The Courage To Lead Blog

Frequent leadership content from Shawn and the Team.

The Myth of Balance / The Reality of Rhythm

You weren’t created for BALANCE. 

You were created to live in RHYTHM.

You can’t be INTENSE all the time, simply shifting your...

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How to be a kinder, gentler leader

It’s essential that we use our organization to build people rather than using people to build our organization.

Here are ten ways to do that...

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How to Be a Do-What-You-Say-You-Will-Do Person

Ever heard a good leader say, “Don’t do what I do, do what I say?”

Umm… no!

We want to be people who have complete...

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How to Build a Gut-Level Honest Team

Most team members are big liars to each other!

Or, to say it another way-- Most teams are not completely honest with each other.

Why?

Because...

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Accountability = One Improvement That Drives Results (Video)

Can I be gut-level honest with you?

I see far too many leaders shy away from something that really hurts their team.

What is it?

Confronting poor...

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