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Let’s face it, most of us have been brought up with the mentality that working hard is the best way to improve our productivity. Many of us were taught to work harder to get a better HSC mark, then work harder to get a better graduate position, work harder to get the promotion…..you get the […]

Let’s face it, much tension in the workplace is caused by deadlines and not managing them effectively. Let’s think about what often happens……… Let’s say today is Monday and John is asked to prepare a report and has a deadline of this Friday. Due to other time pressures he might not get around to starting […]

Last week we explore energy credits and how to treat them like nuggets of gold to invest them wisely. This week we are going to look at one of the ways we find many people give away their nuggets of gold unnecessarily………..by being inauthentic. We often see this in the workplace, people try to be […]

So we know that to improve performance it’s important to improve your energy ie higher energy equals higher performance. At Next Evolution Performance we use the term “energy credits”. If everything is completely in balance by your definition of balance then ideally you should have your maximum 100 energy credits on a daily basis. Unfortunately, […]

So many business leaders often say that finding and keep staff are two of their biggest challenges. And no wonder – no one really sets out to hire only average performers. We all want to hire people in that top 10%. One of the easiest ways to increase your chances of hiring only high performers […]

We hear this a lot at Next Evolution Performance – “we already have a high performance culture” says the leader(s) of a company. Our response – “great – can you explain a little more about your idea of high performance culture?” Generally, the leaders then go onto explain that people are committed to achieving results […]

Have you ever had one of ‘those’ days? The one where you leave at the crack of dawn, don’t stop all day, get home after dark and only just find the energy to eat some form of dinner before collapsing in a heap in bed? And you literally didn’t leave your desk all day. Yep, […]