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Scaling through Positive Intelligence

with Charlie Janes

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Every business leader knows the traditional playbook for scaling: hit your revenue milestones, expand your team, and build a robust layer of middle management. But what happens when you have a brilliant strategy and a driven team, yet your organization still hits an invisible wall?

In this episode of Put Me In Coach, I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Charlie Janes—a 35-year tech industry veteran turned elite business coach—to discuss a hidden growth killer that strategy alone can't fix: a lack of mental fitness.

Charlie introduces us to the framework of Positive Intelligence (PQ). While most leaders are familiar with IQ and EQ, PQ measures your mental fitness—the percentage of time your brain works as your friend rather than your enemy.

Don't let invisible mental hurdles cap your company's potential. Listen now to learn how to build a high-PQ leadership team that can scale your business to the next level!

GUEST BIO: Charlie Janes is a veteran of the tech world with over three decades of experience scaling up SaaS, cloud, and AI companies. Today, he leverages his experience as an executive business coach, helping driven leaders overcome behavioral sticking points and implement sustainable systems for growth. Connect with Charlie at charliejanes.focalpointcoaching.com.

Key Takeaways

  • The "Hyper-Achiever" Trap: How the very drive that built your early success can morph into micromanagement and hurt your team's morale as you scale.
  • Meet Your Saboteurs: How common corporate mental blocks like The Judge, The Avoider, and The Pleaser stall critical business conversations and execution.
  • The 10-Second Reset: Simple physical exercises to instantly interrupt stress hormones (cortisol) and trigger performance hormones (dopamine) in your brain.
  • The ROI of Team Mental Fitness: Why typical leadership teams score shockingly low in PQ, and how boosting your score can drastically reduce friction, conflict, and burnout.