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"The key to performance?" I was lucky enough to attend the 14th Monaco Historic Grand Prix last weekend with my eldest son. For someone of my vintage, it was great to see the cars that I remembered as a kid when I first started watching F1 and I had most of them as Scalextric models too (if anyone remembers car driving toys pre PlayStation/Xbox) However, the one thing that struck me over the weekend was how some of the cars that were truly uncompetitive in their heyday were incredibly competitive on the historic circuit. You have to believe that not a lot has changed with the cars themselves. Most of them (apart from safety tweaks) would be pretty much the same spec as they were back in the day. So what was the difference? Put quite simply, the power of the Team! The people driving, managing, maintaining, repairing, transporting and tweaking the cars are doing so in a way that is collaborative with clear targets in mind. I would also be so bold as to say they have tons of ambition and desire too and the Culture they have created within their work environments is extremely positive! To put it in an IT context, I worked in 2 different companies that were of a comparable size and had almost identical IT infrastructure. However in one of them the creation of a positive Culture was actively managed and encouraged. Leaders were encouraged to focus on Culture and this drove productivity upwards and customer satisfaction was in the high 90's. In the other one the creation of a positive Culture was totally ignored. Leaders were given impossible goals and no support, and and this drove productivity down and customer satisfaction was in the low 70's. But remember, the technical environments were almost identical - the only things different were the people running them. So take a leaf out of the historic racers book. Cultivate a positive culture and you'll start winning (maybe sooner than you think!) Given that Culture drives how work gets done, it's a no brainer really. Go team! #Motivation #WhatInspiresMe #GettingThingsDone #Teamwork

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