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Painful Experiences: 5 Ways to Gain Advantage

Painful experiences are unavoidable. You might be going through the fire right now.

This post offers 5 ways to gain advantage from painful experiences.

It’s not easy, but you’ve done it before. You can do it again.

What can you add to the list I offer?

5 Accountability Practices that Guarantee Teams Row Together

Teams that row together are no accident.

The secret to pulling together is shared accountability.

Accountability brings reality to responsibility.

The 12 Dragons all Leaders Face

The dragons you face are inside you. Stop blaming. Your shortfalls belong to you. Face the dragon. You are the dragon. The 12 dragons all leaders face: Building the team: Lead yourself to… Continue reading

12 Ways to Dance with Disappointment

Disappointment looks like, anger, fear, fatigue, loss of interest, insecurity, low motivation, and/or guilt.

This post offers 12 practical ways to dance with disappointment. One of them may work for you.

The Five Stages of Decline

You might feel like Superman, but kryptonite is real. Success goes sideways when leaders feel invincible. 5 companies that were great once: Borders Sears & Roebuck Blockbuster (Blockbuster has 1 store in Bend,… Continue reading

How to turn Negative Rumination into Useful Reflection

We all know people who slither down the rabbit hole of bad memories and wriggle out frazzled on the other side. Ruminations shape responses and attitudes. The future reflects the rumination of the… Continue reading