THE WEEKLY Hey, it's Laura and Jason. Welcome to Issue #2 of The Weekly UNLOK — where human potential meets organizational performance. In this week’s issue, we’re talking about what six people at a backyard party revealed about the way many companies think about performance. P.S. In case you missed it, the Peak of the Week is now The Weekly UNLOK. BEFORE WE GET INTO IT A few weeks ago, Laura joined Jay Olson and Lena Scullard on ‘What the HR’, one of the top HR podcasts in the country. They...
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THE WEEKLY Hey, it's Laura and Jason. You didn't just subscribe to a newsletter. You watched something come to life. Welcome to what it became... The Weekly UNLOK #1. In this week's issue: How this partnership started Who Jason is and what 25 years of building taught him What we believe together that neither of us could prove alone P.S. In case you missed it, the Peak of the Week is now The Weekly UNLOK. THE WEEKLY UNLOK #1 THE VERSION OF THIS STORY I DIDN'T EXPECT TO TELL I thought I knew...
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Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → The story that changed how I see transformation Why individual breakthroughs don’t stick inside broken environments What I’ve been building toward and where this newsletter is going next My Son Was Throwing Chairs I was at the bottom of the leaderboard, not in my body, crawling through...
27 days ago • 5 min read
Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → What happens to high performers when the standard is invisible Why unclear expectations are one of the most demoralizing things you can do to someone who cares The difference between a skills problem and a standards problem Read Time 4-5 minutes She Was Trying So Hard. For What? A few...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → The difference between being responsible for something and actually owning it What happens to your best people when they’re accountable but not empowered Why the decisions piling up on your desk aren’t a capacity problem Read Time 4-5 minutes She Had The Answer The Whole Time I was...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → What belonging actually is — and what we get wrong about it The slow, invisible thing that happens when it erodes Why the most important person on your team might already be gone Read Time 4-5 minutes Remember Who You Were On Day One? The night before a new job, most people can't...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → 15 years of conversations suddenly made complete sense What I noticed the first time I coached inside a leadership team What silence inside an organization is actually costing you Read Time 4-5 minutes I Had Always Been On The Wrong Side Of The Door For 15 years, I got the “after...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → The year my internal operating system completely collapsed What I discovered when I stopped blaming myself and started getting curious Why this changed how I see performance…in myself and in others Read Time 4-5 minutes The Number Lied To Me For Years For a long, long, long time I...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Your Peak of the Week Hey Reader, Welcome back to Peak of the Week — where we talk about what it really takes to perform at your best. As a person. As a leader. And increasingly, as an organization. This Week → The most important conversation happening inside your company right now Why your best people have already made the decision before you see it coming What 15 years of exit conversations taught me that no leadership book ever could Read Time < 4 minutes They Were Always Talking. Nobody...
2 months ago • 3 min read