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K.I.S.S. = Keep It Super Simple – make your message to your followers K.I.S.S. if you want to be heard so that they will perform productively.

Too many leaders, managers and supervisors talk too much — about the wrong things — at the wrong time.

Productive Performance is having the competence and motivation to achieve maximum outcomes, in minimum time, with “just-right” efforts, that results in maximum time to enjoy life.

Want to increase your direct reports’ productive performance?

Then be clear, concise, relevant and immediate in your messaging. Very elementary isn’t it?  K.I.S.S. it

The challenge here is how to increase the number of K.I.S.S. contacts, because once they leave your mouth they can be forever gone.

Unless you anchor the K.I.S.S. message with eye contact, urgency, respect and repetition you won’t be heard. Outcome? Non productive performance.

The easiest way is to pick your time & context.

Next question? How to do this?

Most people cannot hold more than two small pieces of new information that could affect their productive performance.

Most employees experience between 200 – 300 interruptions in a day, depending on their job.   A service counter rep is probably up there in the 300 range.

So, simplify the message – K.I.S.S. it for productive performance improvements.

Use The Law Of KISS “Keep It Super Simple”.

• Don’t say or ask for more than you need.
• The more you say & ask the less your employees will “get it.”
• The more frustrated you will become.

Remember this, your employees already have some kind of interest in what you have to say to them. Please – KEEP THAT TOP OF YOUR MIND.

The only reason why they don’t follow instructions  - you haven’t K.I.S.S. ‘ed them in the right way, at the right time.

They do want to do productive performance for you – which is very good. Help them.

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From Dr. Jim Sellner, working with Zoomers and Super Zoomers for more health, joy and a sense of abundance.