The Simple Nature of Performance

Steve Roesler's simple example over at All Things Workplace illustrates how easy performance is. A couple of things come to mind:
1. People want to contribute. Motivation is not necessary. Inspiration is all that is required.
2. Performance follows joy as Nick Zeniuk my colleague from SoL puts it. When employees are given the freedom to express their talents...they do.
3. Performance is fueled by personal spirit. Personal spirit, as noted in other places in this blog, is made of the state of a person's outlook, initiative and sense of control. Unless repression has been the rule of the day, expression shows up as initiative ... taking charge and making things happen.

In general when people are not clear, the actions need to be done again. In many working environments the value is over being busy. Simple focus on clarity of purpose can clear the path to results by reducing the range of possibility down to what to focus on.

In a world of massive information overload, being clear about what you are trying to achieve and why creates the ground for focused and collective action. Sounds simple enough. To achieve it means giving more trust and letting go of the need to control.

The simple nature of performance cycles back to self mastery. Personal growth and development or personal mastery...call it what you want... is about the capacity to observe oneself in action and insert a decision between the impulse and that action so that the choice to intervene or let go is made as a conscious choice. Trusting in talent is what it is all about.