by Bill Treasurer | Oct 11, 2023 | Courageous Leadership
Nobody’s perfect, but that doesn’t seem to stop people from trying. And why not? There are lots of good reasons for wanting to be perfect. Some professions, for example, greatly benefit from their inherent perfectionism. This is especially true of professions where...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 8, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Despite the overwhelming evidence about fear’s debilitating impacts on performance, many leaders still resort to stoking people’s fears to get work done. Given how damaging fear is in the workplace, it is useful to know whether the organization you work for might be...
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...
by Bill Treasurer | Apr 28, 2013 | Leadership Development
Leadership is a messy business… at least when it’s being done right. It requires making bold decisions, often while relying on ambiguous, shifting, or contradictory information. Sometimes you have to get it wrong, a lot, before you can get it right. Just ask any...