What is a high performance skill?

Performance Skill is completion of a task with application of knowledge, skills and abilities. In a work place, performance or job performance means good achievement ranking with the requirements of a given role.

High-performing employees are often mentors and trainers in the workplace because they thrive on helping others improve their productivity. High performers also may generate many of a company’s new ideas because they tend to look for ways to improve procedures to maximize their own productivity. Some of the characteristics of high performance skills include:

Performers can be loosely grouped into three:

HIGH PERFORMERS, AVERAGE PERFORMERS AND LOW PERFORMERS

1. High Performers

High-performing employees usually don’t have problems citing their goals.

• They always think about their job and tasks and determine what they must accomplish.
• They come to work on time and stay on his tasks.
• Excellent attitude towards his job and duties and good influence to others.
• The employer is relaxed when he knows the high performer is on a task.
• They set goals, and organize themselves to achieve these goals efficiently.
• High performers tend to judge themselves by the achievement of goals, and they may fixate upon such achievements.
• They also actively try to improve their performance, which means they actively find resources they need. This means they tend to learn from their own mistakes.
• High-performing employees are happy to mentor and train others in the workplace because they thrive on helping others improve their productivity.
• High performers are self-accountable.
• High performers also may generate many of a company’s new ideas because they tend to look for ways to improve procedures to maximize their own productivity.
  
  2. Average Performers

Some average performers may want to be high achievers but

• They lack the knowledge and skills to accomplish their goals.
• Average performers generally do what’s expected of them in the workplace, and they might consider that sufficient.
• Unlike high-performing employees, they tend not to exceed their employer’s expectations on their own volition.
• They are not consistent with good performance but may be good employees.
• They may be laid back about seeking for the skills they need to perform better.
• Some average performers may lack the support and useful feedback they need from employers to boost their productivity.
  
  
  3. Low Performers

Low work performers are easy to spot in any organization.

• A low performer struggles to show up on time.
• Doesn’t accomplish anything productive even when he shows up on time.
• He is a clock-watcher and leaves any task unfinished so as to leave work on time.
• He is usually a negative influence on colleagues.
• Complains constantly about his job, his employers and about life generally.
• Always in a bad mood and feels everyone owes him!
• A Low performers does not like change.
• A low performer can pretend he is achieving something but is actually not achieving his goals.
• He can even appear to be a leader!
• Still wants to be earn the same salary as the high achiever, regardless.
• Motivating him is extremely difficult. This situation won’t change — unless the low performer somehow improves, or you finally show him the door.

As a Personal Success seeker, you must ask yourself which of the above three categories you best fit into. Then you can make the decision to improve if you truly want to be successful. Once you make that decision, take some actions today and every day to move yourself to a better category that will give you some of the success you desire.