Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Kenneth Kwan
High Performance Strategist
A www.DeepImpactOnline.com ebook
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7 Transformational Secrets To Creating
A Dynamic And Cohesive Team
How to Slash Staff Turnover And Create Transformational Change In Your Team Performance
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1. Purpose And Mission Driven
W H AT D R I V E S YO U R ownership in the work. It is the annual staff meetings, this
PEOPLE TO WORK
important to constantly remind company invites a few of their
EVERYDAY?
and realign staff, especially patients to give testimony to
Are they there to work for a when the going gets tough and how the drugs were able to give
living or are they going to a they are under tremendous them a new lease of life and
work that is purposeful and pressure to achieve results. extend their fragile life by many
engaging? In my experience,
Every year, Fortune magazine more years. The staff that are
most people start off trying to
lists out the Top 100 Companies constantly reminded that
find a sense of purpose and
to work for. The top executives whatever work they do, will
fulfillment in their work. Over
of a pharmaceutical company c o n t r i b u t e t h e c o m p a n y ’s
time, they lose this sense of
within the top ten list recalled mission and vision.
WHY THEY HAVE TO DO
how they were able to share the If you have a mission driven
THINGS and everything starts to
Corporate Vision with the rest of organisation, it compels people
become just meaningless work.
their employees. to work towards a common
It is important as a leader to
From the Head of Departments good. This transcends
always remind each person on
right down to the administrative compensation (in terms of their
your team WHY they are doing
staff, all know that they have a pay) and helps your staff to
things, WHY they are involved in
vital role to play in creating a constantly remember that they
a project that is not part of their
better quality of life for their are contributing to a mission
work scope, WHY they have to
patients who suffer from life- that is bigger than their
put in more effort and so on.
threatening illnesses. Even in individual lives.
Without the WHY, there is no
• Merit Holder of JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young quickly have resulted in peak performance levels
Persons of the World (Singapore). and achievements in short periods of time. He
• Certified Behavioral and Emotional advocates that the mindset is the first place to
Intelligence Consultant start, rather than typical skills training. This
• Professional Member of Asia Professional translates into better alignment of organizational
Speakers Singapore (APSS) values, team spirit, higher revenues and trust
• Spoken to over 8000 individuals in 9 within participants.
countries
• Co-Author of Book “88 Essential Organizations like AIA, Ricoh, Becton Dickinson,
Secrets to Achieving Greater Success Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Health and
at work” many more have engaged Kenneth to give
• Author of DVD “Stirring keynotes and training in their Seminars,
and Connecting with your Conferences and Annual Learning Day Events.
audience, anywhere, He specialises in Intrinsic Motivation and
anytime.” Creating High Performance Teams, where he
spurs participants to think differently and
Kenneth Kwan is a High Performance Team challenge them to seek excellence in all that they
Strategist who speaks to thousands of leaders, do.
professionals and public audiences to get better You can contact Kenneth at:
results in their lives and instill a deep desire for
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5. Do Motivational Talks Really Work?
What are two things you can constantly do to remind What kind of Shared Values do you want your staff to
your staff of the importance of their work? exhibit? How do you know you have achieved it?
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your staff to the Mission of your company? 3. Play On Their Strengths
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What are the areas you can leverage on your team to What are the checklists you can create for your
compensate for your weakness? processes so that people can follow it and reduce
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What are the current work flow issues that are not 5. Create TIME OUTs!
clear in your organisation? Can you create a Standard
Operating Procedure? When is the best time to have a TIME OUT?
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Reading this report is one thing, however, applying it is another. I hope you can take some time to
ask yourself honest questions on how you can improve your Team Dynamics.