Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

Last week I wrote about creating opportunity. It is challenging to create or even recognize opportunity when our minds and lives are crowded with so many things. How challenging was it for you to make 20 minutes of “white space”? Our 24/7, always-on world has conditioned us to believe that...

Do you think the outcome described in last week’s newsletter is fiction? Yes, I did make that one up. However, a few weeks back, I mentioned that I was going to track my “white space” and what came out of it. Here is a partial listing: Organized a dinner party for a group of...

A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to say “yes” to creating space on your calendar.  It was to be a 20 minute appointment on your calendar with nothing filling in the blank for what you are going to do.  I encouraged you to leave your office, go for a...

Last week I wrote about creating space.  Let me tell you, I have quite a bit of it right now. To visit my horse on the weekend is a 1 hour 40 minute drive, one way.  Occasionally, a friend will travel with me, but most times, it is just me and...

I’ve written quite a bit over the past several weeks about cleaning out and letting go of the past.  We would probably all prefer not to go through these steps.  What fun is cleaning out the garage on a Saturday?  Or committing Friday afternoon to clearing your desk and organizing...

While I may never appear in an Olympic Games event, I have had an Olympic moment. In the early 90’s before Ed and I married, I coerced him to ride with me in the MS 150, a fundraising bike ride for Multiple Sclerosis that traverses the countryside between Houston to...