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  "content_html": "\u003ch1\u003eHow to change your process to reliably reproduce your top performers\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can’t! 🤷‍♀️\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can’t process-manage your way to excellence. That’s not a thing. Process is part of the work environment, and it’ll always suit some folks better than others.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong others, changing the way your processes work can:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefine how information flows within and across teams,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdjust the tempo and texture of working within your teams, which will advantage some of your folks’ working styles over others,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasize particular metrics, connections, and pathways…\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e…and in so doing, most relevantly here, set a \u003cem\u003efloor\u003c/em\u003e on performance.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt their most basic, having set processes is all about defining a floor—a minimum acceptable set of actions, tasks, reports, etc. that comprise “work” on your team. They’re about conformity, and your top performers are by definition behaving differently from the rest of your team.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk the folks that’s really outperforming what you can do to support them. Do those things. \u003cem\u003eOffer\u003c/em\u003e (without requiring) the same to the rest of your reports, if you can.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk your top performers what’s getting in their way, if anything, and do all that’s in your power to get those cleared.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf someone on your team is going to truly excel, the best thing your processes can do for them is \u003cem\u003enot get in the way\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
  "content_md": "# How to change your process to reliably reproduce your top performers\n\nYou can’t! 🤷‍♀️\n\nYou can’t process-manage your way to excellence. That’s not a thing. Process is part of the work environment, and it’ll always suit some folks better than others.\n\nAmong others, changing the way your processes work can:\n\n-   Define how information flows within and across teams,\n-   Adjust the tempo and texture of working within your teams, which will advantage some of your folks’ working styles over others,\n-   Emphasize particular metrics, connections, and pathways…\n-   …and in so doing, most relevantly here, set a _floor_ on performance.\n\nAt their most basic, having set processes is all about defining a floor—a minimum acceptable set of actions, tasks, reports, etc. that comprise “work” on your team. They’re about conformity, and your top performers are by definition behaving differently from the rest of your team.\n\nAsk the folks that’s really outperforming what you can do to support them. Do those things. _Offer_ (without requiring) the same to the rest of your reports, if you can.\n\nAsk your top performers what’s getting in their way, if anything, and do all that’s in your power to get those cleared.\n\nIf someone on your team is going to truly excel, the best thing your processes can do for them is _not get in the way_.",
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