Inner Readiness

The capacity and the code

A High Performance Pattern describes the recurring way in which you mobilise yourself and act when you are at your best under demanding circumstances.

From inner readiness to shared high performance

Inner Readiness is the foundation. Through Success Analysis, we learn to recognise our High Performance Pattern (HPP) and can activate it when it really matters. Within a team, individual strengths and success patterns can be translated into shared team standards which, through practice, 3H and mutual accountability, can develop into a shared High Performance Pattern.

The results – good and bad – create new learning. We examine what actually worked, learn from experience and can raise the standards again. The process therefore becomes a self-reinforcing cycle.

Find the pattern in what already works

1. 01

   CHALLENGE

   What were you facing?

2. 02

   ACTION

   What did you actually do?

3. 03

   RESULT

   What did you achieve?

4. 04

   PATTERN

   What recurs across your strongest performances?

5. HPP

   HIGH PERFORMANCE PATTERN

   Your personal code

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From insight to activation

1. IDENTIFY

   Understand your pattern and resources.

2. MOBILISE

   Access the mental state, energy and behaviour that characterise you at your best.

3. ACTIVATE

   Bring your readiness consciously into play when the situation demands it.

Ready to be ready.

Readiness must be practised

Knowing your High Performance Pattern is not enough. Readiness must be available when it matters, and the desired behaviour must be practised and reinforced. With 3H – Head, Hands and Heart – we work simultaneously with understanding and reflection, action and practice, and engagement and motivation. Through repetition, practice and time, this can develop into integrated everyday behaviour.

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From I to WE

A standard is something we have agreed.

A pattern is what we actually do.

When individual strengths and success patterns are translated into shared behavioural standards, practised and reinforced through mutual accountability, they can gradually develop into the team's shared High Performance Pattern.

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Human capacity drives business performance

This is Cronquist Consult's leadership logic: human capacity can strengthen the quality of decisions, collaboration and action, thereby supporting strategy execution and results. It is not a claim that Inner Readiness alone automatically causes a particular financial result.

The method is used, among other contexts, within LEAP – Leadership Execution Acceleration Program, where several leadership approaches are combined in a longer-term C-level programme.

More than 35 years of development

1. C. 1990

   Mads Cronquist begins his first formal leadership education within emergency management. The foundation of Inner Readiness starts to take shape.

2. 1992

   Appointed a Danish emergency-management officer – a Beredskabsofficer.

3. 1995–1997

   Works in leadership roles during the war in Bosnia, including as project manager for Danish Mobile Hospital and in senior positions with the Dutch section of Médecins Sans Frontières and Germany's Malteser Hilfsdienst.

4. 1996

   Works in Japan on the further development of a hospital concept designed by Mads Cronquist for use in earthquake disasters.

5. 1997

   Completes incident-command training – indsatslederuddannelsen.

6. 1998

   The term "Det Indre Beredskab" is formulated in an article by Mads Cronquist published in CF-Korpset's national newsletter. The organisation is today known as Beredskabsstyrelsen, the Danish Emergency Management Agency. Mads joins the ISS Group and develops the company's successful business-oriented CSR concept, where he is appointed Project Manager in 2000. The concept gains international recognition.

7. 2004

   Cronquist Consult ApS is established. The concept is further developed through leadership development, High Performance Teams and strategy execution.

8. 2007–2012

   Major consultancy assignments in organisational and business development lead to executive and senior HR management roles, and the LeaderShop model is created. Both ArbejdsmiljøPrisen and Børsen's CSR Communication Award are received, among other things on the basis of Mads' book "Lederens inspirationsguide" ("The Leader's Inspiration Guide").

9. 2012

   Mads achieves the CBA qualification with highest distinction, specialising in strategy and innovation. The team-building company Outfitter Kompagniet is acquired.

10. 2013–2015

    The Stifinder programme is completed, and the Success Analysis tool and its associated High Performance Pattern are established. OLTC is founded and takes its first groups on training expeditions in Bosnia, later also in France and Sweden.

11. 2015

    The concepts are further developed and refined, including the concept of Shared High Team Standards. Many new clients join.

12. 2018

    Mads qualifies as a pilot and buys his own aircraft. This requires overcoming a major personal barrier and activating his Inner Readiness because of an aircraft accident in 1998 in which he was involved.

13. 2020 → present

    Firestorm – Mads' own method for organisational momentum and strategy execution – is fully developed after almost 25 years and is used with clients.

Capacity is also something we can pass on

Fremtidens Lederberedskab

The vision behind the project was to help young people develop inner readiness, personal responsibility and the capacity to contribute beyond themselves through practical development, outdoor training and voluntary contribution.

• Approximately DKK 300,000 personally financed by Mads Cronquist.
• Approximately 1,600 unpaid project-management hours.
• Approximately two years of project work.
• Voluntary contribution was a core principle.

Capacity is not only about what we can create for ourselves.

It is also about what we have the capacity to give to others.

Frequently asked questions

What is Inner Readiness?

Inner Readiness is the capacity built over time to consciously mobilise your mental, emotional and practical resources when the situation demands it.

What is the difference between Inner Readiness and a High Performance Pattern?

Inner Readiness is the capacity. A High Performance Pattern is the personal pattern that shows how you typically mobilise this capacity when you function at your best.

How do I find my High Performance Pattern?

Through a Success Analysis of specific situations in which you previously overcame something difficult and achieved a result you were proud of. The focus is particularly on the actions and resources that recurred.

Can Inner Readiness be trained?

Yes. Cronquist Consult's approach combines reflection with practical training, repetition and application in real situations.

What does Inner Readiness have to do with Strategy Execution?

Strategy has to be translated into action by people. Inner Readiness focuses on the human conditions for maintaining clarity, making decisions and acting when execution meets resistance or unforeseen circumstances.