The ICMA Center for Management Strategies features as a leading practice in organizational development,  High Performance Performance Organization Strategies.   This approach to work focuses on:

1.  the importance of an organization's culture in engaging employees and raising the organization's performance level;

2.  the critical role of leadership in driving  organizational improvement;

3.  the necessity for a "shared vision" that is focused on throughout the organization;

4.  the importance of organizational "values" in enhancing the performance of an organization and the individuals in it; and,

5.  the recognition that some of our organizational processes and systems can actually inhibit performance as opposed to help it.

How have you employed the concepts of higher performance in your organization?  Please share some examples and success stories of your use of High Performance Strategies.  We would love to hear from anyone that has some good stories to share about utilizing this approach in your organization. 

If you don't have any good stories of high performance yet, you can look into the following seminar on High Performance Organizations that is being offered by the Commonwealth Centers for High Performance Organizations and sponsored by the Center for Management Strategies and Pinellas County, Florida on October 7-9 in Clearwater, Florida.   It is an excellenet way for you to learn more about this approach to organizational development, employee engagement, and performance improvement.  We hope you will check it out.