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“Most leadership assessments measure behavior in a room.”

FROM THE FOUNDER

What Most Leadership Assessments Miss

Most leadership assessments measure behavior in a room. Arevita 360 measures the person who walked into the room, and the eight dimensions of wellness that determine how they show up once they're there. A founder's note on why we built it this way.

By Julie Jones · 8 min read · June 20, 2026

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REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH

The Value of Aligning Your Values in Leadership and Life

Steger's longitudinal research is unambiguous: a felt sense of meaning predicts wellbeing, resilience and performance in ways hedonic measures cannot. What that looks like in a leader's actual week.

By Julie Jones · 6 min read · June 18, 2026

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD

The Power of The Pause: Regulate Your Emotions for Measurable Results

Gross's 2002 research on cognitive reappraisal versus suppression. What the 90-second pause does to a difficult conversation, and to the leader on the other side of it.

By Julie Jones · 4 min read · June 17, 2026

FROM THE FOUNDER

Why I Track the Gap Between What Leaders Say and What Their Teams Hear

The single most predictive measure I've found in two decades of executive coaching isn't intent: it's the delta between intent and impact. Why we built that delta directly into the 360° instrument.

By Julie Jones · 7 min read · June 15, 2026

REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH

85 Years of the Harvard Study: What It Says About Executives

Waldinger's stewardship of the longest study on adult life ever conducted keeps arriving at the same finding: relationship quality is the strongest predictor of long-term wellbeing. What that means for the senior leader whose calendar has slowly squeezed it out.

By Julie Jones · 5 min read · June 12, 2026

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD

The Six-Hour Sleeper: A Coaching Pattern I See Every Week

Walker's 2017 work made the cost of chronic sleep restriction unmistakable, and yet most of the executives I coach are running on six hours and convinced they're the exception. What the assessment surfaces, and what changes when we name it.

By Julie Jones · 6 min read · June 10, 2026

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD

The Pillar Most Leaders Quietly Ignore: Environmental Wellness

Of the eight pillars, the one that scores lowest most often isn't the one you'd expect. A field note on environmental wellness (the physical, sensory and digital spaces leaders inhabit) and why it quietly governs the other seven.

By Julie Jones · 5 min read · June 8, 2026

REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH

Cal Newport, Deep Work, and the CFO Who Couldn't Find Two Hours

Newport's framing of attention as the scarcest resource is now well past the trend cycle, but the underlying neuroscience hasn't moved. A short reflection on why protected cognitive time may be the most underweighted variable in executive performance.

By Julie Jones · 6 min read · June 5, 2026

FROM THE FOUNDER

Psychological Safety Is Not a Soft Skill

Edmondson's 1999 paper is the most-cited study in organizational behavior for a reason. It is also the most-misread. Why I put psychological safety on the leadership-impact side of the instrument, and why it shows up as a wellness lever, not a culture poster.

By Julie Jones · 7 min read · June 3, 2026

REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH

Self-Compassion Is Not Self-Pity: And the Research Is Clear About the Difference

Neff's twenty years of work on self-compassion, and Goyal's 2014 JAMA meta-analysis on mindfulness, converge on a finding that consistently surprises the executives I share it with. What changes when high-performing leaders stop confusing self-compassion with going easy on themselves.

By Julie Jones · 5 min read · June 1, 2026

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