Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS

by Shirzad Chamine

In a team composed of people with various PQ scores and PQ vortex radiuses, the team eventually settles at one collective team PQ, like a room full of grandfather clocks that eventually tick in synchrony. Our mirror neurons are responsible for this contagion effect. A great leader or team player knows how to shift the collective PQ of a team to above 75 so that each individual within the team is uplifted by it. Each individual within such a team is likely to exhibit higher PQ behavior than they would on their own. This is what it means when we say someone “brings out the best” in others. If Peter has a PQ of 60, he might exhibit fewer Saboteur tendencies and a stronger Sage when interacting within a high-PQ team. When he goes home, he’ll be back to a PQ of 60 in interactions with his family. I know people who are so uplifted by their team’s high-PQ dynamic that they find their work life far more fulfilling than their home life. They feel better about themselves and see a better version of themselves show up within such a team than on their own. If you are a member of a team, ask yourself this: Do you generally feel uplifted or dragged down when you interact with your team? You can ask the same question about your marriage or your relationship with your kids or parents.