Talent Whisperers®
Quietly motivating and developing leaders of great talent
We’ve mapped Jordan Peterson’s existential insights to the physical structures of the brain. Discover why having an ‘Aim’ is a biological necessity and how the T.H.R.I.V.E. loop provides the steering mechanism for the human journey. Read More
What’s something most people don’t understand? Pretty much all criticism that lands only does so because some inner voice within us, probably implanted in childhood, gets triggered that gives that criticism some form of credibility. We are typically the harshest judges of ourselves and things that happen to us. Our inner voices can tell us… Read More
The Talent Whisperers Pages are the living center of my work — shaped by decades of experience across eleven disruptive companies and continually updated through new roles, conversations, and learning. Before exploring the blog posts, start with the pages to see the full frameworks on leadership, coaching, human transformation, and resilience. These perspectives evolve over time and are shared as invitations to adapt, question, and grow. Read More
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In Skiing, Life & Business – Focus on the Path not the Trees. Read More
What is the root cause of a 10x engineer? Are “10x Engineers” mythical creatures that exist only in our imagination or are they real? Read More
Weathering Storms is the secret to startup success. There may be paradigm shifts in the market or the economy, your product-market-fit hypothesis may have been wrong, or there could be a pandemic. Read More
Generative AI is here and growing very fast. A quick overview of why you should be paying attention. Read More
New hires present the best opportunityto put employees on their path to achieve their greatest potential. There are three very impactful people in determining the joy, success and fulfillment an employee finds in their job… Read More
In developing talent within an organization, there are times where an individual contributor , often one that has excelled as an engineer, may be interested in becoming a manager. Read More
Building bridges between product and engineering is enabled by providing thoughtful problem statements. Read More
Radical Candor is an overlooked asset in creating high-performance teams when that candor is built upon a foundation of trust. I’ve discovered that evoking transformation can often require radical candor. However, when properly applied, the transformation can resemble a metamorphosis. Read More
Trust but Clarify is a valuable practice often overlooked in many analyzing data rituals. We may follow best practices for bringing the most value to customers. Yet, we may still go awry if we simply follow principle and trust completely what the data is telling us. Read More
The WEF estimates that it will take the U.S. another 208 years to reach gender equality. So, women and minorities may need to lean in for some time. As leaders though, we should lean out to create space so others may lean in. Read More
In Talent Code, Daniel Coyle describes deep learning via short repetitions, feedback loops. I have applied this approach in coaching sports and in business. Read More
Leaders inspire people to persevere in the face of adversity and ultimately derive energy from the challenge of confronting their villains. Read More
Along with the virtues of Agile Software Development also can come some destructive downsides that can erode trust and effectiveness within your company culture. Read More
Lessons from the inspirational Death Crawl scene of Facing the Giants are applicable to various forms of leadership. Read More