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Imagine you have been awarded a sabbatical - a year off work to do whatever you like. You could lie by the pool, immerse yourself in a new hobby, or learn a new skill. Anything you desire, for a whole year.

The reason: your company has found a clone of you that will work in your place. This clone looks like you, sounds like you, and has the same skills, expertise and experience.

The only difference is that the clone is 5% better at everything to do with teamwork and working effectively. They are 5% better at communication, knowledge sharing, prioritisation, giving feedback, thinking strategically, influencing others - you get the idea.

When you return from your sabbatical, what has your clone achieved in your absence? How have they gone about it? What actions did they take and why? What are the results?

In our High Performance sessions, we ask participants to discuss this with a partner, then share their insights with the wider group.

Almost always, the result of this exercise is that participants arrive at the insight that they can be successful by working smarter, not harder. They identify ways to think more strategically, prioritise better, focus on quality and improve wellbeing.

The reason for making the clone 5% better is that we can all be 5% better if we really try. It's an achievable, marginal gain.

What would your Super You do in your role for a year? What would it achieve and how? What would be the impact?

Developing a personal commitment to high performance takes time and effort, and often a shift in mindset is necessary to maintain motivation and focus towards achieving results.

Aspects of this include shifting away from fixed beliefs to a growth mentality, understanding the power of incremental changes, and breaking down big goals into small achievable tasks.

We'll help you understand the key components of high performance, see the benefits it can bring you and your team, and identify specific changes you can make to immediately impact the projects, challenges and goals you are working on.

Learn more in our 90 minute "talkshop": https://buff.ly/3ZFqNUy

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