The skills required to conquer adversity and emerge stronger and more committed than ever are the same ones that make for extraordinary leaders. Why do certain people naturally inspire confidence, loyalty, and hard work, while others (who may have just as much vision and smarts) stumble? It’s a timeless

In a marathon, pacing and perseverance are paramount. Few companies think critically about the strategic principles needed to endure or have the foresight to temper their pace in anticipation of the long journey that lay ahead. Enduring companies are not one trick ponies. Companies with a long-term vision will recognize

More than education, experience, and training, a person’s level of resilience will determine if he or she succeed or fail. Almost all resilience theories overlap in that resilient people possess three characteristics: 1) acceptance of reality; 2) belief that life is meaningful; 3) an uncanny ability to improvise. You

40% of a team's success factor lies in their motivation and willingness to get the job done. Here are the four motivation traps and targeted strategies to help your team escape them: 1) I don’t care enough to do this: When a task doesn’t connect with the team's

Before you go deep into your next “would have, should have, could have” spiral; stop and realize that 'ruminating' isn’t just unpleasant; it leads to poor problem-solving, anxiety, and depression. The good news is that there are simple solutions: 1) Distance yourself psychologically. When you feel concern about how

You can add thousands of grains of sand one by one without triggering a collapse; each grain has virtually no effect. But then one additional grain starts a chain reaction in which the entire pile collapses; suddenly a single grain is having a considerable impact. It falls as gravity pulls

The average lifespan of a U.S. S&P 500 company has fallen by 80% in the last 80 years (from 67 to 15 years). In stark contrast, organizations in other sectors, like NASA, celebrate their 100th birthday and look like they’ll be here forever. In what ways do

In 1972, Nando Parrado and his rugby teammates were traveling to Chile, and their flight never arrived at its destination; it tragically crashed at 18,000 feet in the Cordillera de los Andes. In the two-and-a-half months that followed, his life was changed completely. Nando made a superhuman effort, survived

Resilience is less about bouncing back from major hardship, and more about the ability to adapt to complex change and problems constantly. Below are four strategies that can be employed to build your resilience through deeper self-knowledge: 1) Don't second-guess yourself to a paralyzing degree when faced with precedent-setting changes.