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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2026-06-22 · 40 min · 7,800 words

1163: The Surprising Keys to Superior Team Performance with Ron Friedman

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Talk about one change that you'd like them to consider the next time they do the task. And that will lead people to be far more receptive to your feedback and is far more likely to improve their performance. That's Ron Friedman. He's an award-winning psychologist and the Founder of Ignite 80, a learning and development company that teaches leaders science-based strategies for building high-performing teams.

His new book, Super Teams, The Science and Secrets of High-performing Teams, is a science-backed playbook for unlocking the hidden potential in teams. So you'll learn one, the three strengths that separate super teams from average teams, two, why managing energy and attention matters more than working harder, and three, the feedback approach that encourages lasting behavior change. And if you want a quick summary write up about the actionable takeaways that Ron shares, I encourage you to sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter, which you can find on over at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete Makitis.

This is how to be awesome at your job. And now here's Ron. Ron, welcome back. Thanks for having me, Pete. Well I'm excited to talk about super teams and I'd love it if you could maybe kick us off with a particularly fascinating, exciting discovery you've made while putting this together.

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