• Recognize and Manage Impulses: Learn to manage impulses that derail focus, helping you stay on track toward your goals.
• Escape Thinking Traps: Identify and overcome Thinking Traps that hinder your performance and decision-making.
• Understand Your Why Style: Discover how your personal Why Style impacts problem-solving and learn to adjust it for better results.
• Harmonize Team Dynamics: Leverage different Why Styles within your team to improve collaboration and solve problems more effectively.

This program is crafted to assist both current and emerging leaders in mastering essential competencies such as focus, resilience, and problem-solving. By honing these skills, participants will be empowered to maintain unwavering focus on their goals.

Drawing on the innovative insights from Dr. Shatté’s pioneering research, this program provides invaluable tools to identify and navigate mental roadblocks that hinder focus and decision-making.

Unlock your problem-solving potential by adopting effective strategies for tackling adversity and conflict. This class comprehensively explores proven techniques enriched by real-world case studies. By mastering these essential skills, you will enhance your reputation as the go-to leader for resolving challenges—critical competencies that can elevate your career and support your journey toward promotion.

Building Focus

• Understanding the role of Impulse Control in maintaining focus
• How Thinking Traps sabotage focus and performance
• Identifying and escaping your personal Thinking Trap
• Case studies: Focus strategies from industry leaders

Boosting Problem Solving and Why Styles

• Uncovering the Why Style that gets in the way of problem solving
• The four main Thinking Styles: Pros and cons for each
• Understanding your personal Why Style and its impact on team dynamics
• How to navigate and harmonize different Why Styles for better problem-solving

Dr. Andrew Shatté is the founder and President of Phoenix Life Academy. He is a fellow with the Brookings Institution, where he facilitates programs for high-level audiences from the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, the IRS, NASA, the CIA, and all military branches. 

He served as an adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2006 where he was a highly decorated teacher. During his tenure, he was voted the best professor by students in the School of Arts and Sciences and received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching. 

Dr. Shatté has devoted his career to understanding the psychological aspects of motivation, leadership, and resilience and developing programs to optimize human performance in various arenas. He is also the best-selling author of meQuilibrium: 14 days to Cooler, Calmer and Happier and The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles.