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Brilliant people.
Underwhelming results?

Your team isn't underperforming because of talent.
It's underperforming because of the system.

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Free Companion Assessment

When things get tight for your team,
what actually happens?

The Burnout Force Check is a free 3-minute structural read on your team — no login required, results in about 30 minutes.

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The Brilliant Team Paradox

Your team is operating at
60% of what you're paying for.

Without Team Intelligence
Capacity $400K burning annually. 60% capacity on 100% workload. No margin when pressure hits.
Alignment Five people. Five mental models. Conversations cycle. Nothing resolves.
Legacy The next leader inherits the same fragmented team. The rotation continues.
With Team Intelligence
Capacity Full $1M investment accessed. Your best people performing at their natural frequency.
Alignment One language. One framework. Decisions move forward. Cabinet thinks together.
Legacy Coherence infrastructure that survives leadership transitions. That's legacy.
60 %
Capacity Accessed
3 ×
Performance Increase

Solutions

Find your starting point.

Every engagement starts in the right place. Find yours below.

The right place to start for every team. Start here

57-Question Assessment · ~8 Min Per Member · Debrief with Dr. Joe

Team Intelligence
Assessment

You can’t fix what you haven’t measured. The TQ Assessment scores your team across two critical dimensions — team performance and leadership competency — delivering a precise baseline on exactly where your team stands and what to address first.

Lead Measures of Team Performance
Communication Connection Alignment Capacity Execution
Leadership Competencies in Leading People
Building Trust Empowerment Collaboration Broadening Influence Managing Change Managing Conflict Developing People
55%
Average team capacity right now
2×
Performance gain with TQ systems

Your next step

Schedule a Discovery Call →

30 minutes with Dr. Joe. A real conversation about your team.

Looking for a full-staff keynote?
60-Min Keynote · Full Team · On-Site or Virtual
The Burnout Force
Seven forces are operating in your organization right now — and your people feel every one without knowing what to call it. This keynote names each force, names each antidote, and gives every person something concrete to do Monday morning.
Book the Keynote →
Looking for a leadership team workshop?
2.5-Hr Workshop · Leadership Team · Cabinet
The TQ Advantage
One room. One session. Five Champion Types mapped and named. Your cabinet leaves with a shared operating system. Monday-morning protocols they run without you. The translation tax — gone in 2.5 hours.
Reserve a Date →
Ready to build a high-performing team system?
8-Month Series · Leadership Team · Limited Cohorts
The Team Institute
Your cabinet is brilliant. Your systems are not. Eight months of building together — not being handed a program. 94% still running at 12 months vs. under 30% industry average. Because your team owns it.
Explore the Institute →
Looking for an executive peer network?
Monthly · Virtual · Supts, A-Supts & Presidents
The Group
75% of senior leaders get zero outside leadership advice. The regional network is too public to be honest in. 10 peers. Same role. Confidential by design. What Vistage is for private sector CEOs — built for education executives. $299/mo founding rate.
Request Your Seat →
Not sure any of this actually works?
Nearly 200 Conversations · K-12 & Higher-Ed Leaders · The Show with Dr. Joe
The Proof
Superintendents, presidents, and cabinet leaders — not actors, not case studies. Hear it straight from the people who sat in the seat. No pitch. Just the record.
See the Proof →

Not ready to commit to a path yet?

Schedule a virtual coffee with Dr. Joe. No pitch. No agenda. Just an honest conversation about your team — and whether HPG is the right fit.

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Published Work

Dr. Joe’s Books

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Keynote & Monograph
The Burnout Force & How the Best Teams Fight Back
Seven forces. Seven antidotes. One fight worth picking. The keynote that changes the room — and the monograph that keeps it changed.
Book The Burnout Force → Order the Book
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Workshop & Book
The TQ Advantage: The Leadership Operating System for Higher Performance Teams
The research-backed system that converts static to signal. IQ × EQ × PQ — and why you can't multiply by zero. Built for leadership teams ready to think together.
Book The Workshop → Order the Book
State of Campus Culture Research

Get your complimentary copy of the
Higher Performance Whitepapers

Research-backed insights on TEAM INTELLIGENCE and leadership systems that scale. Better practices for developing healthy teams and highly reliable systems.

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What Leaders Say

WE BUILD IT WITH YOU.
WE MEASURE UNTIL IT HOLDS.

94% of teams are still running HPG systems 12 months after engagement. The industry average is under 30%.

"We'd hired experts who diagnosed brilliantly and implemented nothing. HPG built systems with us, trained our team to sustain them, and measured whether our cabinet actually functioned six months later. That's not consulting — that's solutionary partnership."

Dr. Jeff Horton
2025 DALI Superintendent of the Year

"TQ fills the critical gap between individual self-awareness and effective team dynamics. For the first time, we're operating as a true system — not five brilliant people pulling in five different directions."

Dr. Amy Diaz
President, GateWay Community College
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BUILD DIFFERENT.

Whether you're ready to book or just want a conversation — this is step one.

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