316. The Invisible Barriers Holding Your Team Back with Mick Spiers
About this episode
Mick Spiers discusses the invisible barriers that hinder team progress, emphasizing the role of fear and assumptions.
Have you ever looked at a team that’s working hard and still thought, “Why are we not moving?” That gap rarely comes down to talent. I’m reflecting on the biggest leadership lessons I heard across three very different conversations this March and the pattern is blunt: what holds people back is usually interference. Fear. Hesitation. Labels that shrink what someone thinks they’re allowed to try. Assumptions nobody has challenged in years. I connect the dots between innovation, cognitive scien...
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Host: Mick Spiers
Topics covered
- leadership
- team dynamics
- innovation
- cognitive science
- interference
- fear
- assumptions
Keywords
- leadership lessons
- team performance
- innovation barriers
- cognitive science
- fear in teams
- assumptions
- team dynamics
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