Every day, leaders have to live on the continuum that falls between visionary and do-it-now.  They have to sort out whether something is a problem to be solved or a situation to be managed.  They have to see things from the company’s point of view and the other person’s — the employee, the customer, or the vendor.  This session will focus on helping leaders expand their problem solving “peripheral vision,” see more solutions or management options, find the appropriate balance between seemingly opposite concepts such as optimism and skepticism that allow for good decisions and action.  This type of mental flexibility is essential of high performing leaders.

•  Increase mental flexibility so that leaders have a greater range of options in any situation.  See “panoramic” solutions vs. “telephoto” ones.
• Navigate the conflicts and contradictions that leaders encounter in their jobs.
• Learn to identify whether an issue is a problem to solve or a situation to manage.

Dr. Megan Neyer is the founder and principal of Total Performance Systems, Inc., a company that specializes in individual, team and organizational performance with businesses and athletic teams. Her services include performance coaching, leadership development, and employee selection and retention.  She also focuses on integrative medicine, working with difficult health related issues.  Dr. Neyer has worked with executives, coaches and athletes of all levels for 20 years. Dr. Neyer received her undergraduate and doctorate degrees with emphases in performance and health psychology from the University of Florida and is a licensed and nationally certified counselor, as well as a trained mediator.  She is a former world-class competitive diver whose accomplishments include 3 and 10-meter springboard Olympian, a World Springboard Champion, 15-time US Diving National Champion, 8-time SEC and NCAA champion, and multi-time international champion. She has been inducted into the University of Florida and International Swimming Halls of Fame.