Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

With the recent discussion of mastery in these messages, you need to know about the book of the same title written by George Leonard.  I was first introduced to this little gem of a book and the keys to mastery in 2011 when I took a “master class” on coaching....

The Masters golf tournament provides a great example of talent in action. The name of the tournament represents what it means to the sport of golf and its participants.   What does it mean to be a master of something? How do we get to that state of Mastery? Perhaps a...

From the beginning he led. Four rounds of the most competitive golf and Jordan Spieth remained in the lead at the end of each, the first wire-to-wire Masters win since Raymond Floyd’s in 1976. He won not by a little but by a lot, tying Tiger Woods’ 1997 score record...

Last week’s message suggested that you should be looking for a magic mirror to help you see who you are and how you can make the change you want to see. I hate to bust the fairy tale bubble but you are mature enough to take it. There is no...

Mirror, mirror on the wall… I am not who I see at all. This is not quite the fairy tale line* we all know.  In the fairy tale, the reflection gives the answer that is sought, for a period of time, and then the answer changes when true beauty is...

Highlight, underline, highlight, underline, dog-ear, dog-ear, dog-ear. Now, Discover Your Strengths is the most demarcated book in my bookshelves. Here’s why: my most commonly occurring pattern of thought, feeling or behavior is that focusing on strengths is the way to stimulate personal and group excellence. Nothing is more powerful for...