From Data Tricks to True Transformation: A Response to McKinsey’s Organizational Health Analysis

Alicia Parr February 3, 2025

McKinsey’s recent article, “Healthy Organizations Keep Winning, but the Rules Are Changing Fast,“ makes bold claims about the nature of organizational health. Yet, despite its ambition, the methodology it uses relies heavily on correlation without exploring the deeper causal mechanisms that drive success. For senior leaders in smaller businesses, startups, and nonprofits—those at the forefront

Achieving Strategic Business Goals: The Power of Having the Right People in Place

Alicia Parr May 13, 2024

Achieving strategic goals and objectives requires more than just setting targets and objectives. While having a clear strategy is crucial, success often hinges on having the right people in place and ensuring that your team is operating at its maximum potential. Here are some actionable ways to get the most out of your workforce to

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Are You Ready for 2024?

Alicia Parr January 1, 2024

Do we really know what awaits us all in 2024? Forecasting the future is a popular pastime, but boy is It hard to get these guesses right. Sure, we know some things. We observe some things. We’ve seen this pattern before. This is important information. But we are fallible humans. We fool ourselves about what

Business IS People. And their Behavior.

Alicia Parr September 20, 2023

Are you one of those people who says things like, “we should make a trade-off between the people and the business?” I think we’ve all said something like that before, maybe even recently. It seems like a reasonable question to consider doesn’t it? Or does it? Let’s think about this differently. What if we regard

Entrepreneurs, Freedom, and Growth

Alicia Parr August 28, 2023

Are you an entrepreneur? I am. I love freedom. Don’t you? That’s why we entrepreneurs start our own thing. We want to chart our own course. We want to do it our way– a better way. We want…freedom. Why else would we go to all this trouble and introduce risk to our lives? So we start

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People Science

Alicia Parr February 14, 2023

Practicing HR with a People Science Mindset Performentor practices human resources (HR) and team development with a People Science mindset. This is one way we set ourselves apart from alternative service providers. Let’s talk about what we mean by People Science and why it’s useful. What is People Science? There is a field of behavior

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Employee Termination Best Practices

Alicia Parr February 7, 2023

Practical Employee Termination Best Practices You can’t be prepared for every situation, but if you follow these simple steps, it will make this process go smoother for both sides. Something to review before the meeting This article is a good overview on Employee Termination Best Practices. Here are the tips for a quick reminder, but if

Unleashing Purpose: An AI Toolkit for Aligning & Unifying Your Team

Alicia Parr December 31, 2021

In a world that feels increasingly divided, the power of purpose-driven communication has never been more vital. People respond to messages that are real, that speak to their core, and that offer a vision of a better, unified future. As a leader, your words have the potential to bring people together, to inspire and align

Performentor Operating Principles

Alicia Parr December 20, 2021

Unleash & harness people energy.For truth & love. Start where the other is. Assume best intent. Be curious.Share the growth mindset. Become “we” with our clients. Coauthor. More minds, more better. Collaborate to move faster / better. Small changes for biggest impacts. Don’t get stuck addressing symptoms. Root cause. Turn on a dime with changes.

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From Data Tricks to True Transformation: A Response to McKinsey’s Organizational Health Analysis

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Business IS People. And their Behavior.

Entrepreneurs, Freedom, and Growth

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Unleashing Purpose: An AI Toolkit for Aligning & Unifying Your Team

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