Performance Rules! tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1578964 2010-01-06T09:26:43-08:00 Like, totally, dude. A place to share thoughts and develop ideas about performance... and about how high performance leads to totally gnarly results (okay, that's the last of the surfer talk... totally). TypePad Performance Rules! is Moving... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f6508834012876afa1dc970c 2010-01-06T09:26:43-08:00 2010-01-06T09:37:32-08:00 My new-and-improved blog and website has moved to: www.performance-rules.com. Please join me there, and update your Favorites list. Ross Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2010/01/performance-rules-is-moving.html 2009’s Personal Journey: Awareness vs. Acceptance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f650883401287690e243970c 2009-12-30T10:29:12-08:00 2009-12-30T10:31:58-08:00 A funny thing has happened to me over the past year. As part of my constant, burning desire to learn and improve myself, I wanted to focus on and become more self-aware. While this has mostly been a good thing,... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/12/a-funny-thing--has-happened-to-me-over-the-past-year-as-part-of-my-constant-burning-desire--to-le.html Best Performance Award tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f6508834012876796e65970c 2009-12-23T09:18:33-08:00 2009-12-30T10:34:03-08:00 The winner of last week’s Worst Performance Award is… me, for focusing on bad performance! So, this week I’m looking for nominations for the Best Performance Award. And just like last week, since it’s the first time I’ve done this,... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/12/best-performance-award.html It's Awards Time! (WPA) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f65088340120a7587c69970b 2009-12-16T09:37:08-08:00 2009-12-23T09:43:55-08:00 As we approach the end of the year, we are inundated with awards and top 10, top 100, top this and that, and lists of greatests… And I’m here to add to the fun. I’m proud to announce the first... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/12/its-awards-time-wpa.html When The Levee Breaks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f65088340120a73678f1970b 2009-12-09T08:37:28-08:00 2009-12-16T09:41:36-08:00 Stop for a moment and picture this: It’s sometime in the next year or so, and the economy really starts rolling again (okay, it could happen). The company you work for, while not back to where it once was, is... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/12/when-the-levee-breaks.html Where Does Success Come From? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f65088340120a6faf4f3970b 2009-12-01T19:36:30-08:00 2009-12-09T08:41:08-08:00 What makes some people successful, and others not so? I’m mostly talking about in the business world, although it could be in any activity. What makes some people perform so much better than others? This is a question I’ve spent... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/12/where-does-success-come-from.html Are You Listening? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f65088340120a6d75c61970b 2009-11-25T09:10:43-08:00 2009-12-01T19:46:45-08:00 I went into a restaurant the other day, and upon sitting down at a table a male server strolled up – acting very cool, almost to the point of appearing to not care whether I was there or not –... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/11/are-you-listening.html High-Speed Learning tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f6508834012875b2e376970c 2009-11-18T10:38:52-08:00 2009-11-25T09:13:51-08:00 Imagine this: You’re driving a race car. It’s an open-wheel, open-cockpit car, like an Indy car or Formula One car. Bright red. Number 5 on the nose. Scrunched down in the cockpit, held in place by six seatbelts, clutching the... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/11/highspeed-learning.html Success Lessons From The World Of NASCAR tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f65088340128757b7473970c 2009-11-11T10:42:54-08:00 2009-11-18T10:46:30-08:00 A recent edition of USA Today (November 6, 2009) ran an article about the consistent success of Hendrick Motorsports’ NASCAR teams. Some would say domination is a better word than consistent success, given that they are closing in on their... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/11/success-lessons-from-the-world-of-nascar.html Feedback Sucks! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55052f65088340120a651ad4b970b 2009-11-03T21:33:38-08:00 2009-11-11T10:48:10-08:00 Get your attention? Then listen up. Your employees are begging for feedback. They’re craving it. They’re practically screaming for it. Give it to them. Just take a look at the numbers in Mark Murphy’s blog, Employees Are Desperate For Feedback.... Ross Bentley http://go-perform.typepad.com/performance_learning/2009/11/feedback-sucks.html