Stay Grateful
Gratitude isn’t soft. It’s strong. And it may be one of the most underutilized tools we have in leadership today.
And at the end of the day, it changes how we see the world.
5 Strategies for Leading Through Change
Change is never far away. A staff member leaves. A new initiative starts. Roles evolve. Seasons shift. And it can leave us feeling off-balance.
As George Bernard Shaw wrote,
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
That perspective is a helpful reminder: change isn’t just a disruption. It’s often the doorway to growth.
4 Ways to Build Resilience Through Gratitude
Life has a way of throwing challenges at us when we least expect them.
I spoke on resilience at a recent annual symposium for financial planners, and was reminded of this truth. Resilience is a topic that I wasn’t speaking on at all four years ago, and now it is requested by audiences more and more (as it was here).
A Growth Mindset
When I graduated from Duke University in 1991, I wasn’t in a particular hurry to get back. To paraphrase Sal Maricano of ESPN, “Happiness was Durham in my rear-view mirror.” I’d gone up there to play baseball and football, but ended up playing...
You Never Fully “Arrive”
Last week I wrote about not transferring blame (via Colorado Mesa baseball). As leaders, as we — and those we lead — truly own our mistakes, it’s important that we also learn from them, and then move on. Learn from the past; don’t live in it. That...
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