Tony Kirton: What Really Drives High Performance in the Workplace?

On our Maverick Millionaire Podcast Episode this week join Tony Kirton and I as we discuss the power and connection between neuroscience and performance. What are the real drivers for high performance in the workplace? Performing at our absolute best. Tony and his team Identified 10 drivers of high-performance during this episode we extract 4 of them. If you want to understand how to tap into neuroscience and how it impacts your performance jump in and listen. Tony Kirton is a Resilience and Performance Readiness consultant. He is also Co-founder of Neurozone together with Neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Etienne van der Walt. Neurozone's proprietary behavioral code for resilience and performance readiness is the platform for an assessment, reporting, and analytics system for leadership and team development. It is also the basis for the Neurozone course for HR professionals, leaders, and executive coaches. The Neurozone system is widely recognized for its innovative approach by professionals in business, medical, educational, and academic spheres. Learn more about Tony and Neurozone at www.Neurozone.com or connect with Tony via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonykirton/ The Four Drivers of High Performance on Today’s Episode: Here is the framework for 4 that we discussed today during our episode; Foundational drivers Exercise Movement Nutrition Sleep quality Silencing the mind (meditation) Emotional drivers – brain pays close attention to threats – a threat can kill you, an opportunity can’t Social safety – sense of belonging, identity and trust Collective creativity Work together to be creative Diversity Mix of skills, background, world view Equal opportunity to contribute Goal directiveness How goal directed is the team? Enhanced by behaviors or undermined by negative intrusive thoughts High order drivers Learning capacity Capacity to absorb knowledge and retain it Abstraction Executive function – pay attention, focus, solve problems Key Ideas: Your ability to move back into a relaxed physiological state allows your system to create more clarity and creativity Breathing techniques for stress reduction Train yourself to move back into a relaxed physiological state Sweatshirt/shower/pizza strategy – action to get back into that relaxed state (getting grounded and back to that relaxed state) (Watch this video to see the full strategy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePEwgpbOJM Chronic state of stress will kill you Purposefully taking daily actions/rhythms to get back to this relaxed state and this type of thinking can affect your life and performance _______________________ Want to stop figuring out the next step toward your goal on your own and finally accomplish things faster? Learn more about the Maverick Inner Circle and our mission to bring together high performers in a fresh, no-fluff format. https://marlohiggins.lpages.co/maverick-inner-circleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.