Six levels of commitment
Interested, Informed, Involved, Immersed, Invested, Innovative
Interested
Casually looking into things that interest
... [Show More] you. Rarely leads to remarkable or exceptional performance.
Informed
Consistently focus attention + ready to learn. Results in persistent, intentional study and is the foundation, but not the end, of remarkable performance. Equivalent of subscribing to magazines, buying books,taking classes or attending seminars.
Involved
Individuals use what they lessen and apply it diligently to their careers and lives. There is evidence of the desire for remarkable performance.
Immersed
The gateway to remarkable performance. To become expert/specialist in a specific field. These people surround themselves with their craft and practice it continually.
Invested
Give consistently remarkable performances because they have invested more time, talent, experience, and resources to improve whatever they are working on.
Innovative
Exemplify and define remarkable performance; set new standards of excellence and remarkable performance.
affective commitment
(Want to stay) identify with the organizational goals, feel they fit into the organization, and are satisfied with their work. Feel valued, act as ambassadors for their organization, generally great assists for the company.
continuance commitment
-Lack of work alternatives and compensation. -Becomes an issue for the organization as people that are continuance committed may become dissatisfied/disengaged with their work but are unwilling to leave.
normative commitment
- people feel that leaving their organization would have a disastrous consequences, and feel a sense of guilt about the possibility of leaving. - leaving would cause a void in knowledge/skills, increasing pressure on peers. - negatively influence the performance of professionals working in the organizations.
Commitment is
The price you are willing to pay to get remarkable results
Performance reveals
The price you have paid.
Four insights of a passionate performer
1. Know your audience inside and out. Understand what they consider to be remarkable.
2. Know how to perform remarkably. Innovate, create and change the way things are done.
3. Know why they perform. Passionate people are driven by more powerful motives: sense of self worth, self satisfaction and self fulfillment.
4. Know what their performance needs to look like. Understand their goals and objectives and focus on meeting them.
The antidote to __________________ is humility
Arrogance
________________ is when we feel "acceptable" is good enough. The antidote is commitment.
Complacency
The antidote to _____________________ is to get work done.
Lethargy/procrastination [Show Less]