by Bill Treasurer | Dec 11, 2013 | Courageous Leadership
In the same way you learn leadership from leaders, law from lawyers, and art from artists, you learn most about risk-taking from risk-takers. Emerson once wrote, “The great distinction between teachers sacred or literary is that one class speaks from within, or from...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 4, 2013 | Courageous Leadership
In early 1960, Dr. Frances Kelsey was given her first assignment as a new employee with the FDA. After being on the job for only one month, she was asked to evaluate an application for a new drug by the pharmaceutical company Richardson-Merrell. The drug, being...
by Bill Treasurer | Oct 16, 2013 | Courageous Leadership
People often ask me how I define courage. My usual response is that what matters more is how you define courage. What does courage look like to you? Who are some courageous role models in your own life? When an organization brings me in to build workplace courage, one...
by Bill Treasurer | Sep 4, 2013 | Courageous Leadership
Fear is bad for business. It lowers morale, engagement, and ultimately performance. Despite the overwhelming evidence about fear’s debilitating impacts on performance, many leaders still resort to stoking people’s fears to get work done. Margaret Wheatley,...
by Bill Treasurer | Jul 1, 2013 | Courageous Leadership
The Power of Courage for Women Leaders originally appeared in Training and Development Magazine in their June 2013 issue.
by Bill Treasurer | Jul 12, 2012 | Courageous Leadership
I talk about courage a lot, but that’s probably not a surprise to you. One thing I know for sure from hundreds of hours spent with people in conversations around courageous leadership is that people are often most engaged when you are telling them a story. We...
