# performance
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46:42Managing potential over performanceAl Elliott: You've used this word potential a couple of times, and I sense that a lot of people who are managers think they are managing performance, but it seems like you're managing potential. Is that right? Mike HarleEP 313 · 25 Jun 2026·interview· 46:42–52:111:13Meet Sean O'Shea: Turning People Potential into Business PerformanceAl Elliott: So if you manage a team or you're on one, this conversation is gonna change how you see every interaction you have starting tomorrow morning Sean O'Shea: Hello, this is Truth, Lies and Work Leanne Elliott: ThEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 1:13–3:554:35Enclothed cognition: how clothes affect your own performanceAngela Foster: Oh my gosh, I'm so glad that you asked this. There was actually a study done, and I think it was at Northwestern University, and it was probably like 2010, 2012, something like that. And that's exactly whaEP 245 · 30 Oct 2025·interview· 4:35–6:0113:58"What does good look like?" — the most powerful questionLeanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: And those books, obviously, I'm not condoning. I think they're rubbish, but they were trying to peddle this idea of there's a simple trick, one simple hack that your manager doesn't want EP 230 · 9 Sept 2025·other· 13:58–19:4634:10The world's best boss is flawed + final thoughts — kindness is performanceJeff LeBlanc: So I think the world's best boss is someone who is first and foremost flawed. And I think they're flawed and they accept that. And I think that's a huge thing that needs to be sort of put out right at the bEP 207 · 19 Jun 2025·interview· 34:10–41:520:00Opening: Why 70% of people are incompetentNick Huber: 70% of people in this world are totally incompetent. And the sooner you realize that as a business owner or a manager or a leader, the faster you can accelerate your career and your business. Another sad trutEP 193 · 1 May 2025·interview· 0:00–1:0136:59Workplace Surgery #2: Top performer or high-functioning alcoholic?Al Elliott: Good luck and Godspeed. Okay, question number 2. Top performer or high-functioning alcoholic? Leanne Elliott: Possibly both. Continue Al Elliott: I manage a team of 9 people, including a senior account manageEP 180 · 18 Mar 2025·workplace surgery· 36:59–42:1037:23Workplace Surgery Q2: My top performer is toxicLeanne Elliott: What you have here, friend, is what is called a toxic superstar. I will leave a link in the show notes to a couple of episodes we've done talking about this, where I'm Which, with, uh, Dr. Ryan Sherman frEP 174 · 25 Feb 2025·workplace surgery· 37:23–42:4745:01Workplace Surgery: the 'unlucky' employeeAl Elliott: Um, if you're listening to this, you're going, occupational health, um, I feel like we should have that, uh, then definitely check out Harry Kramer's company, smartclinic.com. Um, he's a previous guest, frienEP 172 · 18 Feb 2025·workplace surgery· 45:01–45:5011:03Why Napping Boosts PerformanceLeanne Elliott: Good news, Al! Napping improves our performance at work Al Elliott: Yes, yes, yes! I love a nap Leanne Elliott: Yeah, and this is according to science. This isn't just general opinion, uh, because I thinkEP 170 · 11 Feb 2025·news roundup· 11:03–14:2136:51Prisoners of our existing metricsLeanne Elliott: There's a danger where prisoners of our existing metrics, and that's always a danger with metrics, which is that the metrics you've measured turn out to be less relevant. So I mentioned that fact that, yoEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 36:51–40:2036:24Workplace Surgery — surviving redundancy cultureLeanne Elliott: A PIP is a performance improvement plan. Um, so it's the, it's the action plan that's developed as part of a performance management process to, with the intention, developed with the intention to help youEP 103 · 4 Jun 2024·workplace surgery· 36:24–41:4110:36Tip 2: Create Offices That Empower Performance (Dr. Craig Knight)Leanne Elliott: Dr. Craig also shared some of the findings of his 20-year-long research into the relationships between the work environment Our base point is always Lean Six Sigma Al Elliott: All right. We started with tEP 102 · 30 May 2024·other· 10:36–15:2517:39The psychology of being in the presence of greatnessLeanne Elliott: Yeah. I mean, it does, it seems intuitive, doesn't it? That in the presence of greatness, we're gonna feel inspired and we're gonna feel motivated. But as Ryan says, that, that is not, not the case. It's EP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 17:39–22:4714:18Why psychological safety drives high performanceStephan Wiedner: You need to pay attention to it because, um, the main reason is that it's linked to high performance. So I mentioned that earlier, Google did a big study. Google, of course, they're about as data-driven EP 15 · 6 Dec 2022·interview· 14:18–17:02
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