Leaders have many important responsibilities. In addition to being competent, rallying the organization around a common vision, and, as Jim Collins who wrote the book Good to Great says, getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats, the leader must lift those in the organization up to higher levels of performance if the organization is going to thrive. Leaders know without question that to have a high performing organization they need to bring out the best in everyone, both directly in their personal contact with people and indirectly through the culture they create. In a healthy culture individuals grow both personally and professionally, and the organization is able to achieve things previously thought to be impossible or not even imagined.

How does one go about lifting people up to higher levels of performance? To start with you must be standing on higher ground yourself. Come hear Fred Lowe, President of BMS Connections who will provide the rest of the story.