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Beyond High Performance: What Great Coaches Know About How the Best Get Better
In Beyond High Performance, Jason Jaggard, along with the coaches of Novus Global and the faculty of the Meta Performance™ Institute, pull back the curtain to reveal the coaching tools they use to help the best get better.
Their groundbreaking research shows there are two types of great leaders and those who achieve success once and then plateau or decline, and those who achieve success over and over again. Leaders who are able to consistently and enthusiastically reinvent themselves do so not because they are more talented or have more access to resources, but because they choose to see the world differently than everyone else and create a distinct kind of culture. Full of ideas and insights drawn from years of behind-the-scenes coaching and training with some of the most famous leaders and companies in the world of entertainment, government, business, and nonprofits, Beyond High Performance will forever expand the way you see yourself, the people around you, and your capacity to succeed at the things that matter most.
Their groundbreaking research shows there are two types of great leaders and those who achieve success once and then plateau or decline, and those who achieve success over and over again. Leaders who are able to consistently and enthusiastically reinvent themselves do so not because they are more talented or have more access to resources, but because they choose to see the world differently than everyone else and create a distinct kind of culture. Full of ideas and insights drawn from years of behind-the-scenes coaching and training with some of the most famous leaders and companies in the world of entertainment, government, business, and nonprofits, Beyond High Performance will forever expand the way you see yourself, the people around you, and your capacity to succeed at the things that matter most.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 18, 2023
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October 13, 2025
Such a great read for those pursuing personal growth. Filled with wisdom and ways to execute it that are practical and inspiring. I’ll be re reading my highlights for sure, and putting a lot of the tools into practice.
November 14, 2023
Are you on a performance improvement plan?
If not, maybe you should be!
Traditionally, the PIP is a formal acknowledgement that an employee’s performance is not meeting expectations (If you are using job scorecards, it won’t take a PIP to know this).
But I’m thinking of the PIP more broadly after reading Beyond High Performance by Jason Jaggard of Novus Global.
At Novus, an executive coaching company, everyone is assigned a coach and put on a performance improvement plan from the very beginning of their work at the company.
It helps them maintain a growth mindset by admitting that everyone needs to continuously improve and always has something to learn from everyone else. It’s what helps people move beyond high performance to something they call ‘Meta Performance.’
Being always on a performance improvement plan is especially important to the high performer, because it’s that high performance that can make someone resistant to feedback and no longer coachable. The high performer asks, “how can I be the best?”
The meta performer isn’t interested in comparison to other people, so they ask a completely different question:
“What am I capable of?”
And because we’re always capable of more, we need a performance improvement plan to constantly achieve more. So, if you’re not on a PIP, maybe it’s time to start.
If not, maybe you should be!
Traditionally, the PIP is a formal acknowledgement that an employee’s performance is not meeting expectations (If you are using job scorecards, it won’t take a PIP to know this).
But I’m thinking of the PIP more broadly after reading Beyond High Performance by Jason Jaggard of Novus Global.
At Novus, an executive coaching company, everyone is assigned a coach and put on a performance improvement plan from the very beginning of their work at the company.
It helps them maintain a growth mindset by admitting that everyone needs to continuously improve and always has something to learn from everyone else. It’s what helps people move beyond high performance to something they call ‘Meta Performance.’
Being always on a performance improvement plan is especially important to the high performer, because it’s that high performance that can make someone resistant to feedback and no longer coachable. The high performer asks, “how can I be the best?”
The meta performer isn’t interested in comparison to other people, so they ask a completely different question:
“What am I capable of?”
And because we’re always capable of more, we need a performance improvement plan to constantly achieve more. So, if you’re not on a PIP, maybe it’s time to start.
November 20, 2023
What are you capable of?
If you need a shot of inspiration, no, an entire bucket, full of inspiration, then this is the book you should read. It’s masterfully written with humor, stories, and profound questions.
This is written by an executive life coach who talks about the big questions, and the big mindset shifts that he takes his clients through. It’s less tactical than it is inspirational, but there are some good questions for you to process on your own, if you want.
If you need a shot of inspiration, no, an entire bucket, full of inspiration, then this is the book you should read. It’s masterfully written with humor, stories, and profound questions.
This is written by an executive life coach who talks about the big questions, and the big mindset shifts that he takes his clients through. It’s less tactical than it is inspirational, but there are some good questions for you to process on your own, if you want.
July 27, 2025
A great read for anyone interested in personal growth, and/or growth of a team, business, or organization. As an educator, I felt this had a lot of practical application for growth within a classroom as well. This was an easy read/listen as Jaggard’s writing style flows much the way you would expect when talking with a coach.
October 6, 2024
I worked with Jason as my coach and it was life-improving. read g this book reinforced his teachings and reminded me of his immense wisdom, energy and belief that everyone can go Beyond High Performance. Thank you Jason!
October 24, 2025
incredible book
I’m going to use this book with my leadership team- it’s brilliant, insightful, wise and out of the box in the best way. Highly recommended
I’m going to use this book with my leadership team- it’s brilliant, insightful, wise and out of the box in the best way. Highly recommended
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