Are you hearing the Call?
Here’s how to recognize it: Everything may seem okay on the surface but there is a strong desire in you to move beyond the status quo. You just know there are better ways to solve the problems and counter the challenges facing your business.
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When There's No Turning Back: A Time for Exploration and Discovery
The Crossing of the Threshold is the third phase of the Heroic Journey of the Leader.* It occurs when you take concrete, intractable steps away from the way things are and toward the way things can be. It is your first step to relinquishing the status quo and creating change. Once you cross the threshold from “where...
ReadBattling Resistance When You Know What You Need to Do
Most of the time, what leaders find the most daunting is putting themselves and their vision out there. Resistance in the form of self-doubt can be all-consuming and paralyzing, even after you know what you need to do and the rewards in store. Resistance to the Call Resistance to the Call is the second phase of...
ReadLiving Up to Your Heroic Leadership Potential
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know all about the Heroic Journey of the leader. It begins when the Hero/Leader answers the Call to lead their team or organization on the path to positive transformational change and ends when they survive a Supreme Ordeal that teaches everyone involved how to operate on a new...
ReadBuilding Build-A-Bear: A Heroic Leadership Journey
Today I published my Lead Positive Profile with Maxine Clark, retail innovator and founder of Build-A-Bear on my Psychology Today blog. In the profile, Maxine details her Heroic Leadership Journey*—from answering The Call to step down as President of Payless ShoeSource to facing the Supreme Ordeal that was the Great Recession. Here are some of the most inspirational quotes...
ReadLead Positive Named One of 2014's "Best Leadership Books" by Inc.com
In case you missed it, I wanted to share this exciting news with you: Lead Positive was named one of the “Best Leadership Books” of 2014 by Inc.com! In an article titled, “10 Tips and Quotes From the Best Leadership Books of the Year,” by Inc.com Contributing Editor John Brandon, appears this salient tip from...
ReadTop 3 Posts on Finding Your Motivation for the New Year
Happy New Year everyone! If you haven’t already, you’re probably thinking about what your New Year’s resolutions should be, how you’re going to make them happen, or if you should have any at all. Many people advise that you need to get specific about what you want to achieve otherwise it won’t happen. Well, my...
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Wishing you all a Happy and Memorable Holiday Season 2014! From Kathy, John, and the pups Gracie (left) and Sophie (right). Photo Source: Melissa Brawner
ReadTop 5 Ways to Lead Positive with Others
I have been spending a lot of time lately with an impressive team of strategic thinkers working on how to make the most of 2015 (more on this soon!). The sheer number of great ideas and collaborations we have come up with got me thinking about how important it is to Lead Positive in our...
ReadTop 5 Ways to Shift Your Mindset to the Positive
As we begin to close out the year, I’m taking the time to scan, snap, savor all that my team and I have been able to accomplish over the past year: publishing Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do, launching my new website and blog, and most recently, working with an amazing...
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