Course Methodology
The workshop is designed to be interactive and participatory. It includes
various pedagogical tools to enable participants to function effectively
and efficiently in a multilateral environment. The course will be built on four
pedagogical pillars: concept learning (presentations by the consultant), role
playing (group exercises), experience sharing (round-table discussions) and
exposure to case studies and scenarios.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the SUPER productivity formula and its
multiplicative nature
- Adopt short and long-term activities that allow
them to continuously develop towards skills master
- Master the techniques that avail
uninterrupted focus time at work
- Establish trust based relationships with key
people to ensure high responsiveness
- Manage their physical energy on a daily basis
to maintain consistently high levels of performance
- Adopt a mindset of organizational relevance to
invest resources into what matters most for the organization
Target Audience
This course is targeted at employees, supervisors, and middle managers
seeking to optimize their productivity through a rigorous and systematic
approach.
Target Competencies
- Performance optimization
- Self development
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Building rapport
- Influencing others
- Building trust
- Optimizing colleagues responsiveness
- Managing personal energy
- Goals alignment
The SUPER formula for top performers
- Characteristics distinguishing a top performer
- The personal benefits of being a top performer
- The 5 elements of top performance:
- Skills
- Uninterrupted time
- People
- Energy
- Relevance
- The productivity formula – S×U×P×E×R = % of
performance
- The multiplicative nature of the productivity
formula
- Top performance as a choice
Skills mastery – The 1st element
- Defining mastery – good is the enemy of great!
- Kaizen – the continuous improvement principle
- Strategies to reach mastery level in your area of
expertise
- Indicators that you have become a skill master
- The conscious competence learning matrix
- How to lead yourself towards mastery in the
absence of a leader
Uninterrupted time for optimal focus – The 2nd element
- The focus curve – time segments do not add up
- Evaluating the myth of multitasking
- De-focusers: how and why people lose focus
- Fighting procrastination
- Effectively managing internal and external
interruptions for optimal focus
- What to focus on – the time matrix revisited for a
technology-based generation
- Calculating your return on time
People responsiveness – The 3rd element
- The chain effect – no one task is done solely by
one person
- The relationship matrix – identifying key people
for your optimal performance
- The benefits of optimizing responsiveness of key
people
- Turning key people at work into success partners
- The responsometer – practical tool to measure and
improve people responsiveness at work
- Establishing trustworthiness – the core four
- Integrity
- Intent
- Capabilities
- Results
- Doing the right things the right way
- Understanding how people develop trust
- Effective behaviors for gaining people trust
Personal energy management – The 4th element
- Physical energy as fuel for performance
- Top 10 bad energy habits
- Most famous energy drainers
- Red alerts your body tells
- Upgrading your energy engines
Activity relevance for goals alignment – The 5th element
- Defining corporate relevance
- Avoiding the frustration of busyness – seeking
alignment
- Developing your relevance compass
- Put your tasks to the relevance test
- Reaching a consensus on your time matrix with your
boss
