Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D.Ecsell SummitApril 15, 2014

Excellence Matters

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In the next 90 minutes• Excellence exercise• Behaviors you should scale• Scaling principles• Leadership suggestion• Commitment

Individual Excellence:1. What is it?2. How do you get it?

Organizational Excellence:1. What is it?2. How do you get it?

Make Excellence the New Normal

Reciprocity StyleTaker, Matcher, or Giver

Takers view success as attaining results that are superior to others

Matchers see success in terms of balancing individual accomplishments

with fairness to others

Givers characterize success as individual achievements that have a

positive impact on others

How you give determines if you will achieve long term success or languish at the bottom

Concern for Other’s Interests

LOW HIGH

Concern for Self-Interest

LOW Apathetic Selfless: Self-sacrificinggivers

HIGH Selfish:Takers

Otherish:Successful Givers

RelationshipsMotivationLearning

Ground war, not an air war

I own the place, and the place owns me

Accountability

• Two principles– Always starts with you: performance,

caring, expectations, encourage and enable others

– When you look at others, look for solutions rather than blame

• Don’t look the other way when it matters

Bad is stronger than good

Nip it in the bud• Personal responsibility• Compassionate hardass

Get rid of the bad applesBest leaders and teams act quickly and decisively to remove destructive characters when lesser measures fail

Plumbing before poetry

Adequacy before excellence

Guilt prone leaders• Display concern for others• Strong sense of personal

responsibility• Put the greater good ahead of their

personal goals and glory• Take preventive measures to avoid

future mistakes and steps to repair damage done by past errors

What commitment are you willing to make?

Questions?