New research from Harvard has found that most teams - the heart of an organization's ability to get things done and be productive - are ineffective.
They move too slow and are not innovative. What’s worse, most leaders have no clue why – they resort to gutfeel and guesswork to understand their teams.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
Our proprietary study of 72,000 people, just published in Harvard Business Review, discovered the factors that get teams and organizations unstuck - and enable them to be high performing.
And you now can bring this powerful message to your team’s next meeting or conference to help you achieve your most ambitious goals.
Dr. JP Pawliw is the #1 choice for a keynote speaker on building high-performing teams and organizations.
Dr. JP Pawliw has spent his life applying science and research preparing people and organizations to meet their biggest challenges. He not only inspires, but moves audiences to action by offering practical tools to drive better business and personal outcomes.
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"I do not say this lightly – the most powerful keynote I have ever heard. JP was charged with setting the tone for the rest of the week. He clearly over-delivered!”
- Pfizer
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- U.S. Navy
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- IBM
About Dr. JP Pawliw
Top Booked Keynote Speaker on Leadership and High Performing Teams, NY Times Best Selling Author, Host of Last 8% Morning Podcast, Co-Founder of IHHP
Award-winning Entrepreneur
JP co-founded an organization that became a Profit 100 Fastest Growing Company*.
New York Times Best Selling Author
Perfoming Under Pressure is available in 65+ countries and named by INC. Magazine Best Business Book of the Year.
Highest rated business school lecturer
JP's leadership course at Kellogg Graduate School of Management consistently rated highest with executives.
Top rated leadership keynote speaker
JP has delivered hundreds of keynotes to leading organizations worldwide. He brings the perfect balance of an energizing performance blended with science-based tools to drive results and behavior change.
JP's Most requested speaking topics
Last 8% Conversations
Why the conversations you are not having are holding you back from great innovation.
Performing Under Pressure
Learn how to use the pressure your organization is facing to meet it's biggest challenges.
THE NEED FOR RISK
Why leading and innovating through disruption and change is about people, not technology.
find out more about jp's New York Times Bestselling book
Performing Under Pressure tackles the greatest obstacle to personal success, whether in a sales presentation, at home, on the golf course, interviewing for a job, or performing onstage at Carnegie Hall.
Companies & Organizations JP has worked with
The Last 8% Leader Assessment: Stop Using Guesswork to Understand the Performance of Your Team - Unlock Your Team’s Potential by Making the Invisible Visible.
The Last 8% Assessment gives you insight into the factors that enable the most important quality of high performing teams: the ability to take interpersonal risk.
The Last 8% Assessment helps transform the intangible cultural dynamics of a team into measurable insights, by providing a map for you and your team to understand where you’re positioned, and where you want to go to be high performing. It will:
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Our assessment reveals the invisible forces—fear, lack of trust and disconnection—that hinder risk-taking and effectiveness.
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Move beyond gut feelings with data-driven clarity on what’s holding your team back.
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This isn’t just a report—it’s a strategic tool to reshape team culture and unlock performance. You will learn what your contribution to the culture of your team is, and how you can take ownership of it so you can achieve your most ambitious goals.
