At SmartTribes, we cultivate rockstars at all levels of the org chart. In this presentation we discuss the 4 key traits that all rockstar talent MUST have, as well as how to identify, cultivate, and capitalize on that talent within your own organization. What will YOUR rockstar team accomplish?

1. Want More Rockstars?
Cultivate These 4 Traits
SmartTribes Institute presents...

2. THE FOUR key traits that must be identified and
cultivated to achieve full rock star potential.
HOW to look for these traits in others.
WHICH of these traits can be learned (and how!)
WHAT this means for you as a leader!
In this presentation, you will learn:

3. Focus
Learning
Personal
Social
The four key traits that predict
rock star performers*...
*According to Kevin Ochsner, a neuroscientist at
Columbia University

4. Let's take a closer look at
what each of these means...

5. Focus has two parts
Selective attention:
what we choose to pay
attention to and zoom
in on, whether it's
broad & general or
narrow & specific.
Ability to zoom out: to
see relationships &
context between
things. To manage the
signal-to-noise ratio
inside one’s brain and
manage internal noise
(thoughts).

6. Does the person you’ve
identified as a high potential
focus in these ways?
QUESTION:

7. Learning
swiftly and
retaining
learning
requires
these four
things.
Learning is key
Attention (there it is again!): Be present and
stay focused.
Generation: When learning enables us to
make connections/associations and effectively
contextualize.
Emotion: Emotion helps us retain what was
learned.
Spacing: Making space around learning is key
too—we need time to digest and process what
was learned.

8. Does the person you’ve
identified as a high potential
learn in these ways?
QUESTION:

9. The individual demonstrates knowing
themselves, being clear on their motives, their
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.
Personal ability is two-fold
The individual demonstrates self-
regulation: the ability to control responses
and assess themselves, others, status of a
project or deliverable. It helps them determine
what to do next, whether a goal was attained.

10. Does the person you’ve
identified as a high potential
have these personal
abilities?
QUESTION:

11. Social skills enable one to both read people
accurately and influence them.
They are able to tune in by watching the other
person’s body language, breathing, facial
expressions and listening to their speech
patterns to discern what they might be
feeling.
Social

12. Does the person you’ve
identified as a high potential
have these social skills?
QUESTION:

13. What if someone doesn't
have all four of these skills?
Is it too late? Can these things
be learned?

14. Here's how...
YES!

15. Focus is very trainable via
mindset, mindfulness,
distancing (pausing before you
respond), and resisting
distraction.

16. Learning is very trainable through
mindfulness (see Focus!) to increase attention
and emotional connection, and through
consciously creating space for learning to sink in.

17. Personal is trainable through emotional
regulation (see Focus again!).
Also important here is
reframing.
(examples: “When my PC
crashes it means it’s time to
take a break”; “it’s not a
personal attack, she must
be just having a bad day.”)
How can I
reframe this
situation?

18. Social is trainable too!
Our work at SmartTribes Institute
shows that anyone can build social
skills in leadership, sales, marketing,
engineering, client care, all areas of a
company, all industries,
with any human
being.

19. Now that you know how to
identify and cultivate rock star
performers...
Here are your next steps as a
leader:

20. Assess Your Team.
Find out who has strengths in which areas.
1.

21. Restructure.
Form teams to have complete diversity of skills
(focus, learning, personal, social), thus ensuring your
teams are well-rounded and high-performing.
2.

22. Watch your
Rockstar Team go!
3.

23. Here's a recap of what we
learned...

24. THE FOUR key traits of rockstar performers.
HOW to identify these traits in your team.
WHICH of these traits can be learned.
WHAT this means for you as a leader, and how
you can use this knowledge to identify existing
talent, cultivate future rockstars in your
organization, and build well-rounded, high
performing teams.

25. Ready To Get
Started?

26. Reach Out To Us
We create ROCK STARS at all
levels of the org chart.
For over 30 years, Leadership & Culture Coach and
SmartTribes Institute CEO, Christine Comaford has been
helping leaders create remarkable performance.
Email us at
Ops@SmartTribesInstitute.com
to set up a 1:1 Exploratory Call
and learn about our Leadership &
Culture Development programs.

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