Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

So how many tolerations did you end up with on your list?  5, 10, 50, 100 or more? When I first began the work of identifying my tolerations, the list was short…only 4.  I wasn’t used to looking for tolerations and I had a difficult time seeing them.  I lacked...

A more elegant word for the focus of last week’s newsletter, What Are You Putting Up With? is “tolerations”. A toleration is a condition that is allowed to exist even though it drains our energy. Think about the things that you put up with:  a wardrobe that doesn’t fit or...

Last week’s newsletter addressed the face of change and how the pace of it can be much more gradual than reality TV portrays. The same applies to our realization that something in our lives needs to change. At times, it is a “slap in the face”; a wake-up call that...

After peering in our mirror and realizing we are the agent for change in our life, what does change look like? We are all familiar with the face of dramatic change. It peers at us every night from our flat screen TV’s. Hmmm…isn’t it interesting how televisions are becoming more like...

I am not who I see at all. This is opposite of the fairy tale we all know:  Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?* Of course the reflection gives us the answer we seek. What if we asked the question to a different type...

You now know that “try” is not an option.  Why does it come out of our mouths so often?  Because the “why” is not strong enough. Many times clients come to me because they want to grow their businesses.  I ask why.  Because I want more income.  Why?  To support...