Excellerate Associates

Excellerate Associates, the go-to business mentors for entrepreneurial and leadership development

  • Home
  • Members
  • Blog
  • Meeting Planners
    • Keynote Speaker
    • Speaker Topics
  • Media
    • About
    • Articles, Quotes and Tips
    • Images Gallery
    • Media Coverage
    • News and Story Ideas
    • Questions to Ask Lisa
  • Contact
  • Cart
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates

Get Your Free eBook:
Elevate and Expand Your Brand

Free eBook
WBE_Seal SB_ALUMNI
  • Start Here
    • Schedule Your Discovery Session
    • Me Myself and Why
    • Meet Lisa Mininni
    • Success Stories
  • Events & Training
    • Events
    • Attend an Introduction to Scaling & Systematizing Your Business Workshop
    • Best Seller Profit System Workshop – Become a Best Selling Author
    • Create Your Signature Program
    • Self-Study Programs
    • Speaker Lab: Elevate Your Presentation Skills
    • Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp for Business Owners
    • Wired to Win 101: How Are You Hardwired?
    • Wired to Win! Your Path to Passion, Purpose, and Profit Workshop
  • Coaching/Mentoring
    • Schedule Your Discovery Session
    • View our Mentoring Programs
    • Profitability Lab: Introduction
    • Premier Coaching – Schedule Your Discovery Session
  • Excelleration App
  • Collaborate
    • Affiliate Program
    • Charity of Choice
    • Profitability Lab Leader Licensee
  • Business Innovation Lab

When Leading Feels Like Herding Cats

July 17, 2025 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment

Do you have problems with your team showing up to work?
Struggling with productivity?
Questioning how to lead more effectively?

If it feels like you’re constantly chasing team members, reminding them of deadlines, or wondering why they aren’t as invested as you are—you’re not alone. Many leaders describe this experience as herding cats. But what if the real issue is both visible and solvable?

Imagine if your team was eager to show up, highly productive, and required less oversight. What would that make possible for you—and your business?

Often, a few essential elements are missing: alignment, clear goals, proper training, and an understanding of how each role connects to the larger company mission. These are critical to engagement and performance. Without them, productivity stalls—and leadership becomes reactive.

But most important of all is alignment.

Leaders often focus on finding the “right person,” but rarely ask: How does this position need to be executed?

If the role is wired for high structure, but the person thrives in freedom and fast starts, misalignment can quietly erode performance. That disconnect can be why someone avoids showing up, underdelivers, or needs constant intervention.

Every person is innately wired to process information and make decisions in a specific way. This human wiring doesn’t change—it’s how we’re hardwired. When you understand this wiring, you stop trying to “fix” people and start leading them in alignment with their natural strengths.

Here’s what that looks like in action:
Someone wired for Structure, Certainty, and Information needs clear definitions and expectations. Without them, they stall.

Someone wired for Face-to-Face Interaction placed in an isolated or remote setting may disengage quickly.

Those wired for Think Time need space to process before responding. If forced to speak on the spot, you miss their best insights.

Without understanding these human wiring patterns, it’s easy to mislabel team behavior as lazy, unmotivated, or resistant. In reality, your team may just be wired differently than you.

Leading more effectively starts with awareness. When you lead with wiring in mind, you can:

✔️ Uncover the real reasons behind performance patterns
✔️ Assign roles based on natural strengths
✔️ Eliminate bottlenecks and avoid burnout
✔️ Shift your team from no-shows to full engagement

It’s not about changing people—it’s about changing how you lead them.
That’s when the chaos fades.
That’s when leading stops feeling like herding cats—and starts feeling like progress.

Ready to stop herding and start leading with clarity?
This Friday, July 18, 2025 is the final day to register for the Master Class:
Wired to Win 101: How Are You Hardwired?

Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Location:
Excellerate Associates – Business Innovation Lab
38221 Plymouth Road, Conference Suite 1
Livonia, MI 48150
(Also available online for out-of-state/country participants)

Tuition:
$299 per person
$199 per person when registering 2 or more

Includes your human wiring assessment.

Register Now:
https://www.excellerateassociates.com/wired-to-win-101

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Excellerate Associates, human wiring training, leadership training

From Miscommunication to Mastery: A Manager’s Human Wiring Epiphany

October 3, 2024 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment

Jessica had been a manager for over ten years, and she prided herself on her ability to lead teams and drive results. Her department consistently hit their targets, but there was always an underlying frustration gnawing at her—her staff just didn’t seem to “get” her directions. No matter how clear she thought she was, she often found herself dealing with missed deadlines, misinterpretations, and incomplete tasks.

“It’s like I’m speaking another language,” she would tell herself, feeling frustrated after yet another team meeting where her ideas didn’t seem to land.

She believed that the issue was with her staff. If they couldn’t follow simple instructions, maybe they weren’t fit for the job. Jessica grew more and more frustrated. In private conversations, she confided to her peers that perhaps she just had a team that wasn’t cut out for the level of execution she needed. Yet, even as she voiced these concerns, something didn’t sit right.

One day, she attended a leadership development seminar where the speaker introduced a concept that would change everything: Human Wiring as a Leadership Superpower. The speaker explained that every person is wired differently in how they process information, make decisions, and take action. Jessica sat forward in her seat as she realized this was about more than just communication styles—it was about recognizing and adapting to the inherent differences in how people are wired to function.

The light bulb went off.

It wasn’t that her staff didn’t understand her directions; it was that she hadn’t been speaking to them in a way that resonated with their individual wiring. Some team members were more methodical and needed step-by-step details to feel confident about a task, while others thrived on big-picture thinking and could feel stifled by too many instructions. Some of her employees needed more details, while others were action-oriented and craved a faster pace.

Jessica realized that she had been delivering the same message to everyone, expecting the same results, regardless of their wiring. Her “one-size-fits-all” approach was the problem—not her team.

Excited and slightly humbled, Jessica returned to work with a new mindset. She began observing her staff, learning their natural tendencies, and paying attention to how they responded to different types of instructions. In team meetings, she started tailoring her message. For the members who were more sequential, she provided clear, detailed breakdowns. For the team members who didn’t need a lot of information, she gave them bullet pointed outcomes. For the relational ones, she gave them time to discuss and connect with others before making decisions.

The results were astonishing. Tasks that had once stalled suddenly flowed smoothly. Communication breakdowns decreased, and her team felt more empowered to take ownership of their work. Jessica saw the immediate impact of aligning her leadership with her team’s wiring.

But beyond just productivity, something even more powerful happened: her relationships with her team deepened. They felt seen and valued for who they were, not just for their ability to execute tasks. Jessica’s leadership style evolved from being directive to truly collaborative, and her staff responded with newfound enthusiasm.

Reflecting on her journey, Jessica realized that understanding human wiring had given her the key to unlock her team’s potential. It wasn’t about pushing them harder—it was about meeting them where they were wired to be their best. What started as a leadership frustration had turned into her greatest leadership strength.

Jessica’s story is a testament to the power of understanding human wiring and how it can transform not only productivity but also relationships within a team.

Invitation

Ready to scale and systematize your business and learn how to align your team? Join us at the Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp – October 21-22, 2024. LEARN MORE.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Excellerate Associates, human wiring, human wiring training

Members Login

Click to login

Download(s)

Your Download(s)
My Account
View Cart
Logout

Wake Up Profitable Live Event

The Wake Up Profitable Intensive Boot Camp for Business Owners draws in successful entrepreneurs committed to attaining stronger marketing systems, skills and profitability that has resulted in:

  • Increased productivity by over 40%
  • Improved sales 90% in 30 days
  • Freedom to enjoy life by aligning and systematizing their business
Scale Your Business Now!

Profitability Lab Introduction

In this live session you will:

  • Explore what’s possible for you with a brand new approach to profitability
  • Instantly find more money and time in your business
  • Discover how to shift from “busy” to profitable
Register Now!

Goals in Gear

Webinar: Get Your Goals in Gear

GET YOUR GOALS IN GEARGet Your Goals in Gear is a 65-minute webinar that will help you set your goals — and bring them into reality. Take your business to new levels with an actionable plan of specific measurables, strategies, milestones and actions.

Learn More

Me, Myself, and Why?

Me, Myself and Why? Best Selling BookBOOK: Me, Myself, and Why? The Secrets to Navigating Change

The Most Valuable Book You Will Ever Read: Discover how one foundational tool can give you the courage to take you where you want to go in life.

Learn More
  • Business Mentoring to Scale Your Business
  • Interview with Lisa Mininni
  • Media Center
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Success Stories
  • Free Resources
  • Best Selling Book
  • Contact
  • Members Only
  • Affiliates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Social Media Link Excellerate Associates
  • Home

© Copyright 2025 Excellerate Associates ·| Powered by Essential IT | Privacy Policy