#130—JP Pawliw-Fry: Culture Under Pressure—The Last 8%

JP Pawliw-Fry, is world-renowned keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author, also coaches Navy Seals, professional athletes and their coaches on high performance. As the founder of IHHP and an expert in culture, leadership, and emotional intelligence, JP has helped some of the most successful Fortune 100 companies unlock their potential by fostering courageous, high-performing cultures. JPs research has led him to help organizations cultivate high-performing cultures by enabling employees to overcome fear and feel valued, have a voice, and feel safe to take risks and be courageous. Based on his insights from his book, Performing Under Pressure, we discuss the intersection of culture with individual psychology to create high-performing cultures. In this episode, JP shares: How pressure—and specifically cortisol—affects our perception, and why the idea that we work better under pressure...is a fallacy  His  theory of the 8% gap—how humans are programmed to perform well in 92% of cases, and then switch into “avoid or make a mess” mode when we get to the last 8% How you as a leader and organization can enable people operate in that 8% Why the right unit of measure of culture is not your organization or even your business unit, but your team (and the implications of this are for culture change)A interesting model for assessing culture  _______________________________________________________________________________Episode Timeline:00:00—Highlight from today's episode00:58—Introducing JP+ the topic of today’s episode02:53—If you really know me, you know that...03:35—Defining strategy and the role of culture05:52—Teaching as a catalyst for deeper learning and personal growth08:12—How team culture is forged: the role of pressure and cortisol  10:33—Understanding the last 8 percent 14:34—Bridging the gap between intent and action 17:46—The 8 percent culture map19:58—Risk-taking and its connection to innovation and performance 22:30—Debunking myths about pressure and performance 26:15—How can people follow you and continue learning from you?_______________________________________________________________________________________Additional Resources:Personal website: www.jppawliw-fry.com Link to book: Performing Under Pressure Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jppawliwfryThank you to our executive producer Zach Ness, our producer Nazanin Homayoun Jam and our editor James Pearce. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, download, and subscribe. I’m your host, Kaihan Krippendorff—thank you for listening.Follow us at outthinker.com/podcast