Beyond High Performance

ON COACHING | Why does the topic of New Year’s resolutions often elicit an eye roll? Maybe it feels cliché or maybe it’s your personal history with it or maybe it’s the national track record–an 80% failure rate by February. But what if we shifted our perspective around goal-setting from zeroing in on one particular outcome at one particular time of year to focusing on character growth and becoming...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | Three-time Paralympian David R. Brown talks with us about winning Gold in the 100 meter event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil and becoming the fastest blind sprinter in the world. After losing his sight at age 13, David overcame the subsequent fear and depression by focusing his energy on his incredible physical abilities, rather than disabilities, and giving himself...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Grammy-nominated recording engineer, mixer and producer Travis Ference, who has collaborated with Ariana Grande, John Mayer, Imagine Dragons and more, details the turning point that occurred once he stepped out of his comfort zone and decided to work with executive coaches David Gerber and Joseph Thompson. Travis articulates how he was able to push himself further with a coach a...

ON COACHING | Meta performance, when pursued effectively, pushes the limits of your capabilities and yields a new level of personal and professional achievement. But there is a risk to watch out for in the journey of meta performance; a slippery slope of expending all your energy on tireless hard work at the cost of physical and emotional wellness. "There needs to be an equal, proportionate upgrad...

Navigating the holidays: three segments with Novus Global coaches Amanda Jaggard, Chris North, Dan Leffelaar and Johan Martinez-Khalilian. 1. Family Expectations + Agreements The holidays can bring about both joy and immense pressure...demands for your time; high expectations from your kids; managing finances, travel, or sensitive family dynamics. Amanda shares insights from her various lenses ove...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | What are the two most important characteristics of every successful entrepreneur? Michael Cioni, film entrepreneur and Global SVP of Innovation at billion-dollar company Frame.io, brings us a trove of anecdotes and insights on starting, leading, and selling a booming business. He walks us through how he founded post-production studio Light Iron out of his apartment during "...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Sports agent Matt Hannaford talks about the future of sports agencies, the free agent model, entrepreneurship, and the prevalence of self-doubt and isolation among pro athletes. Matt advocates for restructuring a historically toxic industry and praising competitors for good work and he defines success in his field as empowering and equipping players with the right information an...

ON COACHING | Therapy and coaching - what's the difference and do you need both? This is one of the most common questions prospective coaching clients ask. Psychotherapist Dr. Regina Chow Trammel helps analyze therapy and executive coaching side by side, along with Novus Global coaches Jason Jaggard, David Gerber and Amanda Jaggard. The coaches share their personal and candid experiences with ther...

Renowned leadership trainer, entrepreneur and NYT Best-Selling author Rory Vaden discusses automating every internal work process to make more time and space for creativity and innovation. Interviewed by Novus Global's Jason Jaggard, Rory dives into multiplying your time and the 30X Rule, ROTI (Return On Time Invested), the significance calculation, and how to ensure you never have to answer the s...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | College football coach legend and TV analyst Mark Richt, a two-time SEC Coach of the Year at the University of Georgia and 2017 ACC Coach of the Year at the University of Miami, shares insights from his 35 years thriving at the helm. Co-interviewed by Jason Jaggard and Novus Global Head of Sport Dan Leffelaar, Mark gives us his take on leadership; balancing long hours with...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Hear the origin story of how entrepreneur Esther Mun started a creative studio, found an unlikely business partner, and took a leap of faith in getting an executive coach to help take her professional achievements further. Esther's coach, Chris North, discusses how her openness and willingness to commit to full participation made her an ideal client to take on. Esther explains t...

ON COACHING | Have you made commitments to yourself, people you care about, or your business partners/employees and then not followed through? This episode invites everyone to really reach--to set ambitious commitments and to embrace failure, if necessary, as a means to growth. Integrity is at the heart of commitment and we explore what that really means with Johan Martinez-Khalilian, Chris North,...

What forces are you wrestling inside your mind in this season of your life? Ego, anxiety, self-criticism, imposter syndrome, fear of failure? In this 2021 TedX talk, Novus Global coach David Gerber shares how he learned to relate to his "dragons" within. He shares how he spent energy battling his ego for years--like a boxing opponent--until he learned to reinterpret it, instead, as a sparring part...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | Disney/Pixar power couple Floyd Norman (animator) and Adrienne Brown-Norman (illustrator) speak on their crafts and working on iconic animated films, including Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, Toy Story, and Monster's Inc. The first African American artist at Disney, Floyd worked with legends Walt Disney, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Steve Jobs (at Pixar)...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | For those questioning the value of coaching or how it’s different from therapy, listen to guest Payandeh Ekrami’s story of her initial doubts about getting a coach and the results that changed her mind, including significant returns that helped her purchase a home in San Francisco. She discusses expressing emotion in the workplace, particularly as a female leader in a male-domin...

ON COACHING | The 5i Motivation Assessment was designed to help individuals discover their most salient source of motivation: Income, Impact, Integrity, Intimacy, Independence. Novus Global coaches Jason Jaggard, Janet Breitenbach, Dan Leffelaar, and Rosanna Tomiuk discuss how the assessment was created, how to apply its results to your life, and the ways the five key motivators interact with each...

Bonus Episode: Specific signs of burnout, therapy, the importance of rest in leadership, unconscious competence, and invincibility vs. imposter syndrome are all explored in this compelling, wellness-and-leadership-focused conversation between entrepreneur, author, and leadership coach Jo Saxton and Novus Global's Jason Jaggard. "When we rest we are better thinkers, better creatives, better leaders...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | From Navy SEAL/Special Warfare Officer, Secretary of Defense policymaker, and purpose-driven tech entrepreneur, Brian Ferguson, comes a robust episode on the art of public speaking, complexity theory, why the pursuit of mastery for achievement alone can feel empty, and the significance of being “in the arena.” A favorite saying of guest Brian’s (a metaphor for the importanc...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Tiller Digital Founder and CEO, Chantelle Little, shares the salient impact being coached had on both her and her company, not the least of which was doubling her company’s size in one year. Dan Leffelaar interviews Chantelle and her coach, Janet Breitenbach, and discuss the power that writing out her limiting beliefs, focusing on company culture, and testing specifically for gr...

ON COACHING | Where do teaching and coaching overlap and how do they differ? Which skills transfer? Many of our team members were educators for years before they decided to become executive coaches. Former teachers/current Novus Global coaches Amanda Jaggard, Laura Leffelaar, Randy Poon, and Joseph Thompson discuss the venn diagram of teaching students and coaching adults. While the disposition re...

Bonus Episode: Jason Jaggard takes us back to the main stage at the 2017 STORY Conference in Nashville, TN. Jason outlines five important questions you might ask that will shape your trajectory and how the answers might have a profound impact on your perceived view of yourself and your capabilities. REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE  STORY Gatherings Novus Global is a tribe of elite executive coaches who...

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | World-renowned author, speaker, coach and “instigator of inspiration” Kevin Carroll joins Jason Jaggard in discussing how to attract mentors, cultivate curiosity, and harness the power of play to enhance innovation, creativity, abstract thinking and problem-solving. With a palpable generosity of spirit, Kevin shares the specific outcomes of post-traumatic growth, aiming for...

YOUR FINEST HOUR | Already a star employee or high performer? Coaching helps achievers take things to the next level. "Every leader needs a coach to guide them," says episode guest and business exec Kara Grasso. Kara didn't seek out coaching; she fell into it when her former company gave her the opportunity to work with Novus Global coach, Jon Roberts. Three years later, she's still a client and s...

ON COACHING | We join Dan Leffelaar, Amanda Jaggard, Jon Roberts, and Chris North to discuss the work that we do at Novus Global while coaching teams in a corporate setting. We’ll dive into conflict resolution and how to lead individuals and ourselves from a place of disconnection and frustration to a place of service within our teams. We believe that coaching teams towards an aligned vision will...

Jason Jaggard takes us back to the main stage at the 2018 STORY Conference in Nashville, TN. His talk explores the surprising missing piece that keeps most of us from growing our integrity. Jason gives insight around how a lack of humility and dismissing cliches can keep us from some of the biggest moments of growth in our professional and personal lives. REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE STORY Gathering...