Better Faster Further

About Better Faster Further

Better Faster Further helps organizations, teams, and leaders accelerate peak performance. Every organization has the capacity to improve. People today want to be a part of something greater than themselves. Effective leadership is the cornerstone of great organizations. Culture is the glue that binds it all together. Each episode features inspiring stories from bright business minds, accomplished athletes, and leaders who are changing our belief in what's possible. We provide insights, tools, and takeaways to help listeners explore their true potential and go after their best.

Publisher

Better Faster Further

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Oct 2022

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

19 of 50 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Leadership Is Hard Right Now: What to Do About It

   Adam and Regan share insights on how leaders can embrace discomfort and take action to thrive amidst current challenges, revealing patterns observed from top organizations.

2. 

   18 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Loneliness Epidemic: Why 1 in 4 Americans Has Zero Friends at Work | Jeff Hamaoui

   Host [Host Name] interviews Jeff Hamaoui, community builder and author, about the loneliness epidemic and how to actively cultivate workplace friendships for better retention and profitability.

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   22 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How Top Companies Use Neuroscience to Boost Performance | Rajkumari Neogy

   The workplace isn't just stressful, it's literally rewiring your brain. Most leaders think they need to squeeze harder to get better performance. But when your team is already running on empty, the answer isn't more pressure, it's understanding how to neurochemically refuel the system. In this episode, Rajkumari Neogy is the CEO of ibelong, and expert in relational neuroscience, reveals how leaders can transform conflict and discomfort into fuel for high performance. Drawing from two decades of work with companies like Google, Facebook, Adobe, and Salesforce, she breaks down the science behind why teams struggle, and the specific language patterns that can neurochemically rewire organizations for peak performance. This isn't about making people feel good. It's about understanding that every interaction either builds trust or creates betrayal. The difference determines whether your team recovers or burns out. You'll Discover: ● Why 94% of workforces want belonging as the key driver of engagement, and how to deliver it neurochemically ● The four stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) that kill performance and how to redirect them toward curiosity ● How specific language patterns can refuel your team's nervous system instead of draining it ● Why "nice" cultures often perform worse than openly conflicted ones, and what to do instead ● The difference between discomfort without regulation (defensiveness) and discomfort with regulation (learning) ● How epigenetics and family patterns show up in leadership blind spots and sabotage accountability ● Practical frameworks for metabolizing conflict into breakthrough insights and stronger team bonds Ready to stop squeezing more from exhausted teams and start building the neurochemical reserves that drive real performance? Hit subscribe and discover how the best leaders think about their teams as walking nervous systems.

Inside a recent episode

Leadership Is Hard Right Now: What to Do About It

Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I think just as a human, let alone just at work, we're kind of hardwired to find comfort and to seek shelter and to seek warmth and protection. And in Maslow's hierarchy, that's great. Food, shelter, and clothing, by all means. That's priority number one. But at work, we're constantly bombarded with kind of threatening stimuli. And it puts a lot of pressure and stress on people. And I think one of the themes that kind of precipitated me writing this article is that I'm finding people under stress and duress, telling themselves a negative story about outcomes, which kind of perpetuates the cycle of kind of negativity and kind of fear in the system. […]

Who has been a guest on Better Faster Further

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jeff Hamaoui
• Bethany Ranes
• Erica Giovinazzo
• Mark Stockford
• Brian Lomeli

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

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Quality

48

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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