At Interact Development Limited
relies on how that company views the development of its
most precious asset, its people
There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we
are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.
Rusty Berkus
What is
Potential?
Potential is that of which each of us is capable.
Potential is the sometimes latent Talent that is present in each individual.
"Nothing
is more common than unfulfilled potential."
Howard Hendricks
Many
organisations know their people’s capabilities but are more aware of
their limitations. Working with ID will give you the confidence to focus
on and work with the strengths of your people to enhance performance and
create excellence.
So
much time and effort seems to go into assessing what people’s
weaknesses are and focusing development opportunities at patching over
them. This requires more effort and therefore drains our energy and
causes stress and at best only ever achieves mediocrity. How much better
and more simple to concentrate on what people do well and develop these
skills to create excellence.
At
ID we concentrate on developing those things for which people naturally
show an aptitude. We take a holistic approach that and use a number of
assessment techniques to uncover what it are that makes each of us
unique and how we are likely to behave, react and interact in everyday
life. The foundation of which is a hard measure of decision making
potential each individual’s unique decision footprint.
"We spend Jan 1 walking through our lives, room by room,
drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe
this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the
rooms of our lives
... not looking for flaws, but for potential."
Ellen Goodman
"Our
success in life depends on the way in which we use
what Talents we have."
First line, Chapter One. Ainslie Meares
The Way Up (The Practical Psychology of Success) 1970
"Our success as a business lies in the way we use the Talents of our people."
Interact Development Limited 2001
The discovery and development of
Core Potential forms the Foundation
of the work being undertaken by
Interact
Development Limited in its client companies.
Research
has proven that excellence comes from building on the things we do well.
"People don't change that much,
Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out,
Try to draw out what was left in,
That is hard enough".
"First, Break all The Rulesles"
Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman 1999
Experience
shows us that many organisations are aware of their people’s
capabilities but know more about their limitations.
Interact
Development Limited provides the framework and will work with you to
enable you to pinpoint and focus on the strengths of your people to
enhance performance and create excellence.
It
will also create awareness and acknowledgement of weak areas and how to
use strengths to lessen their impact
The approach is simple and works for the individual, for teams and for the organisation as a whole.
It
looks at:
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Energy and motivation
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Key strengths and how they can be developed and optimised
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Decision Making patterns
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Impact of individual style on environment and co-workers
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Communication preferences and natural interaction styles
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Potential blind spots
These principles can be used to develop systems and practices at all levels across your organisation
Areas of use can include any or all of the following:
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Recruitment and selection
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Training and individual development
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Team selection and development
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Performance Management and appraisal
The results of using this approach will directly impact:
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Motivation
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Output and productivity
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Efficiency
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Results
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Staff retention
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Decision making
This approach is gaining popularity and acceptance in today’s commercial world and is about creating Excellence not patching over weakness.
Download a short background article on Talent and Success
Download a book review of "First, Break all the Rules"
Copyright © 2002 Interact Development Limited. All rights reserved.
Revised: April 06, 2003
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