If you research the word optimize on dictionary.com, you find the following definitions:

1. To make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
2. To maximize efficiency and speed in retrieval, storage, or execution.

After reading these definitions several things stand out.

1. The definitions presume that something already exists, but is not operating at its fullest potential.
2. Each definition centers on taking action to achieve the fullest potential.

The Five Key Drivers of High Performance are grounded in these assumptions and the belief that all organizations possess three basic elements: People, Process, and Technology. However, a critical difference between low- and high-performance organizations lies in their ability to not just possess these elements, but rather to make them as “effective, perfect, and useful as possible.”

Simply stated, high-performance organizations focus on the hows, not just the whats.

High-performance organizations gain a competitive advantage and deliver results because they optimize their performance in each of the Five Key Drivers:

• People
  • Focused and Aligned Leaders
  • Skilled and Motivated Workforce
• Process
  • Integrated Talent Management System
  • Continuous Improvement
• Technology
  • Enabling Technology

Is your organization optimizing its performance?

Tags: Five Key Drivers of High Performance, Optimize

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