Teamwork - A Better Way

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue their "Grace Under Pressure" series, with a focus on the high trait of extroversion and how it manifests in challenging times (recorded May 28, 2020).

Chapters:
00:00 PG | Burger time!
03:45 Q1 | The PDP Global remote working survey
11:26 Q2 | Competing communication styles (W.A.I.T.)
19:02 Q3 | Extroverts under pressure
26:03 Q4 | The importance of sincerity / optimism
33:26 OT | How optimism fades
39:18 2OT | W.A.I.T. for high pace / conformists

The Team Performance - Winning Ways for Uncertain Times podcast, hosted by Spencer Horn and Christian Napier, welcomes Jesse Ferrell for a conversation on race in Episode 14 - Let's Talk.

Jesse Ferrell, Managing Partner at JessTalk Speaking & Coaching Firm is an international speaker, executive coach and best-selling author. Jesse is a sought after advisor to Fortune 500 and multilevel entrepreneur leaders, sports professionals and business people for his life and business coaching expertise.  
 
He has spent over 36 years in corporate America in executive leadership positions running the marketing departments for multi-billion dollar hotel casinos on the Las Vegas strip. Today he travels the world speaking and coaching leaders and executives for gaming and hospitality companies.

Chapters:
00:00 1 | Welcome Jesse!
06:46 2 | "Seven people"
13:52 3 | A second offering / speaking to cops
20:11 4 | Speaking to cops (cont'd)
25:44 5 | Occam's razor

You can see a selection of Jesse's C.O.P.S. keynote in Chicago last year on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/yGvPTV0NVC4

Spencer Horn and Christian Napier are joined by one of the world's premiere major event experts to discuss how to build resilience, live our inner calm and lead with compassion during troubling times (recorded May 22, 2020).

PRE-GAME
00:38 - Welcome Jacqui!

1ST QUARTER
02:32 - The origins of Breathe / Jacqui's personal journey

2ND QUARTER
07:11 - Executive burnout
11:05 - The COVID-19 surveys

3RD QUARTER
15:45 - Different pandemic experiences
18:42 - Resolving anxiety

4TH QUARTER
21:28 - Becoming prepared for future unknowns
24:11 - Developing emotional intelligence

OVERTIME
25:55 - "Players' coaches"
28:18 - Maintaining mental fitness / baking bread in Switzerland

DOUBLE OVERTIME
33:32 - Why camels?

Jennifer Lier, founder of National Keynote Speakers continues her conversation with Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share her inspirational, transformative story with important lessons for emerging successfully from the COVID-19 pandemic (recorded May 12, 2020).

PRE-GAME
00:39 - Jennifer Lier returns!
01:45 - Hymn of the Week

1ST QUARTER
05:34 - "The inability to get comfortable
07:58 - Making weight

2ND QUARTER
10:39 - Lessons from youth
14:36 - Karaoke bars

3RD QUARTER
17:26 - What if I didn't meet Linda? / Keeping focus
21:30 - Make friends with your emotions

4TH QUARTER
24:44 - "If you knew..."
27:05 - The Johnny Carson scale

OVERTIME
30:21 - Taking our own advice

DOUBLE OVERTIME
34:49 - Two more stories
39:18 - "The Business of Love"

The Productivity Specialist, Amber De La Garza, joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to talk about how team leaders and business owners can invest their best time into their best activities and achieve their best results (recorded May 11, 2020).

PRE-GAME
01:05 - Amber joins us from Las Vegas!
04:32 - How to define productivity

1ST QUARTER
06:27 - "Be ruthlessly decisive"
07:42 - How to identify your highest value activities

2ND QUARTER
11:01 - "What if you ask a different question?"
12:52 - A fight for survival / get in the right mindset

3RD QUARTER
15:42 - Doubling down
18:00 - Focusing on the right things

4TH QUARTER
20:09 - "Time is our most precious commodity"
21:52 - The misnomer of productivity tools

OVERTIME
24:20 - "The shiny object syndrome"
26:25 - Wearing more hats than ever
28:27 - One piece of advice

The founder of National Keynote Speakers and event expert Jennifer Lier joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share her journey, COVID-19 response, lessons learned, impressions and some Linda Ronstadt! (recorded May 6, 2020).

PRE-GAME
00:41 - Welcome Jennifer!
05:27 - From entertainer to business owner

1ST QUARTER
07:25 - Polaroid and beyond
10:37 - How do we choose what we want to do?

2ND QUARTER
14:35 - Saying yes / doing what you love is hard work
16:43 - The process of overcoming fear

3RD QUARTER
19:41 - Getting an education through life
23:25 - Remaining calm under pressure

4TH QUARTER
25:52 - What is 90% of learning?
28:06 - Pivoting during a pandemic

OVERTIME
31:32 - What happens if you fail?
34:05 - Advice from Marylin Monroe

DOUBLE OVERTIME
38:55 - "It has taken a village to build me!" / Linda Ronstadt
40:53 - The importance of preparation

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss how understanding team member traits can help overcome communication challenges and build unity during trying times (recorded April 27, 2020).

PRE-GAME
00:56 - A shout out to Mom
01:59 - Grace under pressure

1ST QUARTER
05:57 - Identifying behavioral styles / high traits
09:25 - Inhabiting multiple quadrants / understand yourself

2ND QUARTER
12:40 - Brutal honesty
14:32 - Small and simple things / the PDP assessment tool

3RD QUARTER
18:40 - PDP research / pandemic responses
20:36 - Laying aside our biases / the truth comes out

4TH QUARTER
24:49 - Opposites attract / a slow fuse
28:32 - Preparing for the podcast / "I'm not reading it"

OVERTIME
31:48 - Becoming aware
33:24 - Direct v indirect communication

DOUBLE OVERTIME
37:36 - Immediate change and staying the course 

Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue their focus on the most important team of all - family - with special guests Melissa Cooper and James and Shelby Arrington discussing the impact of COVID-19 on teenage children (recorded April 25, 2020).

PRE-GAME
00:35 - Guest introductions

1ST QUARTER
06:10 - How teenagers are handling stay safe, stay home
09:15 - Maintaining structure with one teenager

2ND QUARTER
12:51 - Unity from diversity
14:48 - Changing discipline
16:50 - Technology impacts

3RD QUARTER
20:19 - Learning through consequences
23:53 - Teenagers and sports

4TH QUARTER
28:56 - Techniques to keep children engaged
32:06 - Handling anxiety 
34:13 - Dating at a distance

OVERTIME
37:11 - Parking lot
39:25 - Teenagers and personal responsibility

DOUBLE OVERTIME
41:19 - Adversity can bring family together

Continuing our "team family" theme, special guest Judith Bunnell joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss the Georgetown Street Safari (recorded April 17, 2020).

PRE-GAME
00:37 - Introducing Judith Bunnell
02:58 - A Harvard beginning

1ST QUARTER
05:19 - What is the Georgetown Street Safari?
08:19 - A mother and daughter project

2ND QUARTER
11:33 - How social distancing brings us closer

3RD QUARTER
14:54 - Fresh from CNN
16:30 - Parents' feedback

4TH QUARTER
20:19 - Bridging generations 

OVERTIME
23:46 - Changing education
25:57 - Not your stereotypical entrepeneur 

Starting with this episode, hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier focus on the most important team of all - family - with special guests Rebecca Leneway and Emily Parker (recorded April 10, 2020).

PRE-GAME
01:17 - Welcome Rebecca and Emily!

1ST QUARTER
04:57 - The transition to working from home
08:21 - Home with young children

2ND QUARTER
10:50 - "You are a saint!"
13:10 - Stealing your idea / Softball practice with Zoom

3RD QUARTER
14:51 - Changing eating habits
17:05 - Frosting - no cake!

4TH QUARTER
20:32 - "Quarantainment" on Slack
22:21 - Connecting with 65 kids 
24:41 - Losing structure

OVERTIME
26:22 - How to keep a healthy attitude
32:48 - Inadequacy is in my genetic make up