Belonging by Design: The New Equation for Performance

One of the biggest misconceptions in leadership is that it’s our job to give permission.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁.

Our role is to 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.

When people deeply understand the strategy, see what’s possible, and feel valued and stretched — they step forward.

No push. No pep talk.
Just 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — their belief that they can make a difference.

That’s the heart of 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 at Levi’s. Simply put, Performance accelerates when permission is a smaller part of the equation.

Thank you to JP Elliott, PhD, for the meaningful conversation.