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How to Build a High-Performing Team: Ten Vital Conversations

Let's Grow Leaders

Invest One Hour a Month to Help Your Team Perform Even Better. Every truly high-performing team has one thing in common: They spend time in candid conversation talking about what’s working and consistently look for ways to improve. Here are ten important questions to start with when building a high-performing team.

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Stop Ignoring Your High Performers

Harvard Business Review

Managers often make a costly mistake in leaving high performers to perform at their maximum capacity without support, choosing to instead devote their time and attention to underperformers. In doing so, though, these high performers are often left feeling overlooked and neglected.

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Research: Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Have to Stress Workers Out

Harvard Business Review

Pay-for-performance (PFP) is considered one of the strongest tools to motivate employees, yet despite its popularity, it can sometimes create stress for workers that results in decreased performance, creativity, and engagement.

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How we scaled our App Store performance by approximately 200% in 1 year

TechCrunch

This article will particularly interest those working with mobile applications and seeking new traffic sources. App Store optimization (ASO) and Apple Search Ads (ASA) are potent tools for promoting apps that can significantly boost conversion rates.

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3 Ways to Build a Culture That Lets High Performers Thrive

Harvard Business Review

Many companies build cultures that are focused on controlling the output of low performers, rather than growing and unlocking everyone’s skills. This approach is low-ROI and ultimately problematic for high-performance cultures. Finally, mentor high performers on concrete, high-leverage skills.

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From skills to performance: How hands-on learning is preparing IT teams for digital transformations

CIO

According to a recent Skillable survey of over 1,000 IT professionals, it’s highly likely that your IT training isn’t translating into job performance. Four in 10 IT workers say that the learning opportunities offered by their employers don’t improve their job performance.

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When New Hires Get Paid More, Top Performers Resign First

Harvard Business Review

How do existing employees (and especially top performers) react to these higher-paid new hires? The authors’ recent research shows that unless employers adjust existing employees’ wages soon after making a new hire, employees tend to resign — and that top performers tend to resign faster than others.