Breaking Average

“It’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” - Mario Andretti  The Yes Factor elements serve as activators that influence healthy commitment by the team.  The essential elements - Invite your team, align their values, believe the vision In this episode, the team discusses the Invite ac...

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go?” - T.S. Eliot The Resilience Factor elements generate courage for the team and its members.  The essential elements - Acknowledge the threats, persevere through the middle, overcome in the end. In this episode, the team discusses overcoming in the end.  Everybody loves a comeback story.  A story that showed great cha...

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go?” - T.S. Eliot The Resilience Factor elements generate courage for the team and its members. The essential elements - Acknowledge the threats, persevere through the middle, overcome in the end. In this episode, the team discusses Persevere. Nelson Mandela said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Persevere d...

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go?” - T.S. Eliot The Resilience Factor elements generate courage for the team and its members.  The essential elements - Acknowledge the threats, persevere through the middle, overcome in the end. Acknowledging the threats is the first step of resilience.  Often the need for courage is sprung upon us when we least expec...

“It’s important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.” - Wilbur Ross  The Ownership Factor establishes deep connections for a team and a tribe starting with the leader.   The essential elements - Define the opportunities, empower team members and implement solutions.   In this episode, the team dives into implementing solutions.  Experiences of our own busines...

“To be a leader is to enable others to embrace a vision, initiative or assignment in a way that they feel a sense of purpose, ownership, personal engagement, and common cause.” - Melanne Verveer The Ownership Factor establishes deep connections for a team and a tribe starting with the leader. The essential elements - Define the opportunities, empower team members and implement solutions.   Any vis...

“Walk in line like you own the place.” - Marriott Key Card The Ownership Factor establishes deep connections for a team and a tribe starting with the leader. The essential elements - Define the opportunities, empower team members and implement solutions.   The first thing a leader must do is define an opportunity, which os an objective, goal or need. Without clear objectives, it’s impossible for o...

“Trust doesn't mean that you trust that someone won't’ screw up - it means you trust them even when they do screw up.” -Ed Catmull Trust is next up on the list of Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership. The Trust factor again has 3 critical elements - Be and stay credible, be dependable and continue to serve.  The third component of trust is to continue to serve . A leader who believes i...

“Trust doesn't mean that you trust that someone won't’ screw up - it means you trust them even when they do screw up.” -Ed Catmull Trust is next up on the list of Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership. The Trust factor again has 3 critical elements - Be and stay credible, be dependable and continue to serve.  The second point of the trust factor is to be dependable . Dependability is th...

“Trust doesn't mean that you trust that someone won't’ screw up - it means you trust them even when they do screw up.” -Ed Catmull Trust is next up on the list of SevenCritical Factors to Team Strong Leadership. The Trust factor again has 3 critical elements - Be and stay credible, be dependable and continue to serve.  Credibility is the starting off point of the trust factor: Credibility comes fr...

“Put smart, passionate people in a room together, charge them with identifying and solving problems, and encourage them to be candid with one another.” - Ed Catmul We continue with the third of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Collaboration Factor. We’ll be unpacking the 3 parts - Communication, Cooperation and Interaction. Every interaction is a transaction and somebody...

We continue with the third of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Collaboration Factor.  We’ll be unpacking the 3 parts - Communication, Cooperation and Interaction. Cooperation is the essence of this quote: “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success” - Henry Ford.  Cooperation takes time, consistency and listen in on how recip...

“Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.”― Andy Stanley We continue with the third of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Collaboration Factor. We’ll be unpacking the 3 parts - Communication, Cooperation, and Interaction. Communication is the beginning of collaboration no matter the relationship or organization. In fact,  97%...

“It isn’t enough merely to be open to ideas from others. Engaging the collective brainpower of the people you work with is an active, ongoing process. As a manager you must coax ideas out of your staff and constantly push them to contribute.” - Ed Catumull   We continue with the second of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Insight Factor.  Engage-sight brings in the team. ...

“A mind when stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes  We move into the second of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Insight Factor.  This week we talk about Hindsight - yes it is 2020! Hindsight is all about mitigating blindspots. Asking for and being open to gathering and listening to feedback. Experience is not the greatest...

“A mind when stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes  We move into the second of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Insight Factor.  The Insight Factor is comprised of 3 parts: Foresight, Hindsight and Engage-Sight. Foresight is intuition and their ability to anticipate the future.   Watch ‌us‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌weekly‌ ‌‌ Empowered...

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” - George Washington Carver  We continue our discussion on The Vision Factor - we’ve dreamt it, we’ve declared it, now it’s time to Deliver it. This is the heavy lifting where the entire team comes together bringing the vision forward with their strengths and talents.  Watch ‌us‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌weekly‌ ‌‌ Empowered‌ ‌Living‌‌ ‌show‌ ‌at‌ ‌noon‌ ‌on‌ ‌Thurs...

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” - George Washington Carver  Today we discuss the first of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Vision Factor. All teamwork starts with a common vision.   We’ve dreamt of The Vision, the first of the three elements of vision. The next element is Declaring It. The Vision needs to be defined and documented by a plan that others are a...

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” - George Washington Carver  Today we discuss the first of the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership - The Vision Factor. All teamwork starts with a common vision.   The Vision Factor comprises three elements, the first is Dreaming it. The Vision is led by one or more pioneers who dare to dream, disrupting the status quo. Thinking of what is...

Coming‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌the‌ ‌beginning.‌ ‌Keeping‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌progress.‌ ‌Working‌ ‌together‌ ‌is success.‌ ‌-‌ Henry‌ ‌Ford‌ ‌ This episode we hear from Paul and Mike on the vision for Breaking Average going into 2021. We’ll be taking a deeper dive into the Seven Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership.  V - The Vision Factor I - The Insight Factor C - The Collaboration Factor T - The...

Coming‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌the‌ ‌beginning.‌ ‌Keeping‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌progress.‌ ‌Working‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌success.‌ ‌-‌ Henry‌ ‌Ford‌ ‌ This episode we hear from Dave Cornell, one of the Breaking Average contributing authors, on the topic of Cultivating Courage  To connect with Dave visit:  http://www.cultivatecourage.com/ Mike talked about Nadine Champion’s Ted Talk 10 Seconds of Courage. Liste...

Coming‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌the‌ ‌beginning.‌ ‌Keeping‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌progress.‌ ‌Working‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌success.‌ ‌-‌ Henry‌ ‌Ford‌ ‌  Happy New Year! There is always something about turning the calendar that brings renewed hope. The crew discusses their word for the year, discovering your strengths and bringing out the best in your teams - family, business or community teams.  To discover you...

Coming‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌the‌ ‌beginning.‌ ‌Keeping‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌progress.‌ ‌Working‌ ‌together‌ ‌is‌ ‌ success.‌ ‌-‌ Henry‌ ‌Ford‌ ‌  It’s the episode you have been waiting for! The Championship Round! And the winner is....  We talk about Why Hope Always Matters. Speaking of hope we featured the crews picks for charities to support - if you are moved to please donate:  Paul’s pick - DC Dream...

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. - Henry Ford Winning Mentality is a multi-part series modeled after the March Madness college basketball tournament. Except this tournament is centered around movies that demonstrate the winning mentality, leadership and overall leave us inspired. It is now week 5 – we take the picks down to the Final 4. ...

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. - Henry Ford Winning Mentality is a multi-part series modeled after the March Madness college basketball tournament. Except this tournament is centered around movies that demonstrate the winning mentality, leadership and overall leave us inspired. It is now week 4!. Our guest this week Sonja Weijik from Te...