Recent News and Blogs

Author: Christine Pretti Mounds of research has shown what we have intuitively known for years—the mind is a very, very powerful thing. Yet, very little time is spent on training mental skills, as opposed to technical skills. HigherEchelon’s Resilient and Adaptable Leader© program does just that. We train mental and emotional skills that form...

Authors: Jared Cohen and Haziel Bustillo, High Performance Coaches Stress at work, like in life, is common and should be expected. However, stress is not inherently a bad thing. Rather, it is one of the primary mechanisms by which your physiology and psychology adapt in order to increase capacity to deal with future demands....

Author | Katie Levy, Salesforce Consultant Many of us are accustomed to traveling to an office setting for work every day. Whether that office is a skyscraper, suburban campus, or somewhere else entirely, we get up, move through our morning routines, leave home, and head to brick and mortar buildings for work. At HigherEchelon,...

Author |  Jeremy Atkins and Shrujal Joshi, Performance Coaches Consider three scenarios: A basketball player who thinks the official made an incorrect call; a business professional whose computer crashed in the middle of a key meeting; a TSA officer dealing with an irate passenger. What do these three individuals have in common? They’re all...

Author: Sarah Charles, High Performance Coach A lot has been written about the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (measured as Emotional Quotient) and leadership capacity. However, for most, the question remains if EQ is a critical skill or just another politicized agenda cloaked in ‘education.’ Based on our experience at HigherEchelon Inc, we believe EQ...