High Performance Culture (HPC) is constantly striving to be the best you can possibly be. It is about having

the vision, the passion and the plan to perpetually improve and develop; to constantly be at the forefront of whatever it is that you do. HPC applies to successful individuals, it certainly applies to successful elite sporting teams, and it definitely applies to successful business.

Look around at your competitors and peers, what separates the star performers from the also rans? More often than not it’s a High Performance Culture.

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Does your business have the winning edge?

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The desire, drive and commitment to deliver quality in everything you do is synonymous with successful business’ who have a HPC.

It’s not about luck, it’s more than just hard work, it’s all about producing the best outcome possible.

Some would say that business success comes with a lot of luck, I say the harder you work at something, the more luck you have.

The more a business challenges itself to improve, the greater likelihood it will produce a different and better result.

If you want your business to have

the success that comes with a High Performance Culture then the starting point is leadership: the ability of the business owner and senior management to set the example, create the trend, and change the culture.

Such leadership comes naturally and is driven by the passion and vision to achieve best practice standards in your industry in everything you do.

Leadership with passion and vision will inspire teamwork in your workforce that wants to constantly improve, develop and become the future leaders in your business.

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At Beames and Associates, having a High Performance Culture is mandatory. Every staff member on every job for every client strives to

deliver the best possible outcome. In doing so standard approaches are

challenged through innovation and new ideas are generated. We train to do this by

regularly arranging for business luminaries and consultants to address our staff and challenge our industry paradigms.

Culturally we target our advice to clients to identify their business’ potential as a result of implementing a High Performance Culture and provide guidance on what actions to undertake.

Anecdotally business’ with a High Performance Culture achieve results that are at least double industry averages.

If your business could benefit from implementing a High Performance Culture consider the following checklist and identify the steps and actions required to improve your business’ success:

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Chris Males, founder and managing director of Pro-Fit Corporate Health runs a boot

camp at 6.30am every Saturday for this close knit group of regional business leaders with a High Performance Culture. Chris says it’s not hard to keep the group motivated.

“As individuals they are highly motivated and competitive which shows in their training as it does in most aspects of their lives. But they need stimulus, they need variety, they need challenges. And importantly they thrive in the

support network of the group of highly successful people,” says Chris.

Regular testing is critical to monitor progress.

“We focus on periodically measuring and reducing the biological age of each member of the group. We undertake physical tests and health assessments through blood tests to calculate a biological age at the start of a training block. The group undertakes three to four months of focused training before retesting.

Some guys in the group in their late 40’s and 50’s have biological ages in the low 30’s and 40’s. That

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pro-fit corporate healthadds up to living actively for longer which is something money can’t buy,” Chris said.

Chris says it is well worth getting up on a Saturday morning at 6:30am to train this group of regional business leaders.

“It is an effort, but it’s worth it. I provide them with direction in an area of life where they aren’t experts. In return I benefit greatly from the ideas and suggestions shared by the group in areas where each of them are market leaders. And above all, the banter, the jokes, camaraderie and mateship make it a lot of fun,” Chris said.

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Business’ with a High Performance Culture invariably have an owner with a High performance Culture in all aspects of their lives; their sports, their hobbies, their

high performance culture business owners’ checklist

Do you have a High Performance Culture?

Does your Management Team have a High Performance Culture?

Does your business annually document its vision and a strategic plan that targets industry leading performance?

Does your business have a strong work ethic?

Do you have a social network of successful people?

Do you constantly challenge you and your team to personally improve your business’ performance?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

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NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

You are off to a great head start

You have a key ingredient to achieve your business’ potential

Your business has the road map for high performance results

The hard work will contribute to the achievement of high performance business results

You will be constantly stimulated by new ideas you can incorporate in your business to help achieve High Performance Results

Then your team has the High Performance Culture required to constantly improve its results

Identify what personal life changes you need to make and consider engaging a business coach or mentor to assist you

Provide HPC training for your management and engage business leaders as presenters and mentors to assist their development.

Undertake a strategic planning process and document a strategic plan with actions, allocated responsibilities and time frames

Implement actions to increase and improve the work ethic. If necessary evolve staff and replace with new employees with the necessary attitude

Join or organise a business networking group where interesting ideas of what is driving success can be exchanged

Then your business’ performance will most likely plateau or have plateaued as you and your team are accepting of the status quo

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relationships, their personal affairs. It’s almost certain that this is why “Success

breeds Success” and for the high performers it becomes a habit. Should you require any

guidance or assistance in implementing a High Performance Culture in your business the Directors of Beames and Associates would be only too pleased to assist you.

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To see a YouTube video ‘B2B @ Pro-Fit Peak Performance Training Session for Beames & Associates’ point your smart phone camera or iPhone QR Code Reader at this QR code.