by arnoudse | Sep 17, 2014 | Discover, Obstacles
In my work as a coach of “exuberant leaders” I have discovered that fear is a constant companion to anyone stepping outside their comfort zone. Fear as an emotion has surprising benefits. However, when we become stuck in fear as our persistent mood, we lose access to...
by arnoudse | Sep 9, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead
I have coached hundreds of leaders in the past thirty years. One thing stands out among those who are the most effective. They focus on making today better. Yes, they spend time on planning for the future and certainly, they learn from the past. But they realize that...
by arnoudse | Sep 2, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles
As a small child, I loved playing the “getting warmer” game whenever I was trying to find something that had been hidden from me. I remember when we five kids were trying to find the last few Easter eggs that Mom had concealed. “Getting warmer”, she would say as we...
by arnoudse | Aug 26, 2014 | Discover, Lead, Obstacles
My knees are trembling. I am standing precariously on a balance beam thirty feet in the air. The beam stretches twenty-five feet to the tree on the other side. I look down. My friend, Terry Tillman, is standing below me. He is leading this Wilderness Adventure for...
by arnoudse | Aug 19, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead
Many say that there are only two fundamental emotions: love and fear. I also believe that how we live is how we lead. So if how we live is how we lead, which emotion do we want to live by—fear or love? FEAR RULES With a fear-based approach to life, we are always on...
by arnoudse | Aug 12, 2014 | Discover, Obstacles
“What is it that makes you good, but keeps you from being great?” This question really provoked my thinking last week while I was sitting in a meeting of transformational leaders on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. My friend, the inspiring and prolific writer Gay...
