{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Performance Paradox: Why High Achievers Stop Growing | Eduardo Brice\u00f1o | 685","description":"Are your top performers actually holding back your organization\u2019s growth? Today on Leveraging Thought Leadership, Peter Winick talks with Eduardo Brice\u00f1o, global keynote speaker, CEO of Growth.How, and author of "The Performance Paradox". Eduardo is one of the leading voices on growth mindset in organizations, building on 16+ years of work with Carol Dweck as co-founder of Mindset Works and two TEDx talks that have each passed 4 million views. Together, they unpack how leaders and companies can move beyond one-off inspiration and build true learning cultures that deliver sustained performance. Eduardo explains his core framework: the Learning Zone and the Performance Zone. Most organizations live almost entirely in performance mode\u2014chasing metrics, staying \u201con,\u201d and delivering results. He shows why that approach quietly caps growth, and how deliberately creating Learning Zone time is the unlock for innovation, resilience, and long-term excellence. You\u2019ll hear how he designs keynotes and workshops like a master teacher, not a showman. Eduardo starts with clear learning objectives, then engineers experiences that shift how leaders think, behave, and make decisions. It\u2019s not about delivering a great \u201cshow\u201d; it\u2019s about making sure people leave seeing their work differently and ready to act. Eduardo and Peter also explore what it really takes to build a growth-mindset culture at scale. They talk about partnering with organizations over time, embedding the ideas from The Performance Paradox into leadership programs, talent systems, and everyday language. Eduardo shares why well-intentioned \u201cgrowth\u201d initiatives often backfire\u2014and how to avoid the hidden traps that send mixed signals to your people. Finally, they look at impact. Eduardo discusses how he went from frameworks to a major Penguin Random House book, how he gathered more than 100 real-world stories to bring his ideas to life, and why he\u2019s now focused on working longitudinally with clients instead of just doing single events. For CEOs and senior leaders, this conversation is a playbook for turning your organization into a place where people are both learning faster and performing better. Three Key Takeaways: \u2022 Always-on performance quietly caps growth; organizations need deliberate time and space for the Learning Zone, not just the Performance Zone. \u2022 \u201cGrowth mindset\u201d only works when it\u2019s operationalized\u2014through concrete systems, habits, and experiences that teach people how to learn and improve, not just that they can. \u2022 The biggest impact comes from embedding these ideas into leadership programs, talent systems, and culture over time\u2014not from one-off keynotes or events. If this episode reshaped how you think about performance and the Learning Zone, your next stop should be our conversation with Phil Geldart on Unlocking Human Potential. Both episodes tackle the same core challenge\u2014how to move beyond \u201calways on\u201d performance and build a culture where learning, experimentation, and behavior change are baked into the way work gets done. Eduardo gives you the strategic lens and language (Learning vs. Performance Zone, growth mindset in action); Phil dives into how to design experiential learning that actually sticks and changes what people do on Monday morning. Listen to both and you\u2019ll walk away with a playbook that connects big ideas about learning culture to concrete tools for driving performance across your organization. ","author_name":"Leveraging Thought Leadership","author_url":"https:\/\/thoughtleadershipleverage.com\/podcasts\/","html":"