Beyond High Performance

This episode comes to you from the team at Novus Global Sport. Coaches Johan Martinez-Khalilian and Dan Leffelaar, alongside MLB agent Matt Hannaford, interviewed Defensive Midfielder for MLS’ Minnesota United FC, Will Trapp.  While honing his physical gifts on his way to becoming a professional athlete - Will realized his toolbelt also needed to be equipped with the ability to handle the mental c...

ON COACHING | In this episode, Chief People & Product Officer David Miller joins Coaches and Partners Janet Breitenbach and David Gerber, as well as Joseph Thompson - the Director of the Meta Performance Institute for Coaching to discuss our thoughts around feedback. Spoiler - they love it!  Here’s the thing about feedback - it’s not as scary as it sounds. With a little bit of a mindset shift,...

This episode comes to you from the team at Novus Global Sport. Coaches Johan Martinez-Khalilian and Dan Lefellaar, alongside MLB agent Matt Hannaford, interviewed Florida Gulf Coast University’s Men’s Basketball coach Pat Chambers.  In this episode, Pat discusses how he found himself in unfamiliar and uncertain territory after resigning from the head coach position at Penn State University. In our...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | On this episode, Novus Global Coach Chris North has a conversation with entrepreneur Nick Pompeian alongside Novus Coach Ethan Shultz. Nick and Ethan go way back and reconnected years after Ethan moved out to the west coast and became a coach.  Since working together, Nick and others in his life have noticed tangible positive differences in how he carries himself in life and in...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW: In this episode, Jason Jaggard has a conversation with comedian Jen Fulwiler about unapologetically chasing what makes you feel alive. After becoming a bestselling author and a host on Sirius XM, all while raising six kids, Jennifer continued to strive towards what lit her blue flame. In this case, it was pursuing a career in standup comedy. Utilizing a tireless work ethic,...

This episode comes to you from the team at Novus Global Sport. Executive Coaches Dan Leffelaar and Johan Martinez - Khalilian, alongside MLB agent Matt Hannaford, interview Andrew Ladd, 2-time NHL Champion and Founder of 1616. In this episode, Andrew outlines how an injury turned into not only a turning point in his playing career, but a catalyst for major change in re-sparking passion in his life...

This episode of On Coaching focuses on Teens. Listen to this conversation with Amanda Jaggard, Laura Leffelaar, CJ Martindale, and Johan Martinez-Khalilian who all have strong and unique experiences working with teens. Teenagers can sometimes get a bad rap, but coaching them can be some of the most rewarding experiences both for coaching and the teens. This episode explores what ownership and inte...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | In this episode of Your Finest Hour, Novus Global executive coaches Janet Breitenbach and Dr. Randy Poon interview Steve Gow and explore what coaching has taught him. Steve is a full-time influencer, creator, and host of his own YouTube channel, Smoke Trails BBQ.  Over five months of coaching, Steve went from 30k viewers and an output of 1 video/month to 50k viewers and growing...

In this conversation we speak to Olympian, entrepreneur & Executive Chef Dawn Burrell. Dawn is a favorite on Bravo's Top Chef, she;s all about authenticity, and she sees food as a love language for camaraderie, togetherness & gathering. Listen and learn how skills of an Olympian translated to her success as a chef, how she  loves to learn, and much more. About Dawn Traveling the world with...

Lucas Ballasy is a writer, musician, and Partner / Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at Barrel , an e-commerce agency working with brands to grow their businesses through website design, development, and optimization. Joining Barrel as a designer nearly a decade ago, Lucas has helped shape the agency’s structure and service offering while continually seeking innovative ways to collaborate with client...

ON COACHING | Language has immense power and shapes the way people see the world and construct their reality. In this episode, David Gerber, Amanda Jaggard, and Janet Breitenbach discuss shifting internal and external negative talk in the context of dating, career, parenting, and life. They explore how using descriptive versus generative language can lead to self-sabotage and invite listeners to c...

One of the best mindfulness coaches in the world, George Mumford discusses sobriety and addiction, his love for philosophy, and "the alarming possibility of being able." George is renowned for his work with professional athletes Kobe Bryant and Micheal Jordan, who credit him for transforming their on-court leadership. From former head coach Phil Jackson and players from the legendary championship...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | Star of Amazon series "Upload" and accomplished singer/songwriter/guitarist Andy Allo discusses moving to the states from West Africa and the steps that led her to finding success as a performer. Novus Global coach Jason Jaggard and Andy talk about failing forward, the power (and responsibility) that comes with being aware of your natural gifts, why serving and empowering o...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Leaders who receive individual coaching typically find that their personal growth from coaching extends into professional growth and how they manage their employees and train their teams. Novus Global Coach Jon Roberts interviews fellow coach David Gerber and his client Kevin Shtofman, COO of Commercial Real Estate data integration company, NavigatorCRE. Kevin talks about the “u...

ON COACHING | High integrity is doing what you say you're going to. It is the greatest form of self-care. Listen to Novus Global coaches David Gerber, C.J. Martindale, Janet Breitenbach and Chris North discuss how integrity correlates with quality of life and work, the difference between honoring your word and keeping your word, training integrity in teams, and the power and magnitude that is poss...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | The term "heartbreak" isn't just a figure of speech, it can actually be quite literal. Dr. Sandeep Jauhar takes us through his fascinating research on Broken Heart Syndrome AKA Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy--a phenomenon in which grief or other emotional upset can cause dramatic physical changes to the size and shape of one's heart and potentially lead to heart failure. Dr. Jauh...

Fear, failure, Ironman and ice baths...this candid conversation with Novus Global coach David Gerber and Square Planet's Brian Burkhart runs the gamut. David breaks down for us why self-worth is at the root of growth and fulfillment. He gets vulnerable as he shares about his fear of powerlessness, past struggles with anger and how he learned to let things go, mind over matter, comfort zones, maste...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Small business owner Paulina Korzekwa changed countries, continents and careers after discovering, through coaching, that self-sabotage and limiting beliefs were impeding her performance. Paulina shares about feeling lost and purposeless when she first sought out coach Rosanna Tomiuk five years ago and going on to found a successful bakery and achieve lofty profit targets amid a...

ON COACHING | When we experience internal misalignment or external challenges out of our control, what we can control is perspective. We have the opportunity to see these circumstances not as happening to us, but for us. Reinvention begins with the awareness of that choice. Executive coaches David Gerber, Deb Foy, Kristin Frade and Rosanna Tomiuk talk about how to identify when reinvention can ser...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | Actor/Producer Cress Williams gives us a candid glimpse into life on set, playing the first African-American superhero on network TV and titular character in Black Lightning (The CW) and making his mark in numerous other hits: Friday Night Lights, ER, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Hart of Dixie and Grey's Anatomy , among others. Cress tells Jason about the nuances of onscre...

Lawyer, diplomat, best-selling author, speaker, coach, and more, Bob Goff is an ardent advocate for authenticity and learning how to love people better. Bob talks with Novus Global's Jason Jaggard about faith, difficult people, insecurities, distinguishing your capabilities from your callings, and the prevailing characteristics among wise people. This Bonus Episode comes fro m The Global Leadershi...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Indecisiveness can feel strangely comfortable to us. We sometimes use it to justify our inaction because taking action and making bold choices requires vulnerability; it can lead to disappointment or failure or looking bad. Novus Global coach Johan Martinez-Khalilian talks with his client Matthew "MoJo" Jones about how to decide which career(s) to pursue and founding his podcast...

ON COACHING | Coaches David Gerber and Chris North interview the Novus Global Operations team, an infrastructure of behind-the-scenes support that they say has been vital to their coaching practices. They explain how "solo-preneur" coaching can be isolating and unnecessarily taxing, in contrast to joining a firm with a support team that allows the coaches to prioritize their client care, business...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | A rare interview with billionaire philanthropist Bill Conway on his modest early days and founding The Carlyle Group with $5 million dollars and growing it into a $250 billion global investment firm. Bill shares his approach to cultivating great leaders; valuing self-worth over net worth; the good deal/bad deal paradox; and his secrets to success and greater knowledge, incl...

This Year-In-Review bonus episode highlights some of the most powerful insights we received in 2021 from our expert hosts and guests on the following themes: • Leadership • Rest + Wellness • Learning + Curiosity • Fear + Risk-Taking Listeners, we sincerely thank you for your support and hope you’ll stick with us in 2022 as we continue to discover, ask questions, and push the bounds of our capabili...