by Bill Treasurer | Jan 23, 2012 | Courageous Leadership
What, exactly is “stupid courage”? When I was a kid, a ferocious dog named King lived down the street. Being six years old, I was deathly afraid of King, a black Doberman Pincher. Every time I walked past my neighbor’s house, King would bark viciously. ...
by Bill Treasurer | Oct 17, 2011 | Courageous Leadership
I am an idealist. You have to be if the bulk of your business centers on developing leaders. Leadership development involves helping people close the gap between the leader that they are, and the leader that they want to be. “Leadership” is an aspirational concept...
by Bill Treasurer | May 31, 2011 | Courageous Leadership
Greetings from Japan. After an unexpected stay in a UK immigration detention center, the Courage Tour is back on. UK and Zurich will no longer start the tour, and will instead pick up the caboose. Instead, Japan is the launch point. Perhaps starting in Japan makes...
by Bill Treasurer | Apr 8, 2011 | Courageous Leadership
Working for a courage building company, we spend a lot of time discussing how to get more courage, how to cultivate it in one’s self and others, as well as the negative aspects of instilling fear. As fear is an antonym of courage, I decided to explore it further....
by Bill Treasurer | Feb 5, 2011 | Courageous Leadership
“Get this straight; I don’t want you to even think about going near that rock.” These words, a final bit of coaching advice, were said to me just as I got ready to paddle over Nanny Falls, the culminating rapid on the Nantahala River. It takes a few excursions before...
by Bill Treasurer | Feb 5, 2011 | Courageous Leadership
West of Kilkenny, in the hills of Ireland, sits the tiny village of Galmoy, the birthplace of my great-grandmother, whom we called Gandy. While nearly all of the houses from her generation are now gone, the home she grew up in is still there. Down a winding gravel...
