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Dan’s Biz Bookshelf: ‘Super Performance: 8 Strategies to Reach Full Potential’

Once in a while, a book comes along that doesn’t just inspire; it instructs. George Pesansky’s Super Performance: 8 Strategies to Reach Full Potential for Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization is a rare gem that’s neither a theory, fluff, nor another feel-good leadership manual. It’s a roadmap for anyone serious about unlocking their full potential and that of those around them.

Pesansky lays out eight strategies that work, built on a timeless truth that greatness is intentional. No one drifts into high performance. You build it brick by brick, decision by decision, conversation by conversation. This book teaches you systematically how to do that. From aligning personal purpose with organizational goals to creating a culture where accountability and collaboration mean something, Super Performance hits every nerve of modern leadership. It challenges you to raise your bar before raising anyone else’s. Because, as the book reminds us, “A team’s ceiling is always set by its leader’s habits.”

This book is as much about human performance as it is about business performance—the small daily disciplines that separate the good from the great. It’s about leaders who communicate clearly, coach consistently, care deeply, and measure success not by quarterly results alone, but by the growth of their people and the strength of their culture.

Each chapter reads like a conversation with a coach who refuses to let you settle. It’s practical, direct, and written with the conviction of someone who’s lived it. Whether you lead a team of three or 3,000, this book gives you tools to apply immediately—tools that build trust, sharpen focus, and multiply results.

The genuine test of any business book is whether it makes you do something different tomorrow. Super Performance is one of those books. You’ll walk away rethinking how you set goals, give feedback, and define success.

Potential means nothing without pursuit. This book is the pursuit manual. Read it with a pen in hand, take notes, argue with it, apply it, and watch what happens. Your people will feel it, your customers will see it, and you’ll rediscover what leadership is supposed to look like: clarity, courage, and consistency in action.

If you’re ready to stop talking about excellence and start leading with it, Super Performance is a must-read. It’s a blueprint for building results and relationships that last.

Dan Beaulieu is president of D.B. Management Group.

Title: Super Performance: 8 Strategies to Reach Full Potential for Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization
Author: George Pesansky
Copyright: Fast Press Company, 2025
Pages: 312
Price: $28.83