Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

I am often asked if my coaching client base is predominantly women.  I am not sure what prompts this question but the answer is usually surprising to the asker.  It is no.  I have coached more men than women by a small but meaningful margin. The sobering statistic that I...

“It depends” is an answer we don’t like to hear and is usually one we don’t like to give. Yet it is often the best answer we can get. Early in my career as a financial advisor, “the answer” is what I thought I needed to give.  With my study...

I’ve been writing a lot about confidence over the past few months.  There is a reason for that.  I believe it is the key to success for anyone for anything they want to achieve.  For most of my life, that is the gift I have wanted to give people, the gift...

It takes a lot of courage and confidence to pick yourself.  Most of us don’t do it. Comfortable where we are, it is too much to risk to put our hand up or poke our head out.  We wait for someone else to say you are ready, step up, you...

That requires confidence doesn’t it?  To raise your hand and say “I can,” “I want to,” “I will” is risky business.  You just might fail and how embarrassing would that be.  Think about all those times when inspiration or a great idea struck or a commitment was requested of you...

Let’s play a game!  I am thinking of a four-letter word that begins with “F.”  No, not that one!  The word I am thinking of is “fail” and its commonly used counterpart “failure.” What does it mean to fail?  We typically think of failure as being unsuccessful in our efforts...