What if you created a culture within your organization where failure is accepted, acknowledged, and celebrated? If failure were not a shameful or blameful act would you and your people take more risks? Would you be more innovative? Imagine the possibilities within a culture where leaning in, contributing the full range of your gifts and […]
Developing New Bounce Back Strategies
Disruption and change are a given, how you chose to respond is not. The good news is, you can strengthen your resilience quota to withstand the disruptions that you’ll encounter as a leader. It’s important to develop strategies for bouncing back better, wiser and, stronger with each failure or mistake that you’ll make. Living into […]
Can Optimism Aid in Resilience & Bounce Back
I have been fascinated with Resilience research. When I learned that resilience can be taught and internalized I became even more captivated as I followed the research. This has allowed me to offer my clients a path that strengthens their resilience and adaptability, building more grounded sustainability for their life choices. This increases self-confidence and […]
Leadership Resilience – The Art of Bouncing Back
As a fan of Brené Brown’s work, I’m grateful for how her work has facilitated my reframing of what I have viewed as failures, allowing me to see how these experiences have formed my character and backbone as an authentic leader. It’s a struggle, at times, feeling as if it’s culturally counterintuitive to not feel […]
The Mindset of an Effective Leader
I find myself frequently being drawn back to and exploring the Growth Mindset, a concept that has been around for years. My Strengths lens attracts me to concepts and ideas that serve me in being more self-aware and improving myself. It’s the way I’m wired and it’s a never ending process. I am beckoned to […]
Choosing Your Own Reality
Reality can suck, especially on TV. Contestants are regularly voted off the island, fired from apprentice jobs and judged to be lacking in any discernible talent. In “real life,” serious disappointments are likewise bitter pills to swallow. Many of us have endured significant economic hardships — from downsizing and outright business failures to mortgage crises […]
Diana Gabriel, PPC