Positive deviance takes courage and creativity If you’re not a positive deviant in your field, consider studying those who are, and then becoming one (here is Marshall Thurbers’s positive deviants network). To act with positive deviance takes courage and...
Mindful Leadership Creed … Show up and be present. Tell the truth. Play to win. Don’t be attached to the outcome. The last post focused on the first part of the Mindful Leadership Creed, being present. This post focuses on the second part of the creed: Tell the truth....
How to be a successful entrepreneur – be resilient and empowered. Jan, a highly successful entrepreneur, endured tremendous hardships throughout life, including both of her parents dying before she was 6 years old. Later, in corporate America, she banged her...
The Stockdale Paradox: Face the most brutal facts of your current reality and retain faith that you will prevail in the endgame. This is Admiral Jim Stockdale’s philosophy. He was the highest-ranking U.S. prisoner of war at the “Hanoi Hilton” in Vietnam from 1965 to...
What makes a successful entrepreneur?An important trait of entrepreneurs is passion. Here’s a story about one of the best small successful entrepreneurs I’ve met in the 30 years I’ve been an executive coach; let’s call her Ingrid. Ingrid was a teacher and...
