"Contextual performance is defined as activities that contribute to the social and psychological core of an organization" and is, according to new research, beginning to be viewed as equally important to task performance." (1) 

 

Examples of contextual performance include volunteering for additional work or service, following organizational rules and procedures even when personally inconvenient, assisting and cooperating with coworkers and collaborators, and various otherwise discretionary behaviors. In other words, contextual performance is the act of elevating the level of performance above the arbitary or minimum, to exceed standards.

 

 

The Alpha Leadership Project is such an organization. Founding principles of the organization include "right context" and living "purposefully"; acting in all manners to serve humanity; embracing reponsibility beyond that which is required and forefending.

The purpose of Alpha Leadership carries that weight of reponsibility and contextual performance:

 

"To invigorate the community, families and humanity to discover the core principles and practices of leadership that will improve the knowledge and future accomplishments of our species." (2)

 

 

(1) From Wikipedia "Contextual performance".

(2) Originally from the Alpha Leadership Project and New Frontiers