I had the pleasure of attending the Mitie High Potential event yesterday—not as one of the high potentials, mind you, just an observer.
It was fantastic to be in the midst of Mitie's top account and delivery teams.
During the session, Frost & Sullivan presented an insightful analysis of the UK facilities management market and its participants, shedding light on the current trends.
It got me pondering about motivation and drive, both on a personal level and within the company.
How do you stay motivated when you're at the top of your game? How do you push yourself to improve just a little bit each day? Whether you're Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Siya Kolisi of the South Africa Rugby Team, or working in an FM company like ours, what drives performance, and what metrics do you use?
Is it the Dave Brailsford approach of incremental gains? His philosophy of "the aggregation of marginal gains" focuses on making small improvements in everything you do, believing that these tiny changes can add up to remarkable results.
Or do you measure large absolute changes; trophies or revenue or numbers of contracts at year end?
So, what is it that drives us in FM? Is it how many contracts we've won or retained? Is it being voted the best place to work? Or is it something more personal, like the satisfaction of seeing those incremental improvements in our daily tasks?
For me, it’s recognising that we are slightly better today than we were last week, last month, and last year.
It’s about delivering to our people, our clients, and through these improvements, our stakeholders.
However, what motivated me today was beating my personal best on the ride into work on this lovely day!!
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