Overview

PDG is advancing the body of knowledge and practical application of Human Performance Improvement (HPI) and Human Performance Technology (HPT) models, methodology, and principles. Our approach pays homage to the HPI history, steeped in Psychology and Systems Theory, and the HPI pioneers such as Drs. Gilbert, Harless, and Rummler. Additionally, we leverage contemporary HPI practitioners such as Dennis Mankin and his proven PerformanceDNA methodology as an integral component to PDG’s Performance Architecture Framework.

Our mission is to create performance-minded individuals, leaders, and organizations that unlock value, growth, and results by integrating business and cultural outcomes. And just so there’s no confusion: business = profits; culture = people.

We believe that mission starts with an acknowledgement that organizations – at their core – are human performance systems; and that organizational performance is unavoidably complex because performance is about achieving results through people….and people have dimensionality. This inherent complexity, however, doesn’t equate to being inevitably difficult, quite the contrary.

Our definition of organizational performance is three-pronged:

• The efficacy of achieving goals while remaining healthy
• Analysis of actual vs intended results
• Achievement of full self-awareness

Our Performance Architecture addresses all three aspects of organizational performance, and we believe the more effective an organization is at architecting performance, the increased probability it has of surviving, flourishing, and innovating in the long-term.