The High Performance Tree

[lyssaadkins]

Any metaphor will work. Some people use the foundation of a building (what's cornerstone? what are the pillars/footings? what's the bedrock?). Others, like companies involved in the auto industry, use the metaphor of a car. What we're trying to do here is a few things: give the team a shared language about high performance and a metaphor they can use to be creative when they talk about it AND explicit permission that talking about this is not only OK, it's expected and normal.

[MikePearce]

Thanks for the video Lyssa, I've read the book and have used the tree, this video helps clarify some important things for me.

I've wondered, however, i there is another metaphor that can be used to express these roots, traits and fruits that isn't a tree? Teams comprised of English people, often have trouble with the tree, it's deemed as a bit 'hippy', so I've wracked my brains trying to come up with some idea to use the tree, but as something else, maybe a robot, or similar. Any ideas anyone?

[jeantabaka]

This is such an amazing video. So straightforward about the values and team fundamentals. Thank you Lyssa for this!

[bheufelder]

Thanks Lyssa for your work, for sharing this metaphor, for giving me new impulses.