Your best people are busy — they are just never at their best. And the reason might be you.

Shawn Vanderhoven is the author of Pause and a partner at The Wiseman Group. He measured distraction across 150 companies and found the number one thing holding people back from their very best work: "I'm not clear. I don't really know what success looks like."

In this episode of The Genius Effect, Shawn joins Donnie Tuttle to explain why successful teams go 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction — and what leaders can do about it. They dig into the difference between a bias towards action and a bias towards impact, why productivity is a social problem, and the small deliberate pauses that help teams get clearer, protect deep work, and clear out what is stealing their attention.

Shawn also shares the story of the workshop attendee who slammed his hand on the table, the 12 performance pauses his research uncovered, and a delegation habit — "tune in before you jump in" — that changes everything.

Connect with Shawn:
Take the quiz + get the book — https://pausebook.co
Shawn on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnvanderhoven/

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