Daniel Coyle on Elevating Group Performance

01/03/2019 49 min Episodio 12
Daniel Coyle on Elevating Group Performance

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Episode Synopsis

Our guest on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer is bestselling author, Daniel Coyle. Daniel has looked inside some of the world’s highest performing groups, including U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six, Pixar and the San Antonio Spurs, and lays out what their success has in common in his newest book, The Culture Code.
Daniel is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code, The Little Book of Talent and The Secret Race, a book he co-authored with former professional road bicycle racer, Tyler Hamilton.
Coyle and Hamilton also won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize in 2012.
When he’s not churning out award-winning, best-selling books, he is a contributing editor for Outside Magazine and works as a special advisor to the Cleveland Indians.
Show Notes

Why Dan switched from wanting to become a doctor to pursuing a career as a writer

A promise Dan made to the managing editor of Outside that he thinks helped land him his internship 20+ years ago

How writing The Talent Code inspired Dan to write The Culture Code


How a tennis ball sent Dan on a journey looking at great cultures around the planet

Three signaling behaviors that all high-performing groups follow

What San Antonio Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich did to create a safe environment for his players

What Daniel discovered about culture from studying Pixar, Navy Seal Team Six, etc. that surprised him


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