SKOR Team Performance Insights

Like in the NFL, the teams that succeed in 2026 won't be the ones with the most Pro Bowlers. They'll be the ones where accountability flows in all directions: up, down, and sideways.

Here's what nobody's talking about in their New Year content blitz: Your team doesn't need another motivational keynote, trust fall exercise or happy hour. They need to train the muscles that actually make you money.

This week, we're asking ourselves: How do we take these principles off the stage (and the page) and into practice?

This November, don't give your team another hour. Give them what they actually need to perform at their best.

Don't let your teams become another cautionary tale.

This is the clarity crisis—and it's costing you more than you think.

There's a fundamental problem that plagues even well-intentioned leadership teams: the disconnect between how transparent leaders believe they're managing and what their employees actually experience. 

When leaders rely on fear, they don't create accountability—they create compliance that crumbles under pressure and a cycle where the next generation simply replicates the same destructive patterns.

Leadership Can Come from Anywhere We tend to think leadership is the coach’s job. Or the captains. Or the managers. But in reality, leadership is not a title — it’s a behavior.

In the NFL, Dan Campbell has become synonymous with grit, resilience, and culture  in Detroit. His “culture guy” identity is...

Data always tells a story. The challenge for leaders is whether we’re listening. One of our recent SKOR assessments revealed two...

In elite sports, accountability isn't optional—it's everything. Every player knows their position, their responsibilities, and their performance metrics. The quarterback knows the play. The receiver knows the route. The defense knows the scheme. Everyone is aligned because the cost of confusion is visible and immediate: a blown play, a missed tackle, a lost game.

Leadership isn’t just about big decisions and bold strategies. It ’s about the small actions — the daily clarity, accountability, and...

Imagine every person on your team was wearing an Apple Watch — not to track their steps or heart rate, but to measure things that...

Most companies invest in manager training with the right intentions. Better communication, stronger leadership, more engaged teams. And that’s a great start. But it’s not enough. Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: you can’t improve what you don’t measure.

Underperforming teams are one of the most overlooked profit killers in business. And most of it comes down to one thing: leadership.

You can’t avoid tax season, but you can control how much you pay. Reducing the Disengagement Tax isn’t about cutting costs—it’s about reclaiming lost potential.

Today is Tax Day in the U.S. Do you know how much you owe? Or perhaps you are looking forward to a refund? You would never leave your...

The Final Chapter of Our Four-Part Blog Series for CEOs & Leaders Here’s the harsh truth: If culture isn’t part of your leadership team’s...

Have you ever been ghosted? I have, and let me tell you—it's infuriating I'm not sure about you, but ghosting drives me up the...