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