Making High-Performing Culture Happen

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the need for executive teams to build a culture to keep “high performers” in their organizations—the executives who can do strategy, develop the “next big thing,” make decisions quickly, and nimbly change course (see Got A Culture To Keep Stellar Performers?). It takes an “enterprising culture” to keep these team members—a culture that thrives on achievement, incentivizes productivity, values talent and intelligence, rewards great ideas, and encourages competition. But keeping the high-performing talent is a challenge in health and human services. The field is highly regulated, and change happens reactively . . .