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April 2, 2015
Living Up to Your Heroic Leadership Potential
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know all about the Heroic Journey of the leader. It begins when the Hero/Leaderanswers the Call tolead their team or organization on the path to positive transformational change and ends when theysurvivea Supreme Ordeal that teaches everyone involved how to operate on a new higher level that changes the very fabric of the organization for the better.
As a reminder, the six phases of the Heroic Leadership Journey are: the Call, the Resis...
March 23, 2015
Building Build-A-Bear: A Heroic Leadership Journey
Today I published my Lead Positive Profile with Maxine Clark,retail innovator and founder of Build-A-Bearon my Psychology Today blog.In the profile, Maxine details her Heroic Leadership Journey*—from answering The Call to step down as President ofPayless ShoeSource to facing the Supreme Ordeal that was the Great Recession.
Here are some of the most inspirational quotes from her interview. For the full read, please go here.
Onbattling resistance
“When people told me no or it was a stupid idea...
January 15, 2015
Lead Positive Named One of 2014’s “Best Leadership Books” by Inc.com
In case you missed it, I wanted to share this exciting news with you: Lead Positive was named one of the “Best Leadership Books” of 2014 by Inc.com!
In an article titled, “10 Tips and Quotes From the Best Leadership Books of the Year,” by Inc.com Contributing Editor John Brandon, appears this salient tip from Lead Positive:
Right now, I must say, it is quite easy for me to “reflect on and register the best of what is happening in the present moment.” After all, everyone (including me) is motiva...
January 1, 2015
Top 3 Posts on Finding Your Motivation for the New Year
Happy New Year everyone!
If you haven’t already, you’re probably thinking about what your New Year’s resolutions should be, how you’re going to make them happen, or if you should have any at all.
Many people advise that you need to get specific about what you want to achieve otherwise it won’t happen. Well, my advice to you this new year is a little different.
I encourage you to find one, major overriding goal for the new year–your moonshot,your mighty cause, your game-changer.Allow that moonsho...
December 25, 2014
Happy Holidays!
Wishing you all a Happy and Memorable Holiday Season 2014!
From Kathy, John, and the pupsGracie (left) and Sophie (right).
Photo Source: Melissa Brawner
December 18, 2014
Top 5 Ways to Lead Positive with Others
I have been spending a lot of time lately with an impressive team of strategic thinkers working on how to make the most of 2015 (more on this soon!). The sheer number of great ideas and collaborations we have come up with got me thinking about how important it is to Lead Positive in our dealings with others.
Last week I shared with you my five most popular blog posts on using ABT to shift your mindset toward the positive. Today I am highlighting my top five posts of the year on dealing with pe...
December 11, 2014
Top 5 Ways to Shift Your Mindset to the Positive
As we begin to close out the year, I’m taking the time to scan, snap, savor all that my team and I have been able to accomplish over the past year: publishing Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do, launching my new website and blog, and most recently, working with an amazing team of positive thinkers on what’s in store for 2015.
One of the things I’m most proud of this year is the Lead Positive blog, which has helped me connect with you on a weekly basis to spread the m...
December 4, 2014
How Do You Want to Show Up This Holiday Season?
Now that we have officially embarked upon the holiday season, you might be finding yourself rushing from task to task—personal and professional—feeling a little crazed thinking about all the things you “need” to get done before the new year. But ‘tis the season to be merry—not crazy stressed out, right?
Stop for a moment and think about how you really want to show up over the next few weeks.
As a harried, stressed-out individual who is already too busy to accomplish—or enjoy—anything before the...
November 27, 2014
Happy Giving Thanks Day!
Giving thanks is a pure act with an amazing array of side benefits. Cultivating an “attitude of gratitude” has been linked to less anxiety and depression, and building multiple aspects of wellbeing from happiness to the capacity for love. Take a look at “A Serving of Gratitude May Save the Day” to see John Tierney’s Thanksgiving recipe for holiday bliss.
On a somewhat related note, I have been thinking a lot lately about how grateful I am for the work of happiness scholar Matt Killingsworth an...
November 20, 2014
How To Find Your Authentic Path (More Lead Positive Tips from Robbie Vorhaus)
As a renowned crisis expert and communications strategist, Robbie Vorhaus teaches others that finding their authenticity is the key to happiness and fulfillment. In his recently published book, One Less. One More. – Follow Your Heart. Be Happy. Change Slowly, he explains what happens when you choose to follow your heart, do what you love, and pursue your deepest dreams and desires. According to Robbie, the first step on the path to authenticity is being open to everything and attached to noth...
