, this is the right strategy for these times, clearly differentiating you from your competition. Exemplary performance is not reserved for just a few individuals—it is an achievable goal for the great majority of executives, managers, teams, and individual contributors.

318 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 10, 2022