<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Your Elevated Edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Transforming Leaders, Elevating Organizations]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:24:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.yourelevatededge.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Identity-First Training: The Missing Layer in Executive Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Eye-level view of a diverse group of individuals engaged in a collaborative discussion Most corporate professional development treats human beings like simple machines. The logic goes: if you want a leader to act differently, you just need to hand them a new set of instructions. Introduce a checklist, teach a new feedback model, or hand out a generic script, and expect the organization to transform. We call this behavioral...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/identity-first-leadership-training-vs-behavioral-hacks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ee039418318a8f7e6c020</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:09:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_48ba3c16c65c4519aac9c1ff817cd11d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Coaching the Behavior: Why True Executive Development Starts at the Identity Layer]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Eye-level view of a serene outdoor space with a single bench Most corporate coaching advice reads like a list of polite suggestions: set SMART goals, use the "sandwich method" to deliver tough feedback, and figure out if your team members are visual or auditory learners. It sounds clean on paper. But when the pressure mounts, a deadline is missed, or an intense conflict blows up in a room full of stakeholders, those...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/why-standard-leadership-coaching-fails</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ee03600dbe48b1c79bc5f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:09:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_7457528b97a545d2b51f3ebd6a0ed63d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Corporate Buzzwords: The Real Power of TTI Assessments]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Eye-level view of a serene landscape with a winding path If you’ve spent more than five minutes in the corporate world, you’ve heard the phrase "self-awareness" tossed around until it has lost all meaning. We’re told that great leaders are self-aware. We’re told that high-performing teams have high emotional intelligence But rarely does anyone tell you how to actually get it. Most leadership training promises to make you a...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/tti-assessments-data-for-human-operating-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ee030963b3c1436e9b840</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:09:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_e8b1cb962761406f862700c07d66ff77~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[System Update Available: Are You Running 2026 Goals on Outdated Programming?]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development The Glitch You know the feeling. Your laptop starts lagging. Apps are freezing. The battery is draining twice as fast as it should. The spinning wheel of death shows up every time you try to open something new. You're losing time, losing patience, and nothing seems to be working the way it's supposed to. What do you do? You don't throw it in the trash. You check for updates. You remove the corrupted files, clear the cache,...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/system-update-available-human-operating-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4548a0463386a45165c50f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_96e9802f1b7b42159577ab2d3da33000~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Corporate Training Isn't Failing Because of Your People. It's Failing Because It Never Went Deep Enough.]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Something is breaking down inside organizations right now — and it's happening across every industry, every size of company, and every sector. Burnout is at record levels. Internal communication has become noise. Accountability is a boardroom buzzword that nobody knows how to actually enforce. Emotional intelligence is being called a critical business skill while fewer than half of corporate leaders actively develop it....]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/why-corporate-training-fails-identity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a452f9d3ece2e2cd13dd03a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_6fde173e3ddf4d1b864b79c12f5e12a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Most Important — and Most Overlooked — People in Your State's System]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development There is a group of professionals working inside state systems, universities, healthcare organizations, and government agencies who carry an extraordinary weight. They are the people others come to when something has gone wrong. When a complaint needs a neutral ear. When someone feels unheard, unsafe, or unsure where to turn. They are ombudsman teams — and in most organizations, they are simultaneously the most relied upon...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/overlooked-ombudsman-team-development</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a454272463386a45165b347</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_806cc8e6e7004f71847d384c5aa9d001~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_784,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Say You Don't Want a Burned-Out Team. So Why Are You Still Watching It Happen?]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Ask almost any CEO, team leader, or manager what they want for their people and you'll hear some version of the same answer: "I want a happy, healthy, engaged team. I don't want people burning out." And they mean it. Most leaders genuinely do not want their people exhausted, checked out, or quietly quitting. They care. They say the right things in all-hands meetings. They share articles about work-life balance. They add a...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/leadership-and-team-burnout</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a45154d3c06bdad542c38c4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:32:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_a277902676924d92b208003cc7199fb8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_832,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Highest-Performing Asset in Financial Services Isn't on Your Balance Sheet]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development The financial industry knows how to optimize almost everything. Portfolios. Risk models. Compliance workflows. Trading algorithms. The data is analyzed, the margins are managed, and the processes are stress-tested. And yet, in firms across wealth management, banking, insurance, and financial planning, the same problems keep showing up. High-performing advisors who can't collaborate. Leadership teams that avoid conflict...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/financial-services-human-performance-asset-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a45240c9c4d1b405b241ccd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_e374630918b24e13b3c9c8f0a659c2b5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Don't Have a Team Problem. You Have an Identity Problem.]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Let's be honest. You've tried the team-building retreat. You've done the communication workshop. You've hired good people, set clear goals, and still — something isn't clicking. There's friction where there should be flow. Silence where there should be trust. Conflict that keeps circling back no matter how many times you think you've resolved it. Here's what most leadership consultants won't tell you: the problem isn't...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/team-vs-identity-problem-leadership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4527593711ac3161d848cc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_1456cbf27cdb490690dd05040786eadc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Conversation Is the Crisis: How to Lead Through Difficult Dialogue]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Julia &#38; Nathan | Your Elevated Edge | Leadership &#38; Team Development Most professionals avoid difficult conversations for one of three reasons — and understanding which one you're dealing with is the first step to breaking the pattern: Fear of the reaction: Will they get defensive? Shut down? Escalate? When we can't predict the response, we often choose silence. Fear of being wrong: What if I don't have all the facts? What if I misread the situation? Doubt can be paralyzing — especially for...]]></description><link>https://www.yourelevatededge.com/post/when-the-conversation-is-the-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a450fd251416e35e788ea4d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a624_866714b67e19499185a7b81c9f0c957a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_762,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julia and Nathan Garibay</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>