From Center Court to Corporate Change:
A Revolutionary Approach to Team Excellence
What do a Grand Slam tennis chair umpire and a corporate transformation expert know about creating extraordinary teams? A lot. Drawing from high-stakes matches and complex enterprise transformation, discover The 6 Social Skills of GREAT Teaming™ that help brilliant individuals become brilliant teammates — and transform workplace survival into genuine joy.


Lessons from the tall chair – The Complete Playbook for psychological safety & joy at work
Great teams don’t happen by accident. They’re built by design. Lessons from the Tall Chair reveals how our minds, bodies, conversations, and relationships shape the way we work together under pressure. Drawing on lessons forged in world-class tennis officiating and tested across decades of complex corporate transformation, Mary Lou introduces The 6 Social Skills of GREAT Teaming™. This practical, human-centered system helps teams co-create psychological safety, unlock collective brilliance, and bring genuine joy back to work in the age of Human-AI teaming.
