Unveiling The Leadership Waterline: Margie Olson On Building High-Performing Teams With Emotional Maturity

Brave Women at Work

Have you ever wondered if we can get better and more high-performing as leaders and teams with time? Like a fine wine? With the proper ingredients, support from our companies, and the work we do on ourselves, we can reach a new level of emotional maturity. With this emotional maturity, we don’t stand behind our egos as they lead. We stand with humility, grace, self-respect, and self-trust. That’s the kind of leader I want to be, and I’m sure that’s the type of leader you want to be, too.

My guest today, Margie Oleson, and I chatted about a new topic: the leadership waterline. I had never thought about leadership in this way, and it was fascinating for me to learn. Like I said in our conversation, chatting with Margie was like taking a master’s class in leadership!

During our conversation, Margie and I discussed:

1. Her background and how it contributes to the work she does today
2. The key attributes of a high-performing leader and team
3. What holds companies back from fostering more high-performing teams
4. What the leadership waterline is and how we can lower ours
5. What neuroscience has to do with all of this
6. How Margie’s Top Accelerator Program helps leaders make changes and have them stick