5 Principles for High Performing Teams | Lorne Rubis and Tim Shurr

This is an exciting series on building mesmerizing workplace cultures. There is no greater competitive advantage than having happy and mentally-devoted employees who want to do good for their company and the world.

In this episode, another extraordinary CEO is with us, Lorne Rubis. Lorne is the Chief Belonging Officer and Founder of Belongify, which is a very powerful personal coaching or business coaching program. Through his 40-year career, He’s been in the C suite, making positive transformation happen. His career journey has sparked a passion for advancing people, and building extraordinary, highly adaptive cultures. And so, He is a celebrated author and instructor at Harvard University, and also at the University of Alberta in Canada, he is included in the HRD Global 100 List as one of the World's Leading People Leaders, and finally, he was also awarded the 2018 Canadian Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the human resource community and for advancing the workplace.

Lorne generously shares his 5 principles for high-performing teams and expands on the significance of cultivating belongingness within an organization. He also talks about how to get past the limiting beliefs to become a cultivator of a great workplace, not perfect, but a place where people are given a full chance to thrive.

So, jump right into this conversation and learn about these excellent principles and start filling the need for belonging.

Quotes:

“People are the source more than the resource.” - Lorne Rubis

“If someone cannot articulate why they are there beyond their job to make the purpose more true, then the risk is that they're going to get involved in being measured by activity, not value.“ - Lorne Rubis

“As human beings, we have the right to work in great places, not perfect, it will never be perfect, and to give people a full chance to thrive.” - Lorne Rubis

“In order to create conditions of belonging, you need to create the right conditions for leaving.” - Lorne Rubis

Mentions:

https://www.facebook.com/TimShurr

https://mesmerizingleadership.com/ 

https://powermindsetprogram.com

https://belongify.com/ 

Show Notes:

[00:36] Greetings and introduction of Lorne Rubis

[02:10] A feeling of belonging is at the core of high-performing workplace cultures

[07:01] 5 principles for high performing teams - Connect before content

[15:14] Psychological safety is essential to building strong teams and cultures - especially displayed by mid-level supervisors/managers

[20:49] Taking the veneer away

[22:11] Clarifying the reason why you exist as an organization

[28:44] Differentiate ourselves 

[30:50] Getting past the limiting beliefs and making time improve relentlessly

[36:07] Affordable, scalable, and repeatable

[37:47] Creating conditions for belonging but also making it ok for people when they leave

[41:26] Learn more about Belongify

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