When working with groups and teams, the framework I use for evaluating and coaching them is The Six Conditions of Team Effectiveness (created by Richard Hackman, Ruth Wageman, and Erin Lehman). One of the outcomes of effective teams is high quality group processes....
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Unlocking High Performance with Jason Lauritsen
Work is a relationship. The attributes that drive engagement in the workplace happen to be the same qualities people look for in personal relationships: Feeling valued and cared for. A sense of trust and appreciation. So, what if we treated team members the same way...
The Brilliance Margin
Have you created a Brilliance Margin in your life? The Brilliance Margin is a self-perceived measure of difference between your brilliance and capabilities to that of someone else. Where a Brilliance Margin exists, so does some kind of paralysis or inaction on our...
Redefining Success with Katie Rasoul
As many of you know, Katie Rasoul is my co-host for The Life and Leadership Podcast. We took some time to talk recently about her new book, Hidden Brilliance: A High-Achieving Introvert’s Guide to Self-Discovery, Leadership and Playing Big, and learn more about her...
A Crash Course on the Imposter Syndrome
I work with high-performing leaders and organizations that are in hyper-growth mode. Despite their great success, many talented leaders are suffering privately-secretly-because they are unaware that they are not alone in their struggle with the Imposter Syndrome....
Six Habits Successful People Have in Common
I’m still feeling high from the training I hosted for 18 wildly-talented leaders a couple weeks ago. We talked a lot about leadership behaviors and the power of habit. We went deep on the neuroscience of change and the fact that what differentiates us from our...
Common Misconceptions About High-Achieving Introverts
Although I’m not personally an introvert, I know it to be true that introverts have super powers. Major ones! Which is why my podcast co-host, Katie Rasoul, gave a TEDx Talk about high-achieving introverts and how leaders can be more inclusive of introverted leaders...
Your No-Fail Guide to Selecting an Executive Coach
This article was previously published on Forbes. We’ve all had coaches (mostly from childhood sports). Just because you “grow up” and enter the professional world doesn’t mean you should ever stop searching for the right coach, especially as an executive. But first,...
The Narrowing Brilliance Margin: A Wake-Up Call for First Time Executives
If you work in corporate America, chances are you have been taught to aspire to be promoted regularly and that you should seek out the counsel of, and work to become like, the executives at your organization.