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  THE TRUE NORTH GROUP FRAMEWORK

The 8 Elements of High Performance

The 8 Elements of High Performance shown below illustrate the natural human behaviors discussed in our introduction on the right. Each element is presented as a question in order to illustrate the type of information required for performance. Seven of the elements are presented on two levels to illustrate how each element can operate on individual as well as community, organizational or group levels. Your True North operates on all levels.

Teams and organizations are enigmatic because of the magnitude of information with which individuals are constantly presented and limitless number of ways individuals can make sense out of the same information ... even when a group of individuals are focused on solving the same problems. The partial essence of any high performing team or individual is a functional and coherent way of making sense of the world given the problem or problems at hand.

Our role is to help you define and find Your True North and achieve your goals.

 

         
 

» Where am I going?

» Who am I?

» Where am I now?

» What are my skills?

» What is my RQ?

» What is my EQ?

» How do I get there?


VISION/GOALS

INDENTITY/ROLES

ASSESSMENT/METRICS

EXPERTISE

RESOURCES

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

A PLAN FOR ACTION

 

» Where are we going?

» Who are we?

» Where are we now?

» What is our collective IQ?

» What is our collective RQ?

» What is our collective EQ?

» How do we get there?

What is Your True North?
Your True North is your centering point to which all other elements are oriented. More than a destination it is the nexus from which all forward movement is initiated.

Where are you going?
Before we go from here to there, each team member needs to know where there is. They need to see the future and view it as reality.

Who are you?
Before we go from here to there, each team member needs to know who we are and who “I” am within that context. Who I am or we are enables one to know what “stuff” from the past, present, and future is important to us (me) and how it should be understood and used.

Where are you?
Before we go from here to there, each team member needs to know where here is. They need to understand the current state and the gap between where they are now and where they want to go.

What is your IQ?
The individual and team must continuously foster and leverage the collective industry-specific knowledge and expertise; recognizing that mistakes lead to learning when shared.

What is your EQ?
As leader or team member you must master personal qualities such as initiative, empathy, adaptability and persuasion. These competencies contribute to the synergistic interactions of a person, team, or organization’s best talents and foster high performance and collaboration in the service of the common goal.

What is your RQ?
Continuously be creative with and maximally leverage the information-based, physical and social resources that you have inherited, you come across, or you develop. Do so with an understanding of what can and cannot be changed and allocate your energy accordingly.

How do you get there?
Before we go from here to there, each team member needs to know how we are going to get there from here. Build strategies to close the gap between current and future states.

 

True North Group’s framework is continuously influenced by both practical experience with clients and theory derived from research. For example, we know from research that your brain naturally associates, categorizes, combines, and creates—it constructs meaning and personalizes information (see articles). People naturally make “their own” sense out of the information they seek or with which they are presented; it is what our brains are hard wired to do.

We assume that people naturally make sense of the world within the context of problems. Problems are how we naturally “frame” the world. For example, “how do I go from A to B?” is a problem. Or, take for example your current problem of wanting to better understand how to get from “here” to “there.” In order to do so, you visited this web site and started exploring.

Although you might not view yourself as a “good problem solver,” trust us, you are. You have been both constructing and solving problems since birth. Again, you are a natural.





























 
 
   
 
          
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