Chris LaGarde

If you've ever sat through a team building exercise and thought "this is a waste of time" — you're probably not wrong. I've heard this from leaders across industries, and I understand the frustration. You take your team off-site. You do the activities. Everyone laughs, maybe bonds a little, and then you're all back at the office on Monday and nothing is different. The same tensions are still there. The same communication problems. The same people doing the same things that have always made...

Knowing your Enneagram type is interesting. Knowing how it shapes the way you lead is transformational. Once you understand your type, you start to see the patterns that have always been there — the tendencies you default to in high-stakes moments, the ways you naturally motivate others, the blind spots that show up under pressure. You also start to understand why some leadership styles feel completely natural and others feel like you're pretending. Here's a look at all 9 types through a...

Most people think leadership is about what you do. The strategies you execute, the decisions you make, the results you drive. And yes, all of that matters. But in my years of coaching leaders — from startup founders to corporate executives — I've found that the real separation between good and great almost always comes down to something less visible. It comes down to how you think. The leaders who consistently outperform aren't just smarter or more disciplined. They've made specific shifts in...