Leadership is an art. We are pulling together teams of people who have different experiences, personalities, outlooks, and values. What is often not talked about is cognitive abilities, specifically the speed at which individuals can process information. In my coaching practice, I use the ProfileXT Select assessment by Wiley to determine where leaders fall on the bell curve of cognitive processing. This insight has proven invaluable because leaders with higher processing abilities don't always realize that others simply cannot keep up with them. When Your Brain Moves Faster Than Your Team If you're a high-speed processor, your behaviors in meetings might include: Giving answers before others have fully considered the question Moving rapidly from one topic to the next Finishing people's sentences Assuming everyone has grasped concepts you presented briefly These behaviors can be annoying or frustrating to others and often cause relationship issues around trust and collaboration. A...