The Post Game Podcast Ep. 27 - Bryan Gillette: Making the Ask, Confidence in Small Wins, Achieving EPIC Performance
Bryan Gillette is the founder and Principal Consultant for Summitting Group, a leadership, and organizational development consulting firm.
He is the author of EPIC Performance: Lessons from 100 Executives and Endurance Athletes on Reaching Your Peak.
Prior to launching his own business, he was on the executive committee as the VP of Human Resources for a global-technology company.
Bryan’s experiences includes coaching at all levels of issues such as change management, performance improvement, and communications.
He is also an endurance athlete, which some of his EPIC Accomplishments including running 205 miles around Lake Tahoe, Cycling 4,000 miles across the US, a marathon in Antarctica, among many others. What You’ll Learn About: If you don’t ask, the answer is no
Growing skills before you’re ready to take a leap “You can always try it for a year” How are you breaking down your 168 hours / week? How much are you willing to give and for how long?
Combatting imposter syndrome with small wins EPIC Performance - Envision, Put a plan in place, Iterate and learn, Collaborate with others, and Perform
Find out what you want to do and the people you want to be around Timestamps: (0:00) – Introduction to Bryan (3:25) – The number 102 (5:20) – If you don’t ask, the answer is no (7:15) – Beginning of his career (9:10) – Irony of HR to launching business (10:30) – Thought process behind starting his business (12:50) – If I don’t do this, I’ll regret not doing it (14:30) – Getting into endurance and ultra-distance stuff (15:30) – Having something big to focus on (17:00) – The element of insanity (18:45) – Connection between physical and mental (21:30) – Michael Jordan (22:30) – What are you willing to give up? (28:30) – Imposter Syndrome (29:20) – Confidence from small wins (31:20) – The first interviews won’t be great (32:20) – EPIC Performance (35:00) – Putting it into action (36:40) – Positive feedback on the book (38:30) – Bucket List (40:00) – Maintaining Levity (43:45) – Upcoming races / goals (44:45) – Impact of A.I. on work (47:50) – Figure out what you really enjoy (50:10) – Get in touch with Bryan
http://www.epicperformances.com
Intro Song Credit: “days go bye” by mike.