Manny Fiteni: Why Smart Teams Still Underperform: The Subconscious Patterns Leaders Ignore

About Manny Fiteni:

Manny Fiteni, CEO of My Growth Corporation, is a pioneering leadership strategist with 30+ years of corporate experience specializing in transformative personal development. Manny’s breakthrough “Mind Congruency” approach aligns conscious and subconscious minds, enabling individuals to overcome self-limiting beliefs and unlock peak performance, drawing insights from real-world, uncontrolled environments. Founder of Mind Growth 360 and Creators Agency, Manny’s work spans personal development networks and brand elevation platforms. His training programs enhance leadership skills, build organizational resilience, and drive high-performance team dynamics. As an author and international speaker, Manny provides actionable strategies for personal transformation, equipping individuals with practical tools to thrive personally and professionally.

In this episode, Dean Newlund and Manny Fiteni discuss:

• Why information alone rarely produces lasting behavior change
• Mind congruency as a driver of performance and self-sabotage
• Using stories and metaphors to communicate directly with the subconscious mind
• Leadership conditions for change, including rapport, safety, clear expectations, and leading by example
• Replacing habits through awareness, repetition, and a supportive environment

Key Takeaways:

• Listen for repeated language patterns in yourself and your team over time to identify subconscious beliefs that may be shaping behavior and results.
• Use real stories when possible, and well-crafted fictional metaphors when needed, to bypass resistance and reach the subconscious, which does not distinguish between them.
• Practice “catch and replace” by interrupting unhelpful habits in real time, installing a better response, and intentionally tracking repetitions as you rehearse the replacement.
• Build a “focus ensemble” of people who reinforce your new autopilot settings rather than unconsciously pulling you back into old patterns.

"We are the sum of our histories, and our histories are from day of birth, how we are conditioned, how we are trained, how we think.” — Manny Fiteni

Connect with Manny Fiteni:  

Website: https://mannyfiteni.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manny-fiteni-b0173637

See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I

Connect with Dean:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw

Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/

The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/

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Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com

Phone: 1-800-926-7370

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