When it comes to leading and managing an organization of high performers, a leader needs to focus alternately on selection, development, focus and alignment with a fair amount of reinforcement thrown in. If they do this effectively, they optimize their people. That is, they create a powerful, highly capable, enthusiastic team or set of teams that gets the right things done right and achieves goals. Unfortunately, far too many do not do this at all. 

The purpose of these discussions is to lay out the concepts, ideas, tools, programs and case studies on how to accomplish this. It is a complex area in the sense that there are many levers and many variables that need to be aligned and properly focused. On the other hand, the most powerful ideas and tools are common sense-based once there is an accurate understanding of the people, processes and markets. Please feel free to comment or begin a discussion on any thread.