High Performance Team
Included are the tools, models, and strategies that have proven to be successful in helping Scott build high performance teams in the mountains and in the workplace.
Climbing Mt. Vinson, providing that I make it to the top, will be my final summit of the “7 Summits.”
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A key behaviour relates to “Expressing Authentic Appreciation”. This behaviour helps to address our emotional need of belonging, something that Abraham Maslow identified as fundamental to human motivation in his famous “hierarchy of needs”.
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Climbing any big mountain always includes many unknowns. The team dynamics, the weather, the snow conditions and even the local culture, political climate and economy come into play. This is the excitement of exploration and adventure.
Monday July 26 – Summit Day At 11am we stood on the top of Europe. It was a long and tiring climb, but fun and exciting. It was very busy in the hut which translated into a lot of noise, but I don’t sleep much before a summit climb anyway. I went to bed about [...]
I spent today chasing the sun. We started west, but quickly realized we would not catch it so we turned north and flew directly over the Artic Circle. We finally caught the sun 10 hours later in Moscow.
Summit and Frontier President Scott Kress will be departing for Russia on July 17. He will be attempting to climb Mount Elbrus which is the tallest mountin in Europe.
Regardless of who you lead of within what context, followers are looking for the same four basic things from you. These are TRUST, COMPASSION, STABILITY and HOPE.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Canada are members of Costco. I was fortunate be be interviewed for the November/December 2009 issue. See a link to the article here. http://www.costcoconnection.ca/connectioncaeng/20091112/?folio=23
A study by McGraw-Hill revealed that companies that maintained focus on people and marketing during a recession realized a 275% rebound when the economy recovered. Those that cut spending to people and marketing only saw a 19% rebound from their low point.
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