What High Performers Do Differently

Every organization wants to attract and retain high performers. And it seems like every individual wants to be one of those high performers that gets attracted and retained. But there’s a misconception about high performers that stands in the way of improving our individual performance and hinders organizations from unlocking high performance in their people. That misconception is the belief that high performers are just naturally better. We think they have more talent and better skills. We think they went to better schools and have a better network. But all of those attributes are not the cause of high performance, they are the result of it.

High performers don’t have different outcomes because they have those skills and achievements.

High performers attained those skills and realized those achievements because they operate differently than most people.

In this article, we’ll outline four things high performers do differently and offer a few examples along the way.

Focus On Getting Better

The first thing that high performers do differently is they focus on getting better. In other words, they rarely focus on the outcome and instead focus on the process. They are seeking to continuously improve their skills and trusting that if they focus on getting better, good…