Today Kory shares the lessons from taking her leadership team offsite and deliberately putting them into an unfamiliar environment - a horse ranch. Jon and Kory explore why pattern disruption can help teams break old habits, the difference between a group of strong individual contributors and a genuinely connected team, and why getting outside your comfort zone can reveal how you really work together.

They also discuss the language of connection, learning to ask for help, why pressure isn't always the answer, and how to turn an offsite from a memorable experience into lasting behavioural change. Because however busy your team feels, sometimes stepping away from the work is exactly what helps you do the work better.

Links

• G.O.A.T. Wisdom Book
• EQ2 Horse Ranch Leadership Offsite

Timestamps

00:00 - Start

00:37 - Why Kory takes her team offsite

03:01 - Why you need to transform your team

04:14 - The power of pattern disruption

07:13 - Individual contributors vs working as a team

11:20 - Going out of your comfort zone

13:40 - The language of connection

18:21 - Learning how to ask for help

23:44 - The power is not in the pressure, it’s in the release

25:40 - How Kory is implementing the lessons in the team

27:03 - You’re too busy to not do this

Today, Jon and Kory open up their personal leadership toolbox, sharing the mental models and frameworks they rely on to make better decisions, communicate more effectively, and build high-performing teams.

From understanding your audience before creating content to aligning teams around a clear vision, raising the bar through belief and repetition, and creating dedicated thinking time, these are the practical tools that have shaped their careers. They also discuss why spending time with people smarter than you is one of the fastest ways to grow, and finish with the one framework that underpins everything else.

Timestamps

00:00 - Start
01:11 - Tools for your toolbox (in work and life)
01:57 - Framework 1: A.B.C. (Audience Before Content)
07:43 - Framework 2: A.B.C. (Always Be Curious)
09:14 - Framework 3: V.A.E. (Vision, Alignment, Execution)
13:43 - Framework 4: Raising the B.A.R. (Belief, Attention, Repetition)
18:08 - Bonus tool: spend time with people smarter than you
18:36 - Framework 5: 3, 5, 7, 9
22:31 - Framework 6: T Time!
26:43 - The framework to rule all frameworks

Today Jon and Kory explore the leadership habits that keep successful organisations moving forward. Drawing on research, personal experience and examples from some of the world's best businesses, they discuss why the strongest leaders surround themselves with people who will tell them the truth, stay relentlessly close to their customers, and never shy away from difficult conversations.

Timestamps

00:00 - Start
00:56 - How to stay grounded when you’re successful
02:52 - Does success drive complacency?
04:14 - What the data says about successful companies
06:07 - You need people that are prepared to tell you the truth
09:25 - Why you need to have the tough conversations
12:45 - Spend time with your customer
15:07 - The power of saying no
17:42 - Working with the right people
23:06 - Define your organisation
25:22 - Play to win