291: Tap into Performance Science with Carla Fowler

In the Management Blueprint podcast, Steve Preda interviews Carla Fowler, MD, PhD, and CEO of THAXA Executive Coaching, about her performance science-based approach to coaching CEOs and executives. Carla explains her personal motivation for helping others achieve their goals and introduces her four-phase performance framework: strategy, execution, mindset, and physiology. The discussion covers how to apply scientific principles to improve leadership, the importance of strategic thinking, empowering teams through capability, influence, and visibility, and managing uncertainty by reframing it and focusing on learning, experimentation, and physiological well-being. Carla also shares three questions to help approach challenges strategically and provides tips for improving mindset and managing stress.