Teamwork - A Better Way

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier talk about the wonder of Italian food and take a counter-intuitive look at conflict in teams (recorded 23 April 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | Eataly!05:47 Q1 | Changing the perspective of conflict13:27 Q2 | Mining for conflict21:13 Q3 | Preparing for conflict29:36 Q4 | Reasons for conflict36:29 OT | The conflict curve44:40 2OT | Assessing your conflict mode / hooks 

Dr. Matthew Nielsen, Clinical Psychologist and winner of the Air Force Psychologist of the Year Award, Air Force Surgeon General Research Award and many other honors, joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss ways people can build psychological flexibility during challenging times (recorded 5 April 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Dr. Nielsen!06:13 Q1 | The pandemic within the pandemic12:26 Q2 | A flexibility and change mindset17:09 Q3 | Stress self-assessment23:55 Q4 | Techniques for relieving stress31:06 OT | Exceeding your resiliency threshold37:04 2OT | Finding the positive

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue their conversation about strategies for understanding and dealing with a year of grief (recorded 23 March 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | Spencer hikes Coyote Gulch!06:51 Q1 | Hardship as a catalyst for change 13:50 Q2 | The ability to choose - Viktor Frankl22:41 Q3 | The blame self-assessment29:26 Q4 | The space between stimulus and response38:00 OT | Challenged to change ourselves48:36 2OT | A lesson from history

One year ago today, hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier recorded the first episode of the Team Performance - Winning Ways for Uncertain Times podcast. They look back at the year that has transpired, the incredible toll a year of pandemic has wrought personally and professionally, and strategies to manage the grief so many of us are experiencing (recorded 17 March 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | It's been one year already!06:30 Q1 | Put on your mask and cape14:17 Q2 | The Kubler-Ross Grief Cycle23:26 Q3 | The cost of grief 31:26 Q4 | Do not picture a red bicycle38:15 OT | A counter-intuitive approach44:04 2OT | Learned optimism

Hall of Fame speaker, author and leadership expert joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier and dives into the motivation and incredible process for writing "The Promise To The One" and announces the formation of The Promise Institute (recorded 24 February 2021).For more information about Jason Hewlett and the impactful work he is doing to help individuals and organizations, please visit https://jasonhewlett.com/Chapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Jason!06:12 Q1 | The post with 150 million views13:02 Q2 | Aligning your personal and professional life19:43 Q3 | Driving self-introspection25:59 Q4 | Convincing the seasoned skeptic33:15 OT | To be considered an author41:35 2OT | The Promise Institute

Did you know that only 12% of teams consider themselves high performing? Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier introduce the Team Diagnostic Model, a two-dimensional, 14-step approach to maximizing team performance (recorded 16 February 2021).To view a video version of the podcast, including slides, please visit: https://youtu.be/Ufd-NeZMvPATo learn more about Lisa Sams' "Work into Wellness" approach to becoming "happy and healthy at work," please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workintowellness/For more information about how Altium Leadership can help your organization, please visit:https://www.altiumleadership.com/Find out how you can effectively use storytelling to share knowledge in your organization by visiting:https://www.gpfour.com/Chapters:00:00 PG | Spencer "Works into Wellness!"05:43 Q1 | "Now, teams are just tired"13:49 Q2 | The relationship between productivity and positivity20:38 Q3 | The Utah Jazz: a productivity and positivity case study27:25 Q4 | "We are in the 4th quarter"34:16 OT | Team performance indicators42:37 2OT | Sustaining high performance

Four-time World Men's Figure Skating Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier in an amazing conclusion to this week's Team Performance sports-themed episodes! Scott shares his incredible story and discusses how to "Live Your Days" (recorded 11 February 2021).For more information about Scott's Live Your Days "digital encouragement platform" please visit  https://liveyourdays.com/ and take the 30 day challenge!Learn more about the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, funding advanced, innovative research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient: https://www.scottcares.org/Chapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Scott!05:04 Q1 | Falling (and getting up) 41,600 times10:14 Q2 | The origin and foundation of Live Your Days18:19 Q3 | "Life-threatening stuff"24:21 Q4 | "How am I going to do this life thing without her?"31:41 OT | Turning weakness to strength40:13 2OT | Rented skates 

Chip Suttles, Seattle Seahawks CIO and Josh Smith, Seattle Seahawks Analytics guru, join hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how the Seahawks organization successfully navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and how the team uses cutting edge artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics to maximize team performance and player health and safety (recorded 4 February 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Chip and Josh!06:51 Q1 | Protecting the organization from COVID-1914:18 Q2 | The analytics approach23:35 Q3 | Avoiding data overload32:00 Q4 | Asking the right questions of the data40:29 OT | AI and eliminating bias

Dr. Jeffrey Magee - best-selling author and certified board executive, speaking professional, management consultant and professional direct marker - joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier in a special Team Performance episode to introduce two key formulas for success (Recorded 18 January 2021).Dr. Magee's website can be found here:https://www.jeffreymagee.com/index.cfmChapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Dr. Magee!07:35 Q1 | Are you committed to what you do?15:00 Q2 | The Player Capability Index Model24:10 Q3 | Continuing the formula - Moneyball28:54 Q4 | When to buck conventional wisdom34:50 OT | The Trajectory  Code - an evergreen perspective

Todd Dennett and Maureen Sweeney, Co-Founders and Partners at Tiller Language Services (TLS) – a globally recognized interpretation and translation agency with big-name clients from across the corporate, government and NGO sectors - join hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share how a solid business strategy developed in 2014 enabled TLS to innovate through COVID-19 and generate record results (Recorded 13 January 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Maureen and Todd!07:01 Q1 | A carefully crafted strategy13:18 Q2 | Challenging new ways of working22:33 Q3 | Cost-savings in a pandemic28:54 Q4 | Following your own tune34:50 OT | The outlook for 2021