Teamwork - A Better Way

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 | Welcome Chip and Josh!06:51 Q1 | Protecting the organization from COVID-1914:18 Q2 | The analytics approach23:35 Q3 | Avoiding data overload32:00 Q4 | Asking the right questions of the data40:29 OT | AI and eliminating bias

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.cfmChapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Dr. Magee!07:35 Q1 | Are you committed to what you do?15:00 Q2 | The Player Capability Index Model24:10 Q3 | Continuing the formula - Moneyball28:54 Q4 | When to buck conventional wisdom34:50 OT | The Trajectory  Code - an evergreen perspective

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 results (Recorded 13 January 2021).Chapters:00:00 PG | Welcome Maureen and Todd!07:01 Q1 | A carefully crafted strategy13:18 Q2 | Challenging new ways of working22:33 Q3 | Cost-savings in a pandemic28:54 Q4 | Following your own tune34:50 OT | The outlook for 2021

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 resolutions13:32 Q2 | The resolution tradition and negative impacts19:59 Q3 | The importance of correct assumptions27:02 Q4 | Pyrrhic goals34:51 OT | Goal setting guidance

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 change25:04 Q3 | Feeling progress every day35:20 Q4 | A strategic approach46:57 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 concept18:16 Q2 | "At your best to be your best"25:57 Q3 | The personalized approach32:40 Q4 | Team performance applications40:19 OT | Wrap up

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 professional20:10 Q4 | A factor of four29:32 OT | The gift of criticism

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-up04:50 Q1 | Marilyn introduction11:31 Q2 | The front row philosophy16:40 Q3 | Two choices26:03 Q4 | Populating the front row34:16 OT | The ultimate front row seat

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 gratitude14:05 Q2 | A mother's story22:28 Q4 | The memory that destroys all negativity32:53 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 introduction10:21 Q1 | Living in a VUCA world (delete after 16:25)16:38 Q2 | The meaning of VUCA26:27 Q3 | Relinquish control, unleash productivity33:51 Q4 | A design mindset 42:56 OT | The struggle to let go