This episode features an interview with John Foley, former lead pilot of the Blue Angels, keynote speaker and bestselling author. After more than 20 years in the military, flying jets off aircraft carriers and performing in Fleet Week, John is an expert on high performance teams. In this episode, he discusses how to improve team performance by 300% by creating a culture of excellence. He explains how to do that by building a high level of trust, a commitment to improvement and the idea that a spot on the team has to be earned.
3 Takeaways:
- Show your team what excellence looks like. Give them a visual that will help define their goal.
- Cultivate connections and alignments among team members to drive them towards a common goal.
- Establish a feedback loop of data to inform the team of what is – or isn’t – working with a debrief process.
Speaker: John Foley, Former Lead Pilot, Blue Angels; Lauren Vaccarello, CMO, Talend