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This episode discusses the importance of mid-project resets for high performance teams to acknowledge progress and maintain energy.

High Performance Teams Don't Just Work Hard - They Reset Think about the last big project your team completed. What happened the moment it was done? My guess is - not much. A brief exhale, perhaps a quick well done in the next team meeting, and then straight into the next thing. Because there’s always a next thing. In this episode of The Leaders Kitbag, I explore one of the most common patterns I see when working with teams: near-constant forward motion, with no real pause until the end of the year. Eleven months of pushing, and a few brief moments of reflection. That’s not a rhythm, it’s survival. Drawing on a lesson from my first 86-mile ultramarathon, I share why the halfway reset wasn’t just useful, it was essential. And why the same principle applies directly to how you lead your team. Because without a deliberate mid-stretch pause, there’s just constant effort with no acknowledgement of progress, no chance to learn, and no real reset before the next chapter begins. In this episode, you will learn: Why most teams only ever reset once a year, and why that’s not enough What an 86-mile ultramarathon taught me about breaking a big challenge into manageable chapters Why…

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