by Bill Treasurer | Mar 15, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Leading courageously often involves sharing feedback, both bad and good, with those around you. But feedback can be really hard to give, and it’s even harder to take. It helps to view it in terms of being constructive, helping people grow, or destructive, which...
by Bill Treasurer | Feb 16, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Sometimes people think that having courage requires saying YES to every big risk that comes along. But sometimes it actually means applying a disciplined NO to assert a boundary. Ed Viesturs, one of America’s greatest adventurers, has submitted all fourteen of...
by Bill Treasurer | Jan 26, 2016 | Personal Growth
Fear and excitement prompt the same neurological responses and are important when trying to build your confidence. Think for a moment about what happens to you physiologically when you are really, really afraid. Your heart races, your palms sweat, your breath gets...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 22, 2015 | Courageous Leadership
Leadership requires sound judgment. But there’s a big difference between having sound judgment and being overly judgmental. Sometimes when you’re too judgmental, you become intolerant. You pre-judge a situation and that gets in the way of connecting with...
by Bill Treasurer | Nov 24, 2015 | Courageous Leadership
Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, shares a story from her childhood rooted in the ability to make mistakes – a perspective that helped her build a company with just $5000 and turn it into an international retail powerhouse. Each weekend, her dad would sit down and...
