We all have them… blind spots. No matter how hard you try they will always be there. So it’s important for leaders to develop the skills to not only identify their own blind spots but their team’s blind spots as well. This is where this episode’s guest comes into play.
Meet Jason
Jason Treu (Troy) is an executive coach who works with executives, entrepreneurs and rising stars to maximize their leadership potential and performance. He also helps them build and execute their career blueprint. He’s the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on building extraordinary business relationships, which has sold more than 45,000 copies. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Wilmington 2017, where he debuted his breakthrough team building game Cards Against Mundanity. Finally, he hosts the podcast show, Executive Breakthroughs, bringing game-changing CEOs, entrepreneurs, and experts that share their breakthroughs and breakdowns.
Timestamped Overview
- His background and how he got into executive coaching
- How leaders can identify blind spots within their mindset and replace them with proper habits
- Why understanding a leader’s childhood is so important in identifying blind spots.
- How identifying blind spots helps to build teams
- How a leader can take all the information of knowing their blind spots, pattern recognition, building teams and turn it all into effective habits and routines.
Guest Resources
If you’re interested in learning more about Jason or working with him, then check out his resources:
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About the Host
Scott McCarthy
Scott McCarthy is a retired Canadian Army Lieutenant-Colonel, executive leader, leadership coach, and founder of Moving Forward Leadership. During his 25-year military career, Scott led organizations responsible for complex operations, national supply-chain capabilities, and billions of dollars in assets. He now brings that experience into the private sector through his executive role with Arcanus while continuing to coach senior leaders and executives.
Scott is the host of the Peak Performance Leadership podcast, where he has had more than 300 conversations with leaders, authors, executives, and experts about what leadership looks like when theory meets reality. His work centres on the 3 Domains of Leadership: Leading Yourself, Leading Your Team, and Leading Your Organization. He is also the author of You Don’t Know Sh*t About Leadership: And Neither Do I, a practical and candid look at what leadership really demands when you’re the one responsible for getting results through people.
Transcript
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