by Bill Treasurer | Mar 1, 2017 | Courageous Leadership
Isn’t it funny how obvious and oblivious are so close? — Author unknown My work with leaders sometimes involves inviting the leader’s direct reports to purposely kick him or her in the emotional keister. One of the most effective ways of doing this is having the...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 22, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
It always makes me cringe when a leader prides himself on being “brutally honest.” As in, “Hey, I just tell it like it is; if that hurts people’s feelings, too bad so sad. I’m just brutally honest.” Think about it. Do you really need to bring violence to your...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 8, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Despite the overwhelming evidence about fear and its debilitating impacts on performance, many leaders still resort to stoking people’s fears to get work done. Don’t let fear rule your organization. Given how damaging fear is in the workplace, it is useful to...
by Bill Treasurer | Oct 12, 2016 | Courageous Leadership, Team Building
Great teams take time to develop. For seven years I traveled around the world as a member of the U.S. High Diving Team, diving from heights that scaled to over 100 feet into small pools that were only 10 feet deep. If we didn’t team well together, people could die. So...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 23, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Keep Calm and have the courage to Maximize and Embrace Millennials Guest post by Dan Negroni Millennials are the Power. In the next decade, they will be the most prevalent and dominant generation in the workplace. Technology is changing the world at hyper-speed and...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 2, 2016 | Courageous Leadership, Leadership Development, Personal Growth, Team Building
In my work as a courage-builder, I describe three distinct types of courage: TRY Courage, TRUST Courage, and TELL Courage. TRY Courage is taking action to do something you’ve never done before. TELL Courage is being a truth-teller, especially when it’s hard to assert...
