What interferes with your performance ?  What about your team’s?  Are you and your colleagues keeping a list?    (Read more about this in Quote of the Week:  Formula for Performance)

When working with individual clients and teams to build peak performance,  we want to know about anything that’s causing interference.   This is critical because even the smallest  item left unattended can turn into the king and queen of interference, low  morale and productivity.

Here are some common responses to our question:   “What interferes with your performance?”

1. the economy
2. competition
3. the value of the dollar
4. government regulations
5. vendor pricing
6. cost of gasoline
7. slow process
8. unclear goals
9. unclear expectations
10. duplication of effort
11. too many reports to write
12. too many reports to read
13. unreliable systems
14. poor customer service
15. low renewal rate
16. declining industry
17. incompetent managers
18. waiting on decisions from management
19. not enough support from management
20. micro-management
21. clutter
22. too much to do
23. not enough time
24. not enough help
25. too many meetings
26. unproductive meetings
27. too much information
28. not enough information
29. dropped balls
30. mistakes
31. lack of focus
32. telephone calls
33. people who don’t return phone calls
34. too many e-mails
35. people dropping in
36. gossip
37. whining
38. worry
39. petty conflict
40. traffic
41. sick children
42. unsupportive spouse
43. broken down equipment
44. flat tire
45. lack of money
46. lack of support from others
47. inefficient work space
48. slow computers
49. lack of storage
50. lack of energy
51. fear
52. attention deficit disorder
53. procrastination
54. slack co-workers
55. mis-communication
56. incomplete paperwork
57. perception
58. experience
59. lack of experience
60. lack of sleep

What interferes with your performance?

Keep adding to your list.

Next – highlight the ones you have control over.  Any amount of control at all.  Now select the top three  items.  The ones that are having the biggest negative impact on morale and productivity – therefore interfering the most with performance.

And then go to our Quick List:  10 Step Process for Reducing Interference.

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More resources to help you & your team reduce INTERFERENCE  for improved PERFORMANCE:

• Quote of the Week:  On Bottom Line Performance
• Quick List:  10 Step Process for Reducing Interference
• Brainteaser of the Week #25
• If only…
• Movie of the Week:   Tool for Improved Performance
• Business Class Coaching Programs
• Business Class Team Retreats