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Courageous Leadership Facilitator's Guide Courageous Leadership Participant WorkbookThe Courageous Leadership training program provides a step-by-step approach for using courage to improve performance and counteract the negative impacts of workplace fear. Whether you’re already leading an organization, or simply aspiring to have more leadership influence, the Courageous Leadership program will advance your goals, strengthen your leadership skills, and provide you with practical tips for inspiring more workplace courage. To learn more and order a copy, visit our Pfeiffer website.
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GLC books can be purchased online at Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Courage Goes to Work
Courage Goes to Work introduces the new practice of courage-building. The book, which received over 50 endorsements from world-class business luminaries, focuses on building workforce courage. As the book shows, people perform better when operating out of courage and confidence than when they are operating out of fear and anxiety. The entire organization benefits when everyone is showing up to work each day with just a little bit more courage!  Learn more at: www.couragegoestowork.com. The book's foreword was written by Sara Blakely, founder of SPANX, a $200 million dollar international retail enterprise, and Giant Leap Consulting client.
Right Risk
Right Risk is the first self-help book to focus solely on building personal courage. The book, which has been published in four languages, draws upon Bill Treasurer's experience as an organizational development professional, and as a former daredevil athlete. For 7 years, Bill traveled around the globe as a member of the U.S. High Diving Team. During that time he performed over 1500 high dives from heights that scaled to over 100 feet (the equivalent of a 10-story building!). Bill takes the lessons that he learned as a captain of the U.S. High Diving Team, and uses them to help readers face whatever high dives they may be facing. Management Guru Ken Blanchard called Right Risk a book for our times.
Positively MAD
Giant Leap's founder, Bill Treasurer, served as the chief editor and contributing author to this book which focuses on helping people make a positive difference in the organizations they serve. Co-written by 50 world-renowned organizational development experts, Positively M.A.D. says that it's okay to be angry at the way the world works today, but it is NOT okay to be a malcontent. Instead, people should use their anger as fuel to produce creative and satisfying solutions.
Blueprint for Success
Co-written by Bill Treasurer, Dr. Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, and other leading authorities, Blueprint for Success offers powerful ideas for charting a master plan for your success. Bill's chapter introduces the practice of courage-building, and describes why it is so essential to operating profitable and ethical businesses.
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GLC books can be purchased online at Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Articles

The following articles represent the tip of the iceberg in our thinking around courage and living a courageous life. Below, you will find articles that have appeared in prestigous publications, as well as installments in our Courageous Profiles series. These profiles seek to highlight the courageous stories of the people around us, whether they are in the community or the workplace. We strive to shine light on the stories that surround us but are often not told.

Helping employees develop a little more courage -- and deliver a lot more results.
couragegoestowork.com

The Three Kinds of Executive Courage
Forbes Magazine, 10-19-09

The Courage in Taking a Step
Reverend Clark Olsen's Journey to Selma, Alabama in 1965
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The Courage of Conviction
Doug Ward: Advocate for Special Needs Student.
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The Courage of the Hero
Noah Blumenthal: Exploring Your Heroic Self
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Courage Goes to Work
Affluent Magazine

Risk Taking in Marketing
Marketing That Works

9 for '09: Career Advice for the New Year
Consulting Magazine

How to say no to your boss
CNN.com

Take it from the experts: allow employees to act courageously
Canada.com

Nine ways to battle your job fears
dailybreeze.com

Positive thinking in times of gloom
Mlive.com

Tips to avoid the pink slip
KansasCity.com THE STAR: dollars & sense

Author calls courage the premier business virtue
thespec.com


Press Room

In this section of our website, you will find press releases and articles that represent our approach to Courage in the Workplace.

EOtvEOtv Interview
November 2, 2009

 

Leadership Excellence MagazineCourage Goes to Work: Leader's role in building backbone
Leadership Excellence June 14, 2009

The collapsed economy--the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression--tops the news. Our home values are in the tank, our retirement savings are evaporating, and our jobs are being cut.
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(PDF)

 

Training MagazineMobility Mobilization
Training June 2009

When doesn't work in slippers and a ratty bathrobe beat boardroom tailored attire and fixed expressions imitating interest? True, a flexible workforce has its pleasures, but it also has some pragmatic uses for hard economic times.
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employer MagazineCourage Goes to Work: The role of HR in building BACKBONE
CA Employer March 2009

Not even the election of America's first African American president can best the collapsed economy as the top news story.
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(PDF)

 

 

Right RiskRight Risk
Book article (PDF)

Is risk a four-letter word in your life? Do you play it safe instead of putting yourself on the line? Retreat to your comfort zone instead of making a gutsier move? Settle for less instead of reaching for more?
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High Dive FearHow Risk-Taking Really Works
Training January 2000

The snowflakes were the deciding factor. It was bad enough that I was in a remote German village, the ladder was shaky, the pool wasn't heated, and the water was in the low 40s. But snow? As I stretched out my arms and considered the 100-foot distance between me and the pool, I knew this would be one of my last high dives.
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What's Going On in Human ResourcesManaging people in uncertain timies: 4 strategies that work
Human Resources, November 26, 2008

Balancing honesty and optimism is the key
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Courage Goes to Work

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