Improving performance using seven words....

A major research study in the USA found that it is possible to significantly improve people's performance in any field using seven words.....WOW!

The words are "you have worked really hard, well done"! In other words, performance comes from purposeful practice not 'natural talent'.

In the research one group was told the above seven words at random intervals and another group, "you are talented and clever, well done"! Individuals in the first group outperformed the second by 50% on average on a range of tasks.

The experiment was repeated several times with different people in different cultures and contexts, the results were the same every time.

So try it with your team and even on your kids.... remember, you heard it here first!

There, performance management, done!!