Teamwork - A Better Way

Talent attraction is a key component of team performance. Quality leadership is in high demand and short supply. Our special guest Bill Humbert has 40 years of professional talent attraction experience. He joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier on the TeamWork a Better Way Podcast, to share a better process to attract top talent.

Will your organization grow without you? Are you limiting your teams growth? Special guest Dan Merkley, founding partner of Endurance Sports Summit, discussed with Spencer Horn and Christian Napier how you can help your team to execute on their own, without you helicoptering over them.

There are many today who argue that with all the conflict in the world today, it is easier to go it alone. Some thought leaders suggest individuals train themselves to be alone professionally and personally. Some business environments are very complex so the "lone wolf" mentality may seem appealing. This is often true in the law profession. Spencer hosts special guest Oana Sarbu. Ms. Sârbu is an e...

Most leaders agree that diversity equity and inclusion is a good thing. However, when different perspectives show up in meetings and between employee discussions they may get uncomfortable and avoid difficult conversations. This is a missed opportunity. Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss how to disagree agreeably to harness the power of debate and strengthen your team performance and trust.

After 106 years, the Endurance has been found in the Antarctic. We can learn a great deal about leadership in extreme circumstances from Ernest Shackleton's and his crew as they struggled to survive for two years. Christian Napier and Spencer Horn discuss leadership lessons that can be applied to our businesses and lives today.

We know diversity has a positive impact on your bottom line? When we consider diversity, we often forget about certain characteristics that leads to high performance. Christian Napier and I discuss characteristics that will help with your diversity and consequently your team performance.

Author, Founder and CEO Dave Mammano shares his ideas with hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier about how organization leaders can promote an environment where people love to work

What do your employees really want? Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss a recent Gallup poll presenting the top factors influencing people's employment decisions. 

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier welcome Cheryl Knowlton to the podcast and discuss the top five mistakes people make with teams. Listeners can find Cheryl on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylknowlton/

How has the "Great Resignation" impacted your top performers? Many of them are aspiring for greater opportunities, development and growth. Hosts Christian Napier and Spencer Horn are joined by special guest Heath D. Barnes on the Team Work a Better Way Podcast session. Heath shares his experience on how to keep your people engaged.

How do you get your team unstuck and increase your innovative mojo? Christian Napier and I discuss the Einstellung effect presented in the Inc. Magazine article "Want to Be More Innovative and Creative? Science Says Avoid the Dreaded Einstellung Effect" We share three ideas you can use right now!

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss the challenges facing CEOs and executives to develop and retain talent. Spencer offers recommendations to help CEOs find time and prioritize developing their direct reports.

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss the Rose Bowl-bound University of Utah football team. Coach Kyle Whittingham created a culture of identity that enabled the team to develop the traits needed to overcome incredible adversity and claim its first Pac-12 championship.

Spencer Horn and Christian Napier focus on how teamwork has changed in the last 18 months, and discuss innovations from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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 conflict 13:27 Q2 | Mining for conflict 21:13 Q3 | Preparing for conflict 29:36 Q4 | Reasons for conflict 36:29 OT | The conflict curve 44:40 2OT | Assessing your conflict m...

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 p...

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 Frankl 22:41 Q3 | The blame self-assessment 29:26 Q4 | The space between stimulus and response 38:00...

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...

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 htt...

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-NeZMvPA To learn more about Lisa Sams' "Work into Wellness"...

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" pl...

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 |...

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.cfm Chapters: 00:00 PG...

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 resu...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue the conversation about setting goals that stick beyond "Quitter's Day" (Recorded 12 January 2021).  Chapters: 00:00 PG | Happy Birthday Spencer! 06:12 Q1 | The high failure of New Year's resolutions 13:32 Q2 | The resolution tradition and negative impacts 19:59 Q3 | The importance of correct assumptions 27:02 Q4 | Pyrrhic goals 34:51 OT | Goal setti...