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A Favorite Leadership Quote
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good (wo)men to do what he (she) wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Project: Forgive
A colleague of mine, Shawne Duperon, has created documentary project called “Project: Forgive” and is attempting to raise funding using KickStarter. The hope of the documentary is to tell the stories of people who have been harmed yet have forgiven who has harmed them. You can watch an introductory video at KickStarter that tells the [...]
Understanding Stress
Stress is simply a fact of life. Everyone knows that but not everyone knows the true cost of untreated stress and how it impacts your physical and emotional wellbeing. If you want to know more about stress take a look at this article at HelpGuide and MedicineNet. You’ll find a plethora of information and advice.
Don’t Give Up
From the U.S. Army Twitter Stream: “When bad things happen through hardships, we make a conscious decision to either be resilient or give up.” What can you do to be more resilient?
14 Fascinating Theories from Leadership Studies
Our colleagues from Best Colleges Online have written an informative leadership article about leadership theories. You can read the entire article here.
Coping & Stress Management Skills Test
Psychology Today offers an on-line coping and stress management skills test. You can get a snapshot overview report for free so you don’t need to purchase the upsell they offer. Take the test now.
Leaders can build resiliency in others
Leaders are responsible to lead themselves and others while doing the often over-whelming job of managing a business. The only certainty about business is that change is inevitable and leaders need to step up and teach their employees resiliency skills. A few ways they might do this include: Helping employees discover and focus on their [...]
Resiliency Might Just Take TWO
Patrick Henry was more than the orator who gave us “liberty or death”. Indeed, there is a modern day Patrick Henry who–along with his father – shows the resiliency that comes when two forces claim the liberty of believing in one’s dreams. Watch this video and BELIEVE.
Lexus says “Change cannot be contained”.
Nothing more true has ever been said.
What is resilience?
Most search engines would have you believe it is the simple ability to display good coping skills during difficult times. Resilience goes much deeper than that. For some people, resilience is almost always an easy thing. Knock them down and they pop right up again. For others, it’s not so simple. They struggle and their [...]