Dr. TC North
High Performing Teams
A Surprising Trait of Great Innovative Leaders
Great leaders often possess a trait that may initially seem counterintuitive: They want you to change their mind. This mindset, rooted in curiosity and humility, is a hallmark of those with healthy egos. While decisiveness is undoubtedly an important leadership trait,...
The Road to Success Is Filled With the Potholes of Failure
We often don’t appreciate that failure is valuable or that there are two types of failures, some that are valuable learning failures and some that are dangerous. The value of learning failures. Babies must build strength, balance, and coordination before they can...
What’s Leadership Love and How Is It Expressed?
“Everyone has two choices. We’re either full of love…or full of fear.” — Albert Einstein Is it good to work for a boss who loves you? For the past 38 years, I’ve helped entrepreneurs develop high-performance cultures and businesses. For the first 26 years, I never...
Overcome Burnout – Using A Very Different Approach
Feeling burned out and want to overcome burnout? You’re not alone! Here are some staggering statistics: 76% of respondents in a Mental Health America and FlexJobs study agreed that workplace stress affects their mental health, and 75% experienced burnout during the...
The Project Management Trifecta™ Can Pay Off Big
If you win the trifecta in horse racing, you win BIG! It's also true in business. About 30 years ago, I worked with a graphic design company near Aspen, Colorado. By most standards, they were very successful. Their loyal, repeat clients loved them; they had excellent...
The 3 Things Entrepreneurs Should Coach Employees On
To have a high-performance entrepreneurial team or organization, you must have people who live the company’s values (right people) in positions where they have the skills to be high performers (right seats). You must also lead, manage and hold accountable each of your...
The Surprising Gender Difference No One Seems to Know
If you are a leader or in sales, you'll want to know this gender difference! When communication is important, you’ll want to know how to apply this gender difference. New neuroscience research has found that humans can pass extremely specific behaviors from one...
5 Ways to Have Mindful Meetings – Mindful Leadership
Many meetings are mind-numbing, not mindful. How much time do you spend in business meetings? Are they more mindful or dreadful? High performing teams generally have engaging and highly effective meetings. Atlassian surveyed individuals about meetings and made some...
Create High Motivation – Match Competency and Challenge
Feeling unmotivated? How about burned out?When you are engaged in tasks that don’t challenge you, you’re likely to be bored, unmotivated and not highly productive. Conversely, when you take on challenges that are significantly more difficult than your competency...