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June 13, 2006

What is Average?

Within the world of High Performance, what is Average Performance?

Is it...
1. The mid-point or 50%; such that half of the people have lower performance and the other half with high performance
2. The 80-20 Rule where we say 80% are Average
3. The 89% of Online Dating Average: 99% of Respondents have Above Average Looks
4. The 99% of Average Child Behavior; All Kids are problems but mine
5. The School System where "C" is average but 90% of the students make A's and B's
6. The Bell Curve where 96% are predictably average or 72% definitively average
7. Where Average is defined as a minimum; the average sick days equal the allocated days published in the company handbook

This is important because its hard to define high performance if we cant define what average is. More importantly, being average has social stigma and no one wants to be below average even when that is the definition of average.

Posted by Todd at June 13, 2006 5:50 PM