Elevating What Works

Elevating What Works

Good Leaders Do This

Identify and Remove Obstacles to High Performance

Lesson 5 of 5 in High-Performance Teams

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Ben Baran
Aug 20, 2025
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What This Means

Once a team or individual employee has a clear direction, it’s the job of the leader or manager to keep a conversation going about progress.

That conversation should include continually looking for obstacles to high performance, which leaders can then address.

Explicitly ask for input regarding obstacles to high performance.

Then, be sure to…

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