Sidebar Speaker Series: Why Smart Leaders Stay Stuck (Even With Great Peers) with Joseph Thompson & Joseph Barkley
You’re already surrounded by smart people. That’s not the problem. In communities like Sidebar, you get perspective and high-quality advice faster than most leaders ever will. And still, certain problems don’t move. The same decisions linger. The same patterns repeat. Because the constraint isn’t intelligence or access. It’s what you can’t see about how you’re thinking, listening, and leading.
This session is about that gap. Not more strategies, but the ability to identify and interrupt the patterns underneath them. If you’re looking for more ideas, this won’t be for you. If you’re interested in upgrading how you operate as a leader, this will be worth your time.
Speaker Bios:
Joseph Thompson coaches founders, senior leaders, and their teams through the power of honest, caring, and confronting conversations.
As a partner at Novus Global, he coaches leaders & teams to explore what's beyond high performance as they define thrilling visions for what they can accomplish and adopt new mindsets that help them turn those visions into reality.
As the VP of Innovation & Learning Design at The Meta Performance™️Institute, Joseph oversees the implementation of the same tools he uses to coach high-impact leaders across the world to train, develop, and equip coaches who want to have a massive impact, break income barriers, and do that through their own growth and transformation.
Joseph received a BA in liberal arts from Thomas Aquinas College and an MA in English from the University of Mississippi. He is a published author, poet, and dynamic speaker. He lives in Texas with his wife of 15 years (and counting) and their six children.
Joseph King Barkley is the President of the Meta Performance™ Institute, Novus Global Partner, keynote speaker, & author. Joseph is a former television and film songwriter who became a nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneur.
He now dedicates his professional energy to helping accomplished individuals and teams who long for more discover what they are capable of and generate the clarity and courage to experience it.