One of the uncomfortable realities during hiring is the realization that as few as 20% of employees drive about 80% of company productivity and success.
This far-stretching rule called the Pareto Principle affects not only talents but everything from business outcomes to wealth distribution.
Organizations that succeed in driving organizational performance have found a way to make this principle work for them, often by taming the long tail of performance.
To achieve this, you need to communicate your expectations, understand your top talent & their motivators, provide new learning experiences, and customize recognition and rewards.
The goal is to align the best talents to the right roles and work on building them to become hyper performers.
This, however, begins with hiring the right people, and as Steve Jobs once said, “The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world.”
