By Mike Touhey, DLCC Coach
Businesses today are faced with many changes including technological, social, environmental, regulatory, economic and competitive. It is easy to get overwhelmed and be fearful of trying new things. However, if you want to successfully navigate the changing landscape, a leader who is willing to be bold and see failure as a learning experience will help you succeed into the future.
What do leaders who embrace ENDURANCE have in common? [Read more…]
Recently I was giving a presentation on endurance to an audience of career women. At one point, when I asked about strategies for cultivating a growth mindset, someone in the audience said ‘Just pretend you are a baby learning to walk!’
Wait, what?
At first I thought she was crazy, but as we talked about it, I realized that there is no better growth mindset than learning to walk. Think about it: babies are born unable to even hold their heads up! Who would believe that within 18 months they would be upright, wearing shoes, and moving around the room under their own power? [Read more…]
I was recently inspired by an article in National Geographic by Anne Lamott, whom I love. She talked about how hope keeps her going when facing adversity. With the spate of recent disasters, hunger, and hatred, it can be hard to feel very hopeful. However, it is her belief that having hope in the resilience and power of the human spirit can combine for good and make a real impact. [Read more…]
by DLCC Coach Brian Yaucher
About five years ago I quit my job as a registered nurse to become a stay-at-home dad. I knew that I wanted to do something else, but I wasn’t quite sure what that was or where I would begin. I was hopeful that if I took the time and energy to explore what interested me, I would figure it out. [Read more…]
Saying thank you isn’t just for toddlers.
When I was parenting small children, I felt like we were forever telling the girls to say thank you. Someone handed you juice? Say thank you. Complimented your rain boots? Thank you! Bought you a present? Thank you. (Or in my house handwritten thank you notes sent no more than three days later.)
And yet as we grow up, although we clearly view gratitude as fundamental, we often forget. [Read more…]
