Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

Engaged workforce. Purpose. Accountability. Ownership mentality. Balance. Autonomy. Collaboration. Communication.  These are the words heard daily in conversations with business leaders and their employees.  Seldom are the words money, pay, compensation, salary heard…from either party.  It suggests that we all seek something more than just the paycheck. At a recent...

Have you ever wanted something badly?  So badly, that the thought of “it” consumed you?  Perhaps you felt that you were incomplete without it.  Or maybe that you couldn’t do something without it.  Other relatively important things in your life faded into the background.  Your sole focus was “it” and...

I recently attended a presentation given by another executive coach and gleaned two interesting observations.  See what you learn from this. Question to the audience: How many of you have worked with an executive coach? Out of 40 plus attendees only two hands raised, mine and one other. The presentation...

What does it take to have an engaged workforce?  37 companies around the world have found just the formula for their workforce.  These are the winners of the annual Gallup Great Workplace Award.  This is the 11th year for the award that recognizes organizations that achieve performance excellence through engaged...

How do you find that greater purpose with your work?  Does it require a retreat into the woods for some navel gazing?  Does it just appear like a vision?  Is there a course you can take?  Sounds like a daunting task with few guidelines to help you get there, doesn’t...

When did work become a four-letter word?  Always.  It literally consists of four letters.  Figuratively speaking, even back to its earliest roots, work has more of a negative than positive connotation.  Is work a four-letter word to you?  It does not have to be.  I won’t be changing the spelling...