Fundamentals of Level Three Leadership

33. The Resonance Model

Concept

Doug Newburg in his research into the relationship between feel and performance interviewed some 500+ high performers: athletes in 29 different sports, Olympic athletes, world champions; touring musicians who like athletes had to perform at their best on demand; heart surgeons who held people’s lives in their hands every day; executives in double digit growth businesses; and landing officers and pilots on aircraft carriers, another place where one mistake and people die.

In analyzing these interviews, Newburg identified a common pattern. All these people he said had a dream, put in intense preparation, dealt with obstacles, and had to find ways to revisit their dreams.

The dreams he mentioned were not the usual ...