Long Training+Research

Long Training+Research LTR is a human performance firm providing management assessment and management development services.

Dr. Stephen Long is the founder & president of Long Training+Research specializing in human performance, leadership effectiveness, talent optimization, and strategy ex*****on. He has unlocked the potential of exceptional leaders, champion athletes, fighter pilots, military special operations personnel, elite producers, and corporate executives. The author of four books and over a dozen articles, h

e earned his PhD from the University of Kansas where he was honored as the Most Outstanding Doctoral Student while serving as the Director of the KU Peak Performance Clinic. He then served as the Head of Performance Psychology in the Human Performance Lab at the US Air Force Academy. A University of Utah independent study identified Dr. Long as one of North America’s top applied performance psychologists.

10/06/2026

Effective leaders demonstrate the ability to take complex topics and simplify them into digestible solutions for their people. Each concept generates implicit value judgments about which side is right and which side is wrong. Effective leaders rise above these trivial arguments by using the strengths of each side to generate and implement solutions.

09/06/2026

Effective leaders successfully manage the paradox of change and stability by being aware that people require a balance between the two. They recognize which point on the change/stability continuum helps their people feel secure while taking advantage of existing opportunities.

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05/06/2026

Thank you to our fantastic listeners for putting the X Factor podcast in the top 10 yet again!

04/06/2026

Distinguishing between Power Leaders and Authority Leaders during a stable economy can be difficult because executives rarely reveal their authentic character under favorable conditions. But in uncertain times, they cannot hide their true colors. Power Leaders demonstrate their ability to communicate with their workforce and engage with their markets to grow their business.

03/06/2026

Teamwork is defined by people taking responsibility rather than shifting blame. The stability of the organization strengthens when people become stewards, conduits between the organization and the community, enhancing personal and collective reputations by doing the right thing.

02/06/2026

Stewardship is demonstrated when each employee is doing everything within their power to grow the company. They know what they have to do and when they will have it done.

28/05/2026

Effective leaders repress the basic instinct to control people and processes. They delegate authority and utilize their employees' strengths. They reward risk-taking behavior, encouraging others to be more creative and innovative.

27/05/2026

Effective leaders transform themselves first before they attempt to transform the organization. They reexamine beliefs about people and how they work best before they ask people to question their own beliefs. The process helps make sense of complex situations and understand the underlying foundations of an organization.

26/05/2026

Studies conducted by noted researchers identified pornographic attitudes that correlate with unproductive, ineffective management behaviors such as callousness, hostility, professional indifference, and emotional detachment.

21/05/2026

In the absence of trust, employees resort to “survivalism” — paying more attention to their personal agendas than the organizational mission.

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