Choosing to take a risk is often well-calculated. You understand the consequences. You know what you have to gain and what you have to lose. At one point or another, you've likely had to make a decision that exposed you to great risk. Do you take the risk and if so...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Some of our blog posts stir up more reactions than others. In this post, first posted on the Human Capital Institute’s website, Giant Leap founder Bill Treasurer argues that leadership isn’t about fame, nor is it reserved for a select few. Leadership, Bill argues, is...
Last month, I gathered together some of my friends and fellow Berrett-Koehler authors to talk about the people who saw potential in us when we couldn’t see it in ourselves. These people opened doors of opportunity that helped us get to where we are today, and it was...
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