Teamwork

If an organization fails to evaluate behavior early on, an individual contributor with bad habits eventually becomes an executive who destroys culture at scale. And when that happens, unlearning those bad behaviors is nearly impossible.

I’m absolutely convinced that everyone around you, on your executive team, in middle management, or two levels down, has hidden encodings. They have gifts they might not even realize they possess.

Dr. Williams’s story begins far from the executive suite. At the age of 13, navigating the emotional turbulence of her parents' divorce, she found herself at a Greyhound bus station in Houston with a nickel in her pocket, headed for Dallas. It was a literal and figurative "Brink" moment.

Whether in business, arts and entertainment, non-profits or sports, championship teams are built on a foundation of talent, work ethic, coachability, and teamwork.