Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

It is just around the corner. Holiday season that is. With Halloween, we turn the corner into holiday season and the New Year is staring us in the face. 62 days from today you will be celebrating the New Year. What will you toast at midnight on December 31, 2014?...

Recommendations from colleagues allowed the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less  by Greg McKeown to make it to the top of my reading and listening list.  I am on my second listen and first read and have continued to uncover new ideas that allow for the unfurling of the...

Did you take a closer look at your closet as a result of last week’s message?  I recently had a ruthless purging of mine.  It was difficult letting go of some of the pieces, for the same reasons I shared with you: I didn’t realize I was carrying around “yeses”...

Last week’s message addressed actively saying “no” and how difficult it can be.  At times we also need to say “no” by letting things go. I am not sure if “letting things go” isn’t the more difficult of the two, and for a couple of reasons.  First, we often don’t...

What was your choice for the conundrum I presented in last week’s message? Will you join the organization or tell your friend“no”? No – such a small word with such big impact. When you hear “no” how do you describe it? A disappointment? Discouragement? Denial? Negativity? Relief? For most of...

It is a privilege that we have so many options to choose from in our daily lives. Even our most basic of needs provide choices. What will I eat? Will I make it, pull it from the freezer or allow a chef to cook it? Will I eat alone or...