Human Performance: conditions for sustainable work
Examine the demands, habits, and support that affect people’s capacity to perform.
At Momentum Performance Partners, Human Performance means the conditions and practices that help people sustain effective work. Phil Brown connects this pillar with leadership and learning: a clear expectation is only useful when people have a workable path to act on it.
What should leaders examine when a team is stretched?
- Demands: what work is competing for time and attention?
- Priorities: what should take precedence, and what can wait?
- Support: where are information, resources, or decisions missing?
- Working habits: where do interruptions or repeated rework consume capacity?
- Recovery: do working arrangements allow people to reset between demanding periods?
A small workplace experiment
A team facing constant interruptions might define what counts as urgent, agree on an escalation route, and protect one planning period. Review whether response times and handoffs improve before expanding the change. This is an illustrative example; results depend on the setting.
The Capacity to Perform
The Capacity to Perform explores energy, attention, resilience, and practical behavior change alongside working conditions. Scope the session around workplace needs and useful actions.