Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

Forward motion allows a heavy object to become more mobile.  Consider this: In dressage, my sport of choice, a horse and rider attempt to become one unit, moving together in harmony with fluidity while executing impressive movements. The horse weighs between 900 to 1,200 pounds on average and has four...

Most of us have experienced this; the company retreat or off-site where a portion of the time is spent learning about ourselves, our teammates and a new way of looking at our relationships.  Communication skills, building trust, leadership through XYZ or a nature or wilderness experience designed to teach us...

Can execution or “getting things done” look different for each person?  When you think about executing, what image comes to mind?  A check box checked?  A project completed?  Clothes folded and put away?  Trash emptied?  How could executing look different? Gallup® in their work through the CliftonStrengths® assessment and the...

Do you know your leadership style?  Do you understand why others follow you?  Are you looking to become a leader?  We have all heard the platitude that we are all leaders in some form or another.  If we accept the generality of that statement then we accept that leadership is...

Planning has its advantages but at what point do you stop planning and start executing?  This is a time of year when we pause to take stock of our accomplishments and shortcomings over the past year and are laying the groundwork, the plans, for what we will accomplish in the...

This began as a Top 10 list for 2015.  As I wrote, it became apparent that the top items for me this year all involved technology.  So that you get the full benefit of my learning, I am limiting the list to just technology.  The impact has been profound.  Starting...