Baseball, the American past time, has a way of turning men into legends. Thousands of fans watched Sunday as Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Braden is the 19th pitcher in major league history to hold a claim to pitching a perfect game. When asked about his accomplishment, Braden said, “I don’t know what to think about it just yet… I’d like to have a career more than today.”
Dallas Braden’s response to his victory also demonstrates what a member of a performance-driven culture believes. Personal gain is always exciting, but working toward a greater goal is the key.
When thousands of America’s Most Productive Companies were polled and analyzed, researchers discovered that they had ten particular attributes in common. Of these qualities, five can be classified as “people attributes.” The people attributes include: performance-driven culture, effective managers, high employee utilization, high employee effectiveness, and encouragement of innovation.
Business leaders of the most productive companies, tend to promote individual initiative and high levels of teamwork.
Performance-driven culture is one where the entire workforce focuses its efforts on achieving the results most important to the organization. When Dallas Braden pitched the perfect game, he was exhibiting the results of playing for a team with a performance-driven culture.
Baseball is a team sport, and although some positions get more play time than others, each person must effectively work toward the goal of winning the game in order for the entire team to succeed. Business leaders of the most productive companies, tend to promote individual initiative and high levels of teamwork, which, as in sports, are essential ingredients for achieving results.
A performance-driven culture is the perfect pitch for your organization.
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I LOVE baseball.