Collaboration with Talent 4 Performance

The Fashion and Design Club is pleased to collaborate with Talent 4 Performance for our employee management resources. Talent 4 Performance is a specialist business consultancy that helps leaders and managers to improve performance and profitability.

Leading and managing people can be tough, and the while the current COVID-19 crisis can present some additional challenges for management, the basic principles of talent and performance management remain the same. 

Fundamentally it is about effective two-way communication regarding:

  • understanding your people, especially their engagement expectations
  • clarity of role purpose and performance expectations
  • encouraging feedback
  • identifying learning and development needs
  • measuring results, outputs and outcomes

Far too many Leaders neglect the basics and expect their most senior managers to manage themselves with very little input.  However, no matter how senior people are, everyone needs clarity and inspiration in order to perform at their best.

To summarise this Talent 4 Performance have a formula for success:

Clarity x People = Performance

Using this approach, Talent 4 Performance is supporting the Fashion and Design Club with the resources on this page. The resources, a selection of short videos and a few downloads, contain a number of very simple tips for improving performance in the workplace. When implemented with a Growth Mindset, these resources will make a significant difference in team performance.

If you like what you see,  please visit Talent 4 Performance directly to find out more about how it can help you and your team become even more effective using behaviour analytics and the latest thinking from applied psychology and neuroscience. You can also email David at david@talent4performance.co.uk. 

The FACT based approach to appraisal conversations

This short video highlights the four key elements of an effective performance appraisal conversation.

Free Download

FACT Based Appraisal Template

Literally thousands of clients have used this simple approach to engage their people in meaningful conversations even at most senior levels.  Some prefer to avoid the dreaded ‘appraisal’ word and use different terms at work for their business such as catch-up meeting, one-to-one meeting, job chat, and others.

Download HERE

The 7 Performance Traps

If your people don’t perform as you expect there's always a reason for it.  As a leader, it is your responsibility to avoid The 7 Performance Traps.  Check which one of the traps you may have fallen into!

Free Download

The 7 Performance Traps

If you like reading here is an article about the 7 performance traps which goes into more detail than in the video.

Download HERE

The Paradox of Driving Performance

Are you perceived by others as harsh or permissive?  There is a paradox in driving performance.  If we are not balanced in our approach, we may create unintended consequences.  Learn to utilise two seemingly opposite traits and master the Paradox of Driving Performance.

The Trap of Unconscious Competence

When we become highly proficient in a task we can assume that it is easy.  This is the trap of unconscious competence which can undermine your ability to delegate.  To delegate effectively you need to go back a step to help your people to know what they didn't know they needed to know.

Are all of your people meeting your expectations?

Many leaders and managers complain that their people are not meeting expectations.  This short video can help you to identify what’s missing so your people perform at the level you really want.

Three tips for managing your emotions

Managing emotions can be tricky because they can easily hijack your thinking and make you irrational. Here are three useful tips from the field of applied neuroscience that can help you manage your emotions, so you can be even more effective as a leader.