IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Greg Hoffman on inspiration: “Leaving inspiration to chance, where it just hits you in a random moment, is not a recipe for sustained success in the creative world. You have to go out and find it. While some may be born with a seeker’s mentality, others can learn to be more curious. Curiosity is a muscle, and muscles need to be trained.” Source: Emotion By Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike II. Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Davi ..read more

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Tom Asacker on leading with people: “Those skilled at motivating people to cross a new bridge to change their beliefs and behavior, are not trying to cajole or manipulate them against their will. Rather, they seek to guide them to a new destination, a transformed way of feeling, thinking and acting that's aligned with their personal desires and values. Effective leaders know that the first essential step to changing people's behavior is to understand ..read more

NAVY SEALs talk about the Gouge. But what is it? It’s not a thing but mental readiness—a preparedness that is based on some foundational beliefs. It is a place you bring yourself and others to mentally. It is defined by Admiral and former Navy SEAL Bob Harward in The Gouge!, as “the contract we all have with humanity, sharing the best of everyone for the collective well-being of all. It was always intended to be information you could believe in, people you could trust, organizations you could rely on because it came from people who wanted the best for you, and therefore good for all.” What ca ..read more

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Peter Block on freedom and accountability : “Freedom being the choice to be a creator of our own experience and accept the unbearable responsibility that goes with that. Out of this insight grows the idea that perhaps the real task of leadership is to confront people with their freedom. This may be the ultimate act of love that is called for from those who hold power over others. Choosing our freedom is also the source of our willingness to choose to ..read more

HERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2024 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Lead Boldly: How to Coach Others to Greatness (The Transformational Coach) by Hugh Blane In Lead Boldly, peak performance coach Hugh Blane shares his three guiding principles for converting human potential into inspired performance. He does this by providing a detailed road map for transforming a leader’s results at work and home in unprecedented ways. Lead Boldly makes the compelling case that there are vast levels of untap ..read more

Here is a selection of Posts from June 2024 that you will want to check out: The Art of Adapting: Staying Fresh in Your Leadership by @WScottCochrane When Teams Can’t Trust Their Leaders by@philcooke Edith Bolling Galt Wilson-Biden by @jamesstrock Escape These Communication Traps Without Creating Conflict @KateNasser The Grit Behind the Grime: How Summer Jobs Teach Lasting Life Skills by @artpetty "A history without a country" — it's no wonder why many Belgians still ask themselves what it mean to be a Belgian! Take a quick tour of my trip to #Ghent and #Bruges with that question in mind by ..read more

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Professor L.A. Paul on how to think about important life choices: “As we live our lives, we find ourselves confronted with a brute fact about how little we can know about our futures—just when it is most important to us that we do know. For many big life choices, we only learn what we need to know after we’ve done it, and we change ourselves in the process of doing it. I’ll argue that, in the end, the best response to this situation is to choose based ..read more

IF SOMEONE was to ask you who is your customer, you would probably easily answer the question. Regardless of what you do at work you probably know who buys the product or service your company makes. Now, if that same someone were to ask you who consumes the work that you personally do, the answer may not come as easily. In a lot of cases, the person who uses what you make isn’t the end customer of your company. It’s likely to be someone who works for your company. What would change if you began to think of that person as your customer? It’s a question most people never consider. How does the ..read more

Last Wednesday, June 12, in front of almost 60,000 people, the greatest quarterback of all time, Tom Brady, was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. In an outstanding, emotional 20-minute acceptance speech, he reflected on football and life. Here are some of his key thoughts that apply to us all. It’s hard to throw, catch, block and tackle and hit kids when they’re way bigger and way more developed than you, only to go home that night bruised and battered and strained, but knowing that you have to show up again the next day for just the chance to try again. But understand th ..read more

SUMMER is here. The summer is a perfect time to explore new ideas and perspectives to challenge your thinking and expand your potential. Create a summer reading plan. Try a book you usually don’t pick up. Wally Bock offers his advice on this here. Here are ten suggestions for books released this year to inspire you and help grow your leadership.   Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg - (February 2024) Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign ..read more