Personal Performance Potential at Work E-Book

BRIAN GROVES

• Herausgeber: EDUCatt
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

By approaching workplace performance from the perspective of the theatre, my previous books2 have attempted to illustrate the connection between work and the world of drama and dramatic texts. Here now the emphasis is on performance at work, borrowing in many instances, as we shall see, from the theatre for the sake of satisfying an audience comprised of our stakeholders. That we are all performing at any moment is a noted idea. With the increasing presence of surveillance cameras in many towns and cities today, we are indeed almost continually in the spotlight. That said, personal performance in this book relates to our intentional actions as opposed to activities merely performed as habits or reactions to stimuli deriving from external sources. Focusing on performance, potential and the workplace, certain ideas were originally produced as material for my personal blog3 over the period June 2013-June 2014. Excerpted from the Introduction

Leseprobe

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© 2009 Jonathan Feinberg

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Elements of our role

– Creating our play

– Learning the part

– Practising the part

– Playing the part

Aspects of our role

–A sense of wholeness

– Personal responsibility

Chapter 1 Personal performance

Elements of performance

– Objectives

– Context and Setting

– Individual lines

– Group work

Aspects of workplace performance

– Living the moment

– Impact on ourselves

– Impact on others

– Repeating the performance

Chapter 2Potential

Elements of potential

– Our outlook

– Liberating our potential

– Enhancing our potential

– Pushing our limits

Aspects of potential

Living our potential

– Doubts and Fears

Chapter 3 At work

Elements of work

– Earning a crust

– Here and there

Aspects of work

– Titles

– Delivery

Working the work

– Distractions

– Influences

Chapter 4Performance case study

Excellence of performance

Conclusion

On stage everywhere

– At our best

– Fun at work

– Sparkle

Looking forward

– Seeing the future

– Slowing down

– Taking a break

– Harvesting the crop

Select bibliography

List of illustrations

1. View from the stage, Teatro Storchi, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Brian Groves).

2. Building site sign, Southwick, England, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

3. Training room, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, Poland, 2012.

(Photo: Brian Groves).

4. Event preparation, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Brian Groves). 47

5. Brighton Walk of Fame, England, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

6. View of Lancing College, Shoreham, England, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

7. Wall plaque of Arts and Crafts Guilds, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

8. Ice cream van, Hove Lagoon, England, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

9. Shoe repair shop, Shoreham, England, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

10. Backstage, Teatro Storchi, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Brian Groves).

11. Backdrop ropes, Teatro Storchi, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Brian Groves).

12. Backdrops, Teatro Storchi, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Brian Groves).

13. Backdrop rope pulleys, Teatro Storchi, Modena, Italy, 2013.

(Photo: Brian Groves).

14. Life guard, Hove Beach, England, 2013.

(Photo: Donatella Tomassone).

Acknowledgements

With love this book is dedicated to

Sheena Groves.

An inspirational teacher,

a fantastic friend and, above all,

a wonderful sister.

As with my previous books, a number of people have been essential to the creative process. The following deserve a special mention: Donatella Tomassone, Patricia Groves, Sheena Groves, Carmelina Maselli, Annamaria Cascetta, Antonella Forsinetti, Giuseppe Gario and Giuseppe Tomassone.

As friends and professional points of reference Nadia Montorsi and Mauro Ballestrazzi together with Jackie and Tim Lavy are the best.

Permission to photograph the Teatro Storchi was kindly granted by Raffaele Formicone, Coordinator of Teatro Storchi – Teatro delle Passioni, Modena, for the Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione.

Many thanks to you all.

Introduction

The demands of modern work allow few hours and limited dollars for training. I want to recommend a seminar that takes very little extra time and no extra money. It is, in my opinion, the best seminar ever designed. It’s not mine, but I’m a student in it and it is the source of my most valuable knowledge, skill, and personal development. It is highly interactive and has incredible 3-D graphics. Best of all, it is perfectly designed to teach me exactly what I most need to learn.

This seminar is your everyday life. You’ve been enrolled in it since you were born. The part of this seminar that is about work is going on every minute of every working hour.1

By approaching workplace performance from the perspective of the theatre, my previous books