It was christened by Aristotle as the first of all human qualities because he felt it guaranteed the others. Dr. Keshavan Nair called it the “foundation of integrity.” And still Hemingway described it as “grace under pressure.”
What magical virtue were they referring to? Why courage, of course. It’s the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Kevin Brozovich, Founder and Chief People Officer at HRM Innovations. We hope you enjoy Kevin’s wisdom and perspective.
We’ve all seen it in the news, the trusted leader or long-term employee who gets caught doing something unethical. Suddenly it all goes south and the organization is faced with a public relations nightmare, legal action, or worse.
How does that happen? How do good leaders and organizations find themselves in such a mess?
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Tiffany Sauder, President of Element Three. We hope you enjoy Tiffany’s wisdom and perspective.
Now that 2018 is upon us, it’s hard not to reflect on the lessons we learned in 2017.
The truth is, 2017 was good for us. We grew at a faster pace than we had in the last four years—something that’s harder to do as you get bigger. And while becoming the largest agency in Indianapolis wasn’t necessarily our goal, it happened.
But just because a lot of things went our way doesn’t mean we didn’t struggle at times. Here’s what 2017 taught us about transitioning from a startup organization to a scaleup organization, and where we’re headed in 2018. While I’ll draw from our own experiences, if you work at or lead an organization experiencing high growth, I’m confident many of these lessons will feel extremely applicable.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Mike Natalizio, CEO at HNI Risk Services. We hope you enjoy Mike’s wisdom and perspective.
Effective leadership is all about clarity. Being clear about where you want to go, what you want to achieve, and how you're going to get there.
This level of clarity doesn’t come from a "to-do" list of loosely tied together ideas that aren’t truly tied back to WHY you do what you do.
As business leaders, we all want our organizations to grow. Unfortunately, crushing your tactical "to do" list isn't going to deliver you to the fountain of perpetual growth.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Justin Maust, Professional EOS Implementer, Certified John Maxwell Team Keynote Speaker, Trainer & Coach, and CEO of EntreLegacy Group. We hope you enjoy Justin’s wisdom and perspective.
My best advice comes from a painful lesson I’ve had to learn more than once.
Less is more.
I have a nasty habit of taking on more than I can handle. It’s been a very difficult lesson to learn and I have no idea how much it really has impacted me because I can’t ever get that time back.
It’s 2018, and just like 2017, nothing ever lasts forever. One minute you're here and the next you're gone.
Wow, another year of blogging is in the books! A big thank you to the guest bloggers who took the time to share their wisdom with us in 2017. And thank you to all of our readers who keep coming back for more!
Here are the most popular #WhatsTheRisk blogs of 2017:
If I must sit in another meeting, read another business book, or listen to another podcast about millennials my head may explode. Correct me if I am wrong (there is a comment section below) but we are going about this the wrong way. We keep talking about millennials, but has anyone made any progress in mending the perceived divide between the generations in our workforce?
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Melissa Grubb, Head of School at The Stanley Clark School. We hope you enjoy Melissa’s wisdom and perspective.
The dreaded performance review…no one looks forward to it. Performance reviews, if we’re honest, are usually angst producing exercises organizations undertake for a variety of reasons, including what I suspect is the leading reason - saying we did them.
Recently, while procrastinating about starting another round of evaluations, I realized our process focused heavily on task-oriented behaviors that did not emphasize the cultural norms which matter to us most. I suspect most of us would agree that one of our most valued distinguishing features is the group of wonderful people with whom we work. I owed it to them to improve this process.
Exactly twelve years ago, around four o’clock in the afternoon, our Suburban came to a stop in front of Leighton Plaza, on Main Street in South Bend, Indiana. My wife had picked me up at Midway airport and driven me to South Bend. With the setting sun, it was already getting dark outside. I opened the door and a gust of cold wind swirled in. I put my foot down into the slushy mixture and looked up through the hazy sky at the Gibson offices on the fourth floor.
Only seven hours prior I had awoken to the blue skies and the radiant sun of Scottsdale, Arizona. After six years in the Southwest, we were returning to Indiana. I left behind great friends, a good career, and awesome co-workers based on a pitch from Dave Gibson and Greg Downes. At that moment, only one question was on my mind, “What did I just do?”
