Radical Optimism for Relentless Times
How do high-performing leaders turn uncertainty into a competitive advantage? Discover the four non-negotiables of radical optimism, why Personal Readiness is the foundation, and how the world's top executives build authentic self-belief and lead their teams through adversity without burning out.
Redefining What it Means to be Human
Discover Deb Bubb's journey from HR leader to founder of The Institute for Moral Imagination, where she uses creativity and neuroscience to enhance professional and personal growth.
Fundamental Force: How Core Principles Propelled a Record-Breaking Global Cycle
Laura Penhaul (Chief Innovation Officer, TIGNUM) was Mark Beaumont's performance manager when he set out to pedal the globe in less than 80 days. It wasn't just a triumph of endurance; it was a masterclass in prioritizing fundamental gains over marginal ones.
A Game-Changing Vacation
Having quality time off is vital to sustaining your performance. With summer break coming up for many, we share our strategies for approaching vacations purposefully. Learn how to get exactly what you need from your summer break and maximize your recovery.
The Leader's Loneliness
Leadership has many benefits, but it also has many challenges and many unfortunate truths. One of those unfortunate truths is that leadership can often be lonely. The fact is that the higher up you move on the leadership ladder, the lonelier it can be. In this TIGNUM Thought, Scott Peltin discussed how to deal with feelings of loneliness as a leader.
The Invisible Fatigue
Fatigue is a funny thing. Sometimes you know exactly where it comes from, like when you've been sick, sleep-deprived, or moved furniture all day, but other times it seems to come out of nowhere.
Getting Stronger in the Storm
When facing life's storms, it feels like we are pushing against the wind. Things are unpredictable, uncertain, and hard. We may even make assumptions that these storms will surely lead to burnout. But is this true?
Growing on the go
Too often we think the limiting factor to our personal growth is time. In reality, the more experiences we encounter, the more opportunities we have to learn.
The Evolution of TIGNUM: Wellness is Not Sustainable Human Performance
In this special episode, TIGNUM’s Co-Founders answer some great questions from our listeners and clients about the future of work and Sustainable Human Performance and how to be personally ready for the challenges ahead.
Unleashing People to Do Their Life's Best Work
Dedicated people with high expectations can amplify their impact both at work and at home. It works both directions. Deb Bubb (Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Optum) shares how becoming a better mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend made her a better leader at work.
Building Your Self-Belief
Confidence and belief are two of the most elusive performance skills for both teams and individuals. All human beings experience self-doubt, but not all of us leverage self-doubt to grow. This episode offers a set of tools and strategies you can use to build self-belief in your team and yourself, starting today.
Mastering the Reset to Lead Forward with Tracy Smith
Tracy Smith (College Baseball Coach, Entrepreneur) talks about the benefits of doing personal and professional resets. As a coach he uses resets to support his players and build belief. Business professionals can do the same.
On Oscillation
Our TIGNUM performance experts discuss the importance of integrating purposeful recovery breaks into our days and years. They share ideas on powerful micro-breaks and how even 30 seconds can change the game.
Leaders and executives do well to recognize the value of recovery- oscillation is a strategic must for high performance at work.
Symptoms or Causes- Get to the Root of Human Performance in Business
How can companies expect better outcomes if they never address the root causes of low performance? In this conversation, TIGNUM founders Scott Peltin and Jogi Rippel dissect common misconceptions about human performance in the corporate world. Sharing stories, data, and their expertise, they leave no doubt about what it takes to create actual performance gains: make people stronger.
Embracing Uncertainty Like a Leader
As human beings, there is nothing that drains us more than uncertainty. At the same time, we're surrounded by it. Leaders like Roslynn Willams (Chief People Officer, Dun & Bradstreet) sometimes appear super-human in their ability to handle uncertainty, but the truth is, this appearance is the product of a deliberate system.
Do You Have the Skills to Own Your Mindset?
Ownership is one of the many skills that can make up a performance mindset. Like all performance mindset skills, ownership isn’t some genetic trait you are born with or not. Instead, it's something that can and must be developed and grown over time.
How Choices Create Perseverance
In this episode, Scott Peltin talks with serial entrepreneur and high performance culture-builder, Jeff Rosenblum (Partner, FB Capital Partners).
Listen as Jeff shares his mindset around creating habits by focusing on the benefits he seeks and identifying the choices he can make to achieve them.
Organizational Success Depends on Your Impact
In this conversation, Penny Heaton (CEO, Gates Medical Research Institute) shares the strategies that she used to combat decision fatigue, maintain confidence, and build emotional control as she grew Gates MRI at rapid speed. She provides an excellent roadmap for how to live and lead Sustainable Human Performance across the organization.
True Turnaround Mindset
In this episode, Carsten Hellmann (President/ CEO, ALK) shares how he was able to do massive turnarounds in companies - with the same people and the same products. He doubled and tripled the value of companies by changing the belief system of the employees and providing what they needed to be at their best.
Leveraging Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is a universal human experience, yet it's consistently associated with exhaustion, fear, freezing, and even burnout. This TIGNUM Thought teaches you how to reframe imposter syndrome to use it as a catalyst for growth.