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Care About and Challenge Each Other – The Two Keys to Team Performance

I’ve been a part of lots of teams, in sports and business, and over the past 20 years I’ve had a chance to work with many high-performing teams, at companies like Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Schwab, eBay, and others. I’ve also studied the core elements of team achievement. Through all of my experience and research, […]

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Are We Really All in This Together?

A lot has happened in the past few years since my book, We’re All in This Together: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging, was first published in the spring of 2020. I completed the manuscript for this book (which was just released this week in paperback) at the end of 2019. […]

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The Importance of Embracing Sweaty-Palmed Conversations

A mentor of mine said something to me years ago that I think about and reference often… “Mike, you know what stands between you and the kind of relationships you really want to have with people? It’s probably a 10-minute, sweaty-palmed conversation you’re too afraid to have. If you get good at those 10-minute, sweaty-palmed […]

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Four Keys to Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust and Belonging

Creating a strong team culture of high performance, trust, and belonging is essential to success, although it can be incredibly challenging to do, especially these days. When I was working on my latest book a few years ago, We’re All in This Together (which is just about to come out in paperback), I had no […]

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How to Balance Foundation and Vision

Having both a strong foundation and a strong vision is essential for growth—whether it’s for a team, relationship, business, or anything else. In order to thrive, we need both of these things, but finding a balance between the two can be challenging, especially these days. It’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day […]

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Is Self-Righteousness Preventing People From Listening to You?

How does it feel when people don’t listen to you? If you’re anything like me, it probably bugs you quite a bit. One of the reasons people may not be listening to us has to do with our self-righteousness, whether we’re aware of it or not. As someone who has studied, written, and spoken about […]

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It’s Okay to Disappoint People

How do you feel about disappointment? Many of us, myself included, focus on not disappointing others while at the same time protecting ourselves from being disappointed. As I’ve been looking at this more deeply, I’m amazed by how much stress, fear, and worry I experience in my attempts to avoid the disappointment of those around […]

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Embracing Paradox Brings Us Together

Embracing paradox is all about accepting that more than one thing can be true at the same time.  This is essential for us to do within our teams, families, communities, and the world for a number of reasons. Why is Embracing Paradox so Important? So many aspects of life and work are paradoxical, especially these […]

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How Do You Forgive Yourself?

How do you forgive yourself, especially when you feel shame and regret about things you have done in the past? Dealing with shame and regret isn’t easy. And forgiving yourself can be extremely difficult when you live in constant guilt and regret. Many of us carry hard, hurtful emotions that build with us as time […]

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The Power of Listening

How well do you listen to the people around you? Listening can be challenging, especially these days, but the power of listening is so important. When we listen, it allows us to better understand ourselves and other people too. However, with all of the distractions around us and within our own heads, it’s incredible that […]

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