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Spencer R. Potesta

Company Builder & Double Board Certified Psychotherapist

Spencer focuses on Company Building and individual Psychotherapy. He is a Psychotherapist and an author. His trainings in Organizational Psychology and Psychotherapy informs his time advising individuals and growing companies. While he focuses most of his time building his organizations and clinical practice, he also has consulted for Fortune 500 healthcare and technology, PE & VC, along with a myriad of mid-sized and start-up organizations.

He is the founder of Potesta Holdings (“Potesta Ventures” and “Potesta Practices & Consulting”) which is a holding company creates, grows, and buys amazing businesses. Get in touch at https://potestaventures.com or https://potestaholdings.com

He is author of “Principles of Performance and Control” which provides readers with accessible, purposely concise, and psychologically-sound tools to manage change and adversity, regain control, and maintain peak performance.

In addition to his time spent building organizations, he holds a clinical practice of individual psychotherapy as a double board certified psychotherapist in the state of Illinois. He also supports Social Capital, a 501(C)3 non-profit endowment fund, to bring access and opportunities to those in need.

Specializations:

  • Psychological Testing & Assessment, Organizational Development & Change Management, Performance Management, Executive & Leadership Development, Merger and Acquisitions, Workplace Conflict Resolution, Organizational Culture Assessment & Change, Executive & Employee Coaching

Qualifications:

MA, Industrial & Organizational Psychology

MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB) Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB) Six Sigma Global Institute

Board Certified Psychotherapist (The National Board for Certified Counselors)

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Controlled Obsessions

In whatever you do, the proper imbalance of work and life depends on a level of controlled obsession. If you have found this proper imbalance of work and life, ensure you control the obsession. Controlled obsessions allow for sustained action, ongoing efforts, and consuming a healthy portion of mental real estate.

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Principles of Performance and Control

After reading Principles of Performance and Control, all individuals (I.e, business leaders, founders, team members, partners, etc) will: Understand the psychological basis of anxiety and control: how humans often fall into an avoidance cycle when it comes to confronting the very thing(s) that bring them distress. More importantly, how to navigate versus resist the common experience of anxiety, and rebuild a relationship with the anxiety itself. Understand ineffective control styles: how and when they surface, and ultimately become more aware of their potentially negative impact on the team members, surrounding systems, and relationships in general. Understand the key components of establishing an adaptive and effective sense of control: humans have the capability of fostering control within their interactions and their lives in productive ways. Learn how effective control positively correlates with improved performance. Walk away with a sound understanding of the Five Principles that allow for adaptive management of adversity and anxiety, and create sustainable performance in all realms of life.

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