Hunter Thurman
Building an optimized team? Incorporate all 4 mindsets
Updated: Jul 25, 2022

The Hershey Company CEO Michele Buck, when asked about how they've driven transformation and strong results, recently said:
"I looked across the organization, and I saw people who had shown evidence of having an ability to... to see the future and see where trends were headed, to really think about what some of our greatest strengths were as a company, and how we might fully leverage them.
There were people who epitomized some of the greatest strengths in our culture, and were really respected by the organization.
I looked at some of those folks, and many of them were not at the very top executive level, and I really pulled them up and then put them into a group... And made sure that we listened to their thinking on this, because I think a lot of times those really disruptive thinkers can get shut down.
And then also ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐คโ๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐คโ๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ in not only getting the great ideas, but then making sure that we have the right plans to execute them flawlessly."
Michelle is citing half the neuroscience-based equation for an optimized, high performance team.
In addition to the 'Explorer' and 'Doer' mindsets she describes, two more additions make for total effectiveness (both of which were likely present in the special teams she describes)...