| Napoleon Hill the author of Think and Grow Rich states | | | | individuals. If these are the traits needed to be a high |
| for an individual to be successful, the number one trait | | | | performance employee, then how are you vetting your |
| they need is enthusiasm, "it drives a positive mind and | | | | job applicant's for these traits? |
| positive action". Napoleon describes a number of other | | | | You might say, I don't need to vet someone for their |
| additional attributes as crucial for an individual to be | | | | health or financial management skills, and if I did this |
| deemed as a high performer, and these are: | | | | how would I do it anyway? Consider this fact, more |
| ? Self discipline | | | | than 60% of employers stated that work attendance |
| ? The capacity to work well in a team | | | | and productivity related directly in proportion to |
| ? Tack and a pleasant tone of voice | | | | employee personal problems. (1) |
| ? Objective inductive and deductive reasoning | | | | The self - rated index measures how you emotionally |
| ? A capacity to learn from adversity and defeat | | | | feel about your circumstances and the impact on your |
| ? Creative thinking | | | | health. Results show that people who are free of |
| ? Sound health | | | | disease, symptoms, and risk factors, but who |
| ? Good financial management | | | | nevertheless rate their own health as "fair or poor, " |
| ? Good time management | | | | are likely to die at an earlier age than individuals who |
| ? Having a definite purpose in life. | | | | rate their health as "good or excellent." (2) You can |
| ? Having rapport, empathy, diplomacy, and personal | | | | promote the taking of self - rated assessments for |
| presentation skills | | | | any Napoleon Hill's attributes for a high performer, as a |
| ? The capacity to go the extra mile, ie to undertake | | | | pre cautionary check for high performance personnel. |
| more than you were originally asked to do | | | | I am not suggesting that you become a big brother |
| ? Having a sense of humour | | | | employer, however I am suggesting, if you want to |
| ? Having sincerity | | | | employ high performance staff, then you need to look |
| ? Being patience | | | | for any signs of ill health, poor fiscal management, a |
| Napolean Hill studied five hundred of America's most | | | | poor sense of humour, and a lack of balance and well |
| successful people during the first half of the twentieth | | | | being. |
| century, to formulate his views on high performance | | | | (1) Sutherland. |