Valerio Pascotto is the co-founder of IGEOS (eye jee-os), which he built together with Tim Gallwey (author of Inner Game of Tennis and other Inner Game books). IGEOS serves as a resource for global business leaders to strengthen their teams’ passion for excellence and create a workplace consonant with human values.
Valerio is also a Senior Partner at Illustra, where he leads his team in designing and delivering workshops and coaching for leadership performance optimization. Valerio has a Doctoral Degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University and is a licensed psychologist practicing in marriage, family, and child counseling. He is an official member of the Forbes Coaches Council, inspiring readers around the world through articles on change management, team-building, and leadership performance.
Top Takeaways: The Inner Game of Excellence with Valerio Pascotto
- We weren’t interested in risk; we created a simulator for teams to work together
- Business can be a force for good
- Business can still be profitable while making a difference in our community
- Unfortunately, in business, the default mindset is often “what’s in it for me”
- Through curiosity, not coercion helping teams to work together
- What works in mindset, moving people from takers to givers
- Investing in and practicing a team mindset is much more rewarding
- Is there a difference in offensive and defensive “what’s in it for me”?
- Part of breaking down “what’s in it for me” is building up confidence within that person
- There is a lot more confidence when I work with strength
- Uncomfortability creates action
- Hire for mindset, attitude, and train for skill
- Quality of leadership defined by accountability
- Accountability is the ability to be counted on
- It is easy to listen to respond, much harder to listen to understand
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy C. Edmondson
Movie: Easy Rider & One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Leadership Superpower: Influencing
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable cite=”Antoine de Saint Exupery”]If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea[/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant
Additional Items Mentioned
Valerio’s website: igeos.net
