From e15e1576cc78ab8ca84c30bbc6450d0e9484af9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cherylclaringbold Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:49:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update TopGrading.md SOME SPELLING & GRAMMAR --- Manual/TopGrading.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Manual/TopGrading.md b/Manual/TopGrading.md index 66decbc..f2a5657 100644 --- a/Manual/TopGrading.md +++ b/Manual/TopGrading.md @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ > Raging against Mediocrity - What does it take to be a performance-orientated excellent employee at Treefrog? + What does it take to be a performance-oriented excellent employee at Treefrog? By taking the initiative to become a high-performance Frog, you help us all achieve greatness, not just yourself. Take a look at the following components and self-assess regularly. By choosing one area to consciously work on at a time, you will help the team dramatically and in turn grow yourself. The table below is largely stolen verbatim from an HR book by Bradford D. Smart, PhD entitled “TopGrading” (*the hours and IQ are from him, not Treefrog - consider this accordingly). What follows is industry standard knowledge compiled from the book in the format provided in the book. Only Frogs who have only A-level characteristics are considered - according to his book - A-class employees, and these individuals form the basis of a high-performance culture. -Every 90 days, you should challenge yourself to focus on THREE of these components; +Every 90 days, you should challenge yourself to focus on THREE of these components: * One for the whole company, which you will take action to help improve. * One you set for yourself. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Keep a written tally of your experience and growth in these three areas. Feel free to challenge yourself on all of them! -| Talent | A = Exemplary | B - Good | C = Mediocre | +| Talent | A = Exemplary | B = Good | C = Mediocre | |--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Passion for Success | Drives for the success of client, team, and company with every action. | When reminded, focuses on success. | Inwardly focused on tactics and own vision. | | Sense of Magic | Always thinking about creating a magical experience - regularly inspiring team and clients. | Spikes of magical experience appear from time to time. | Uninterested in anything but surviving day to day. | @@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ Feel free to challenge yourself on all of them! | Enthusiastic/Vibrant | Loves being a Frog, and shows it. | Likes being a Frog. | It’s just a job. | | Respectful | Respectful in all things, puts others first; selfless. | Generally respectful towards others. | Puts self first in everything. | | Open-mindedness | Generates strong opinions, but requests feedback regularly, listens attentively, and applies open-minded thought to every task and goal - even self. | Opinionated, but with long discussion considers other’s input. | Has one opinion on everything, stubbornly defends it to the end. | -| Diversity/Eclectic | Embraces different perspectives, work styles and methods, and adjusts self to engage. | With effort, adjusts to others. | Others must adjust to you. | \ No newline at end of file +| Diversity/Eclectic | Embraces different perspectives, work styles and methods, and adjusts self to engage. | With effort, adjusts to others. | Others must adjust to you. | From bd3f1e4420fd44b15b410e00278138c747396776 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Stephens Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:29:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] This was not a mis-spelling. We are Canadian. ;) --- Manual/TopGrading.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Manual/TopGrading.md b/Manual/TopGrading.md index f2a5657..c9b6714 100644 --- a/Manual/TopGrading.md +++ b/Manual/TopGrading.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ > Raging against Mediocrity - What does it take to be a performance-oriented excellent employee at Treefrog? + What does it take to be a performance-orientated excellent employee at Treefrog? By taking the initiative to become a high-performance Frog, you help us all achieve greatness, not just yourself. Take a look at the following components and self-assess regularly. By choosing one area to consciously work on at a time, you will help the team dramatically and in turn grow yourself.