Teamwork - A Better Way

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...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss how to overcome "Quitter's Day" and set and keep goals by focusing on identity, priorities and habits (Recorded 5 January 2021).  Chapters: 00:00 PG | Happy New Year! 05:39 Q1 | "You have to prepare for adversity" 15:51 Q2 | Three levels of change 25:04 Q3 | Feeling progress every day 35:20 Q4 | A strategic approach 46:57 OT | The secret sauce

Premier major sport event consultant and corporate wellness expert Lisa Sams joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how to improve individual and team performance through an innovative, personalized epigenetic and biologically centered approach (Recorded 14 December 2020).  Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Lisa! 08:11 Q1 | The Work into Wellness concept 18:16 Q2 | "At your best to be...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss the importance of becoming and leading T-shaped professionals (Recorded 7 December 2020). Original article: https://www.itpro.com/business-strategy/recruitment/358002/how-to-become-a-t-shaped-employee  Chapters: 00:00 PG | A cold December morning  04:35 Q1 | "A day that will live in infamy" 12:32 Q2 | The concept of the T-shaped professional 20:10 Q4...

Hall of fame keynote speaker Marilyn Sherman joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how to incorporate a "front-row philosophy" into your own life and your organization (Recorded 1 December 2020).  Chapters: 00:00 PG | Thanksgiving wrap-up 04:50 Q1 | Marilyn introduction 11:31 Q2 | The front row philosophy 16:40 Q3 | Two choices 26:03 Q4 | Populating the front row 34:16 OT | The...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss the power of gratitude in a very personal and emotionally impactful episode (Recorded 20 November 2020).  Chapters: 00:00 PG | Our worst nightmare  07:41 Q1 | The healing power of gratitude 14:05 Q2 | A mother's story 22:28 Q4 | The memory that destroys all negativity 32:53 OT | The contagiousness of gratitude

Michel Thiry, Managing Partner, Valense Ltd., joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how to successfully navigate an uncertain business environment using a design mindset (Recorded 22 October 2020).  Chapters: 00:00 PG | Working on-site / Michel Thiry introduction 10:21 Q1 | Living in a VUCA world (delete after 16:25) 16:38 Q2 | The meaning of VUCA 26:27 Q3 | Relinquish control,...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier talk about handling situations when negative behavior is actually rewarded by organizations, using the Analyzing Performance Problems flowchart developed by Robert Mager and Peter Pipe (Recorded 14 October 2020). Here is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879618176/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Q5ozFbG9WEYYB   Chapters: 00:00 PG | A new airport 05:42 Q1 |...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue their discussion about team performance challenges, specifically managing consequences, using the Analyzing Performance Problems flowchart developed by Robert Mager and Peter Pipe (Recorded 7 October 2020). Here is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879618176/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Q5ozFbG9WEYYB   Chapters: 00:00 PG | Camping 04:40 Q1 | In...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss AI and its accelerating impact on careers, storytelling's essential nature and the importance of empathy (Recorded 29 September 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Spencer's keynote 05:00 Q1 | The coming AI disruption 10:19 Q2 | The importance of storytelling 16:39 Q3 | COVID accelerating AI 24:34 Q4 | AI voice 34:01 OT | Wrap up

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss how to effectively analyze and address team performance challenges, using the Analyzing Performance Problems flowchart developed by Robert Mager and Peter Pipe (Recorded 9 September 2020). Here is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879618176/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Q5ozFbG9WEYYB   Chapters: 00:00 PG | Windstorm! 07:52 Q1 | Grandaddy Lakes 15...

Jaclyn "Jax" Scott, a 17-year combat veteran with over 11 years in the Special Ops community as a Cyber/Electronic Warfare Warrant Officer and a lead cyber threat intel analyst and an instructor for cyber threat intel for Army Cyber, joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share her incredible personal journey along with ways to help take care of yourself and others (Recorded 26 August 2020). V...

Patrick Weems, Co-Founder, Emmett Till Interpretive Center Fellow at Monument Lab and W.K. Kellogg Foundation, joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how the foundation is aiding in racial healing and reconciliation (Recorded 18 August 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Patrick! 06:25 Q1 | Patrick's background / story of Emmett Till 17:33 Q2 | "I could finally exhale" 27:10 Q3 | Why y...

Annie Leib, "Empathetic Warrior" and host of Living with Annietude, joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how individuals and organizations can remove the physical and emotional toxins that keep us emotionally stuck (Recorded 12 August 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Annie! 09:10 Q1 | Toxicity role play 17:38 Q2 | An empathic soul / living with Annietude 29:42 Q3 | The cleansing p...

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier talk about the need for people to interact face-to-face and the impacts of working remotely (Recorded 30 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Time at the lake 07:28 Q1 | We are built for in-person interaction 13:05 Q2 | Google challenges  18:16 Q3 | Learning from remote work 23:37 Q4 | The need for balance   28:58 OT | Show wrap up

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier are joined by talent and recruiting expert Theresa Nordstrom who shares ideas to help leaders find the right people for their organizations (Recorded 30 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Theresa! 06:20 Q1 | A lack of innovation in recruitment 14:11 Q2 | "You have to have a visionary"  24:10 Q3 | Discipline or "sacrifice the cow" 32:14 Q4 | An Olympic...

On a very special conclusion of our four-part "international" miniseries, Mali Ambassador, Mayor and Two-Time Presidential Candidate Yeah Samake joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss the current political landscape in Mali and the US, the role of faith in leadership, and the incredible work the Empower Mali foundation is undertaking to make a difference in the lives of Mali citi...

The third of four "international" episodes brings global investor, entrepeneur and leader Thiago Ayres to the podcast, joining hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier from Curitiba, Brazil (recorded Tuesday 14 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Thiago! 07:15 Q1 | Iguazu Falls / what's working 16:22 Q2 | How are organizations pivoting?  23:43 Q3 | Blending remote and onsite work 30:18 Q4 | Pa...

In the second of four "international" episodes, Hadil Penalvert (currently in California, originally from Lebanon and raised in West Africa) discusses domestic abuse and creating a sense of community during COVID-19 (recorded Wednesday 8 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Hadil! 07:30 Q1 | Hadil's background 13:36 Q2 | COVID-19 and domestic abuse  19:09 Q3 | What to do in an unsafe situation...

The Team Performance podcast is going global! In the first of four episodes, Fahad Ahmed joins all the way from Pakistan to discuss how to build and strengthen  resilient relationships during these uncertain times (recorded Thursday 2 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Fahad! 08:09 Q1 | Relationships are everything 15:37 Q2 | COVID's impact on relationships  21:24 Q3 | Resiliency through lea...