In this People and Performance Podcast, we consider ways to develop leaders so they gain the mindset and tools needed to drive performance and meet company goals. Our guest this time is Najeeb Ahmad, founder and Principal of Pennington Human Dynamics, an international organizational effectiveness consulting firm dedicated to improving organizational performance and capability through the power of leaders, teams, and organizational climate change. Najeeb is an experienced leadership consultant, coach, and leader whose career has spanned over twenty-five years across various industries, business transformations, and geographies. Can you tell us about how your Team Optimization Process© accelerates senior team performance by integrating team and leader assessments with development planning, executive coaching, and real-world application to drive and reinforce new team dynamics and practices?Pennington aims to help leaders embrace and apply a new mindset to performance. Can you explain how this works and why it matters? You presented a session in December 2021 at The Future of Employee Experience (FoEX) called 'Organizational Climate Change is Real – what’s causing it?' Tell us about the session and the hoped-for learning outcomes.Your team helps companies to define the quality standards for leaders in the context of their strategy and assess their readiness to deliver. Can you explain how, using the Pennington Leader Spotlight 360© assessment, Leading Indicator©, and other tools, you deliver actionable insights about the capability, motivation, and readiness of current and prospective leaders to excel? From a culture and people processes perspective, what does a high-performing company mean to you?How can listeners learn more about you and Pennington Human Dynamics?More About Najeeb AhmadNajeeb has held senior human resources, talent development, and talent acquisition roles with organizations ranging from 120 employees to more than 50000, from privately-held to Fortune 50, in the energy, financial services, B2B sales and distribution, pharmaceutical, media and advertising, and digital marketing fields. He has worked inside and consulted to organizations around the world to all levels of management----------Talking About Ways To Improve Company Culture and People Performance The People and Performance Podcast is a show that dives into all things related to raising performance in the working world around us. We investigate how technology and HR processes are inextricably linked to the employee experience and the bottom line. Chris Bjorling, Co-host Christopher Bjorling is President at Fidello Inc., a consulting and services firm specializing in improving human performance. For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created over the years, his organization has helped clients design, develop, implement and integrate talent management processes and systems. Bill Banham, Co-host Bill Banham, Publisher at The HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast and Organizer of events such as DisruptHR London. Bill has worked with lots of business tech and HR-focused brands in the UK and North America including HRreview, TalentCulture, HRmarketer, Sprigg HR, and Team Fitness Tool. Contact us to learn more!