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Tim Autrey (PPI Global & 6-Hour Safety Culture) talks straight on NextGen Performance Improvement
Are you fed up the ‘status quo’? REPSradio.com takes on the perplexing issues of LEADERSHIP. In 12-minute rants, your host, Tim Autrey, challenges conventional thought on performance improvement. He helps you make SMART choices and decisions.
Whatever your current need or acute focus, Tim’s insights and perspectives will make you THINK. You’ll be SMARTER, FASTER, MORE PRODUCTIVE, and more equipped to leverage today’s rapid-fire challenges and opportunities.
As a Director of Safety, Quality, Human Resources, or Productivity, an entrepreneur business-owner, or the CEO of a 50,000-person enterprise, Tim’s twists in strategy and tactics will propel you WAY ahead of your current state of affairs. They’ll empower you to punch competition in the face.
This is a picture of our second-most-used kitchen appliance- our [amazing] Vitamix Blender.
When I’m not on the road, it serves me most every morning by churning up my breakfast- a delicious dark chocolate blueberry smoothie. It’s awesome.
Here’s another insight from my time along the American Tobacco Trail, the 23-mile walking, jogging, & riding path that slices through the area near our North Carolina home.
In this episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey interviews Rorry Phillips, a Human Resources senior executive and former Board Member of the Dallas Human Resources Management Association.
I don’t know about you, but I had a rough week last week.
While we’ve all been dealing with the mental, physical, and financial impacts of isolation and separation, team members are now more anxiously-than-ever looking to us for answers.
The number of people infected with the coronavirus, also known as “COVID-19” continues to grow.
As I write this, there have been 1,610 newly identified cases and 99 deaths since- yesterday.
Total numbers are now 127,809 people infected and 4,716 fatalities.
On 6 November 2019, the phrase “Ok, Boomer” went viral due to a “Twitter War” between William Shatner (aka Captain Kirk, the “Priceline Guy,” and Denny Crane) and various opponents from, let’s say, ‘younger’ generations.
If you fly much, you’re undoubtedly familiar with airline safety briefings. You know- how to buckle a seatbelt and stuff like that.
My ‘second home’ is American Airlines. I can recite the script from their current safety recording almost word-for-word.
While I’ve come to otherwise occupy myself during the routine, there’s one part of the video I most always notice:
“If I can just get through the day…”
Ever heard yourself [thinking] this?
To what end?
You might reply, “Well, if you were in my shoes, you’d ‘get it’.”
Latest research reveals most people have pretty much the same thoughts each day. In fact, about 90 percent. As such, rather than creating something new, essentially living ‘today’ over and over and over.
REPSradio.com Episode 18- Tim Autrey uses the Second Law of Thermodynamics to develop the gravitational pull on human performance within the ‘system’ of an organization. This podcast provides understanding of drift and accumulation, and how these combine with human nature to generate Organizational Entropy.
Newton’s First Law of Thermodynamics holds true in the world of natural physics. When it comes to human behavior, however, believing in this law is stifling and counterproductive. In this Episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey details The First Law of Organizational Thermodynamics- how when it comes to human contribution, energy is quite regularly CREATED and DESTROYED.
| In this Episode, Tim Autrey tells the story of a counter-intuitive approach to actually making things happen. He uses stories from his past to illustrate how stepping WAY outside the box put him into positions where he would potentially need to beg for forgiveness. However, he never had to. And the results were amazing. When you do the right things for the right reasons…[essentially] everything and everyone conspires to help. |
In this episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey tells the story of how The Pathway™ to next-generation performance improvement revealed itself through nearly 13 years of helping organizations around the globe improve performance.
In this episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey calls it like it is- you are a victim of only one person on the planet- the one staring back at you in the mirror. Recognizing this, and then OWNING your thoughts, beliefs, actions, behaviors, and outcomes, is the first step to achieving extraordinary influence and performance. https://goo.gl/bxLpYZ
In this Podcast, Tim Autrey takes on a perennial workplace challenge- conflicting policies, procedures, and instructions, which put workers in an almost impossible situation. He uses a recent PPI Culture Profile, as well as a personal experience at the Toronto Airport to make his point. He then offers simple solutions to this dilemma- two of which can be implemented immediately (and at essentially no cost). He also provides a solution to the much bigger underlying issue.
Accidents occur in an instant. In this episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey tells a personal story of the near-drowning of his granddaughter, Adrianna. He then relates good fortune to luck, to miracles, and how performance improvement professionals share a common bond- a focus on human performance to improve safety, save lives, and prevent catastrophe.
Tim Autrey draws a parallel between Leadership and Performance Improvement, and the work done by Albert Einstein and Max Planck. He identifies the ‘general laws’ that apply to the “big things”, such as organizational structures, processes, procedures, databases, and even observed behaviors. He then brings light to the fact that the “small things”, such as the “WHYs” underlying human choices and actions, follow a completely different set of rules. Finally, he details the concept of Vital Behaviors, identifying a handful (set of 12) for use in the practical application of observation and positive influence.
In this episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey dives into the third and final element of the next-generation formula for human performance- behaviors. When things go awry, most tend to focus upon actions taken. Using a story from his childhood, Tim reveals a powerful alternative. He demonstrates how focus upon the WAY something is done, combined with the underlying attitude or mindset with which it is done, provides a leveraged opportunity to help forge new connections. New connections lead to new choices, and ultimately, to new sustainable behaviors.
Waste and inefficiency are prevalent when Performance Improvement efforts are primarily based upon past results (RVMS). Additionally, overwhelm and lack of forward momentum is caused by over-analysis, or what Tim Autrey refers to as Analoculitis. Using the current state of medical error in the US as an example, Tim lays bare the fallacies of this approach. He then offers a simple, synergistic, and sustainable CURE.
Human Performance implementation and growth CAN be fast, simple, and easy. Unfortunately, many so-called ‘experts’ make it complicated and ridiculous. In this Episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey dives to the Core of Performance Improvement, offering a simple and tangible first step to unleashing the positive power of human nature.
Human Performance Technology (HPT), Human Performance Engineering (HPE), Human Performance Improvement (HPI), Human Factors. Such terms are used to mean the same, as well as VERY different things. The resulting complexity and confusion leaves many to avoid the Core of all organizational performance- Human Performance. In this episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey removes the chaff, explaining with brilliant simplicity WHAT “human performance” is. Further, he dives to the Core of the Core, identifying the key aspect of how to leverage Human Performance as the focal point of all performance improvement.
Day-to-day operations within most organizations require dealing with an incessant barrage of problems, issues, and unnecessary crises. Much of the energy consumed is CAUSED by traditional efforts to manage and improve performance.
In REPSradio.com Episode 5, Tim describes the primary reasons so many organizations continue to do performance improvement “half-somersaults”- efforts partially completed or short of desired results. He then details four simple leadership and implementation steps for avoiding derailments and stifled implementation. You are also provided with downloadable tools for each of the 4 steps.
"Excellence” continues to be used as a mantra for performance improvement. In EP004 of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey details why this is a very BAD idea. "Excellence" cannot be clearly defined. It offers nothing tangible relative to desired behavior change. This causes confusion, generating direct resistance to the intended change. An alternative is- “Next-Level”. Just as alluring and ‘sexy’ as “excellence”, an organization’s “next-level” can be clearly defined, communicated, and observed.
Telling the truth is paramount to success. In this episode, Tim Autrey details how organizations who consistently confront brutal facts will own the future. He identifies how culture determines accepted and expected norms relative to honesty and integrity. He advocates development of Core Principles as the starting point for cultural transformation- for elevating your current culture from where it is to where you want it to be.
Before you begin any performance improvement effort, you must identify WHAT it is you truly WANT and WHY you WANT it. In this Episode, Tim Autrey details not only why this is important, but gives you a TOOL to figure out what you WANT, as well as the current challenges, opportunities, and strengths surrounding your endeavor.
Are you playing to win...or are you playing not to lose? This is a HUGE question. Consider it carefully. Your [honest] answer to this question is pivotal to your future- personally and professionally. In this inaugural episode of REPSradio.com, Tim Autrey challenges you to consider the potential outcomes of your choices and decisions. He provides you with a powerful diagnostic tool that might very well alter your future and that of your team, your family...your entire organization.