The Most Important Thing

“The Most Important thing is to remember the most important thing.” - Suzuki Roshi

Want happiness, purpose, and meaning from your work?

Want a team that performs, goes the extra mile, and cares personally about the task at hand?

Lean in… What we have to share might be a bit surprising.

According to Harvard Business Review, the secret sauce to satisfied workers is less to do with pursuing personal passion and more to do with tackling big problems and netting big results. AKA - Being a useful and impactful member of the team

Liz Wiseman sums up this experience in her book Impact Players where she explores what differentiates average contributors from the high impact, high performance players most of us seek to hire and become. What her well researched book highlights is that impact players, or ‘those that seem to always be doing work that drives the most value inside organizations’ report higher levels of job satisfaction and that unexpectedly, skill level and intelligence are not what separates these individuals from average performance.

The biggest differentiation is how impact players read the game, successfully evaluate organizational priorities, and step out of their job description to become what the organization needs when the organization needs it the most.

Harvard Business Review and  The Washington Post reference adaptability as one of the most in demand professional skills in our world of increased risk and instability.

Additionally, individuals shown to get the most meaning from their work, experience the least amount of burn out, and rise to the top as company stars are those that intuitively understand this and relentlessly search to uncover what is most important while leveraging their problem-solving skills to add value outside the box of narrowly defined job descriptions.

How do well-intentioned leaders and employees stifle this process of fulfillment and motivation?

-          Losing track of priorities

-          Holding onto outdate initiatives

-          Trying to do too much at once

-          Hording information

-          Stopping short of impact

-          And the dreaded statement “that’s not my job”

We are very excited to offer a new course training high performance, high impact players to drive the most value inside their organizations while riding the wave of personal fulfillment we all seek.

Ready to make an even bigger impact with your team? Contact us to secure your spot for 2023.