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Insights from Thought Leaders, Corentus In the Field Models & Tools, and Real-World Impact Summaries

Gain valuable insights from thought leaders and explore innovations from Corentus in the field, where our tools and approaches are tested and refined. Discover real-world impact summaries that showcase measurable success across industries, driving transformation and results.

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Welcome to Insights from Thought Leaders!

This section features powerful ideas and perspectives from some of the most inspiring voices in team effectiveness. These thought leaders are passionate about creating a better world by helping people and teams work more effectively together.

Here, you'll find recordings from our First Friday with a Thought Leader series—a monthly event where our Community of Global Professionals Advancing Team Effectiveness connects with a featured thought leader to exchange ideas, learn, and grow.

Whether you’re revisiting a session or exploring it for the first time, we hope these insights inspire you. If you’re interested in joining our community and being part of future conversations, click on any of the thought leaders below. On each page, you’ll see how to inquire to become a member. Membership is free for like-minded professionals committed to advancing team effectiveness.

Let’s keep building better teams—and a better world—together!

INSIGHTS | FIRST FRIDAY with a THOUGHT LEADER SERIES

INSIGHTS | Interpersonal and Team Development

Angie MacArthur defines collaborative intelligence as "the measure of our ability to think with those who think differently on behalf of what matters to us all."

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Smarter Collaboration Heidi Gardner

Heidi Gardner shows how true collaboration between individuals and teams can boost margins, drive client loyalty, and improve talent retention.

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Reut Schwartz-Hebron shares how team development practitioners can leverage neuroscience insights to effectively guide individuals and teams through difficult organizational changes, fostering understanding, resilience, and successful adaptation. .

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Emily explores the definition and impacts of trauma, emphasizing that it is a physiological response to events rather than the events themselves. She discusses how our interconnected nervous systems create a collective experience, influencing how trauma is processed and its symptoms manifested, underscoring the importance of connection and trauma integration in healing and creating safer, more conscious workplaces.

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Jim shares insights surrounding the unique challenges and opportunities faced by nonprofit organizations in building strong, effective teams.

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Team’s Journey, Collaboration & Cohesion
Courtney Salati & Jerry Toomer

Courtney Salati and Jerry Toomer share their leadership model that empowers individuals to enhance team performance. Their framework, featuring four cornerstones and 12 catalytic competencies, demonstrates how building credibility, cohesion, courage, and impact can drive real-world success, as seen in a landscaping company's improved collaboration and profitability.

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Janice Caillet, Co-founder of Corentus, highlights teams as the driving force behind successful organizational change. She emphasizes aligning individual purposes, team goals, and organizational vision to foster connection, high performance, and a shared sense of purpose. Her "Powerful Core Bond" model illustrates how strong relationships within teams create a ripple effect across the organization.

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Rosi explores the origins of the inner critic and sees its positive intent while saying NO to its negative impact. She offers us a new, more loving inner voice.

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Alfonso Montuori emphasizes the transformative power of embodying our desired future selves in the present, inspiring action and agency. By cultivating hope, embracing uncertainty, and aligning with core values, we can navigate complexity, overcome apathy, and shape a future driven by possibility and purpose.

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Unlocking Full Potential  Ashish Kathari

Ashish Kathari emphasizes the importance of prioritizing well-being for team and organizational success. He shares practical tips like gratitude practices, managing emotions, and building habits that foster happiness and positivity. Ashish highlights how small, intentional actions can create lasting change and help teams thrive.

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Empathy, Communication, and Productivity
Camilo Rojas & Paul Bosco Jr

Camilo Rojas and Paul Bosco Jr share insights into how cutting-edge AI and biosignal processing can be used to revolutionize leadership and communication skill development.

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Patrick Mork discusses the importance of vulnerability in leadership for fostering trust and psychological safety within teams. He explores practical strategies for encouraging openness, sharing personal stories, and aligning organizational values to create a culture where vulnerability and learning from mistakes are viewed as strengths

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Alexander and Janice Caillet, the cofounders of Corentus, explore the three levels of change magnitude, the stages of transition, and the importance of psychological safety in fostering a team environment that supports growth, learning, and cohesion during times of change

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Unlocking Team Resilience Dr. Renee Rookwood

Dr. Renee Rookwood discusses the Six Critical Factors for Building Resilient Teams. This session dives into the core elements that create a thriving team culture, including the power of safe communication, high-quality relationships, social support, and more.

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INSIGHTS | Inner Development

Murray Hidary starts 2025 with insights, inspiration, and a transformative experience that blends music, art, and technology to inspire reflection and self-discovery through immersive journeys like MindTravel.

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Courageous Presence Yotam Schachter  

Yotam Schachter shares insights into how to access learning, growth, creativity, and connection through ‘virtual coregulation’.

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John Roberts discusses how stress manifests in the body and how our reactions shape our experience. Learn practical strategies for building resilience by recognizing stress triggers, cultivating mindfulness, and developing greater awareness of your stress responses.

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INSIGHTS | Organizational Development

Culture Change Alexander & Janice Caillet

Alexander and Janice Caillet, the cofounders of Corentus, open the conversation to collaboratively explore their findings on how involving teams in a culture change initiative speeds up the process, resulting in desired outcomes that are integrated and reinforced.

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The AI Dilemma Art Kleiner

Art Kleiner explores the immense opportunities and significant risks of AI, emphasizing the need for a human-centered approach to its development.

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Thriving in a World of Constant Change Kevin Clark & Kyle Shannon

Kevin Clark and Kyle Shannon, share their insights on the Seven Critical Components of Thriving in a World of Constant Change. In this session, they discuss the essential mindsets needed to navigate today’s rapidly evolving landscape and into the future.

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Organizational Legitimacy Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken

Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken explains how the grounds are shifting for organizational legitimacy across all organizations (nonprofit, private, and government) as legitimacy is socially constructed.

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Frances West highlights how real inclusion goes beyond feel-good efforts, showing it as key to innovation and business success

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