What Does Your Manager Really Want? How To Become A Top Performer By Joseph Folkman Accountability • Execution • High Performance Teams • Leadership
Most people at some point in their lives feel that they haven’t received the recognition they deserve. They might be asking the question, “What does it take to get promoted around here?” or “I am working harder and longer than others in my group, but how do I get my manager to notice?”
To better understand what managers are looking for on their teams, my colleague Jack Zenger and I gathered assessments from 9,356 leaders. Each assessed their direct reports on the 48 behaviors found to have a significant impact on performance outcomes. They also provided two ratings of performance: effort and overall performance. We selected those individual contributors who were rated by their manager as being in the top 10% on both items, which added up to 26% of the individual contributors. Click here for the full article.
