Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

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...

How can you increase your confidence?  Is there a book or course “How to Increase Confidence in 30 Days?”  More than likely there is, yet I challenge you to set your own course for increasing confidence. As a young person, and still to this day, I would love to have...

This question came from a participant in one of my strengths workshops.  “Are certain strengths or characteristics common in leaders?”  Many questions along this same line have been asked about leadership over the years.  What do you think the answer is? Are leaders born or made?  What are the characteristics...

We admire them from afar and close-up, wondering how they have mastered this ability.  Calmly and powerfully their influence touches us and so many others. Yet this influence is not controlling, dominating or belittling.  It is refreshing, inspiring, and uplifting.  And we wonder how did they become so great?  What...