Test
Performance requires testing.
Whether it is through competition or adversity, performance cannot exist without a scenario to elicit it.
Performance without the pressure of being tested is practice.
Practice has immense value.
A leader’s job is to cultivate the talents and abilities of their team through practice.
It is also to recognize when practice will not suffice and a test is needed.
A marathoner does not solely demonstrate performance by crossing the finish line of a race.
A leader finds ways to test their team beyond a project deadline.
The similarity in both is that testing is integrated, with intention, into the process of cultivating performance.
Are you proactively designing tests to challenge and develop your team?
Testing is a strategic, planned, and integrated approach, rather than an end result.
Stanley’s Cup of coffee,
- Morning Cup