Where Science Builds High Performers with Carla Fowler | Episode #111
Winning Teams
English - March 15, 2023 10:50 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBusiness coaching mentor executives Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In her unique journey to executive coach, today’s guest started in the medical field. This different experience than most coaches has led her to apply science to leadership, strategy, and high performance.
In her unique journey to executive coach, today’s guest started in the medical field. This different experience than most coaches has led her to apply science to leadership, strategy, and high performance.
Carla Fowler, MD PhD is the founder and CEO of THAXA, a boutique executive coaching firm that leverages the best ideas from performance science to help leaders around the globe. In our conversation today, Carla explains the intersection between strategy, productivity, and psychology which is an interesting grouping. She beautifully articulates her message to help us understand the thinking and psychology around high performance and more importantly, how to sustain high performance. She lists the principles she has that can help us all perform better and continue on our journey to high performance.
What We Talked About in This Episode:
Carla’s nontraditional journey to executive coaching
The intersection between strategy, productivity, and psychology
The importance of mental clarity
The difficulty of communication without mental clarity
Translating lofty priorities
Role of clarity in lack of engagement
Building a sense of momentum and progress
What separates the average performers from the high performers
What we accomplish over time
How to sustain momentum
Brutal Focus
Protect your time to think and practice thinking
Carla’s learning experience and thoughts about value
Carla’s book recommendation and daily rituals
About Our Guest:
The Founder and Managing Director of THAXA is Carla Fowler, MD PhD. Carla graduated from Brown University magna cum laude, earned her MD and PhD at the University of Washington, and completed her internship in general surgery at Stanford University. She founded THAXA to share her passion for performance science, where the fields of strategy, productivity, and psychology intersect. Outside of THAXA, Carla is an angel investor specializing in medtech and biotech with a portfolio of over a dozen investments. She is also an active member of Social Venture Partners, Rotary, Washington Women’s Foundation, Alliance of Angels, and Keiretsu.
Connect with Carla Fowler:
Thaxa Executive Coaching
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