Why Leadership by Design Is the Future of Sustainable Performance

For decades, corporate leadership programs have leaned on personality frameworks & behavioral tools like DISC, StrengthsFinder, and the Big Five (OCEAN) to improve communication, build teams, and increase performance. Don't get us wrong, we have used some of them and these tools absolutely have merit, they’re accessible, research-backed, provide a snapshot in time view and a language for self-awareness.

But they’re also missing something big... they don’t tell you HOW to work or lead WITHOUT burning out.

As corporate executives and leaders with a combined 40+ years of experience managing teams, departments, and enterprise-level change, we followed A LOT of different suggested or mandated playbooks. We knew how to build strategy, develop high performers, and scale results. But we also learned, through personal trial (& error), that simply knowing behavioral assessment types weren’t enough to keep our teams (or ourselve...