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Cognitive Reappraisal for Wild Success

Leading Blog

Wild Success by Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely illustrates seven leadership lessons we can learn from the harrowing experiences of extreme athletes. What allows Mark to have the mental wherewithal to claw back from catastrophic injury and still have the fortitude to remain committed to the very thing that has hurt him so badly?”

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Leading in the Wild

Lead Change Blog

They extend a heartfelt invitation to all (does and bucks) to join them on their wild journey. “Do Opening the cage door, Hazel works to convince the four to abandon their confined and boring dwelling and join his band in the wild. Welcome to the Wild. The Way of the Leader in the Wild. Do you ever come out?”

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The Super Clever Strategy for Winning Wild Success

Lead from Within

Once you’ve found something you’re really good at and truly interested in doing, pursue it, set goals and commit yourself to excellence. When you foster great ideas and back them up with hard work, a positive attitude, courage, and a commitment to excellence, you’re pretty much bound to succeed in anything you do.

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Visionary Thinking Is a Practiced Skill

Leading Blog

It motivates individuals and organizations to commit to achieving the overall goal — no matter the number of roadblocks that get in the way. A powerful vision creates the will to make change happen and harnesses the energy that will be needed. It inspires action and recruits the people and resources needed for new perspectives and ideas.

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Five Problems with Virtual Communication & What to Do About It

Leading Blog

Problem Five: The Lack of Connection and Commitment. We need to create engaging approaches that combine both the virtual and real-world behavior that leads to commitment in the end. A few ways to create commitment in the real-world work well online. We think we’ve created something convenient, cost-effective, and efficient.

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Frederic Laloux: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

After I read Frederic Laloux‘s brilliant book, Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness, I was curious to know more about him and learned of his passionate commitment to helping leaders in almost any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — to explore fundamentally (..)

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Live and Work in Joy with Eileen Hahn

Lead Change Blog

When the leaders are excited and committed to the vision, goals, values and culture, and when role modeling, mentoring and nurturing their employees in that regard becomes a priority, the result is that it unfolds in beautiful ways. All organizational leaders should be aligned in this regard. May more people come to know that is possible!