by Bill Treasurer | Aug 28, 2013 | Strategic Planning
In my last post I talked about the importance of risk-taking to career and organizational success. This post extends that idea by offering five specific criteria for evaluating whether a risk is right or wrong for you. When considering a risky move, most people resort...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 23, 2013 | Leadership Development
John Smith lost it! And, of all places, he lost it in the big-deal executive meeting. He went over the edge in his plea for some issue around a customer. No, he didn’t cry, although he did wipe his eyes before his cheeks got streaked. No, he didn’t pound the table,...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 21, 2013 | Personal Growth
Time sure does fly. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been over ten years since my first book, Right Risk, was published. At the time, risk-taking was very much on my mind. I was restless and overly content in a six-figure job with Accenture, one of the world’s...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 13, 2013 | Leadership Development
The time has arrived for the Leadership Opportunity Blog Fest! Leadership is one of life’s most overanalyzed, thoroughly dissected, and utterly confused topics. But it doesn’t have to be. Instead of reading smarty-pants leadership books, or attending esoteric...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 7, 2013 | Leadership Development
Many years before founding Giant Leap Consulting, I was a member of the U.S. High Diving Team. Every day I would climb to the top of a hundred-foot high-dive ladder (the equivalent of a ten-story building) and stand atop a one-foot-by-one-foot perch. Then, after a...
