Dr Caroline Leaf Tag

Many leaders don’t see “gratitude” as a real business leadership strategy to achieve concrete results. I don’t blame them! In our fast-paced leadership world of high-tech, robotics, cultural upheaval, and global turmoil, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. How effectively is your leadership strategy delivering the concrete results you need to grow your business?

In our fast-paced world, success isn't guaranteed, as I often see in my leadership development work. Take John, for example, leading a software company. His company should be soaring, but it's stuck. One big issue? Finding and keeping top talent. For growth, having the right people is crucial. But for John, hiring skilled workers is tough. And once he finds them, keeping them is even tougher. It's like trying to hold onto water in a leaky bucket. How do you do that?

Scott Plum and Bill Hellkamp invited me to discuss sales and leadership development on their Winning at Selling Podcast. The key ideas we discuss in 3 Ways to Wire Your Brain for Successful Selling (and Leading) are identical to what we're talking about in our current leadership series, The Gratitude Revolution. Have you read the 1st article - The Gratitude Revolution – Transforming Leadership Strategy with a Can-Do Mindset, yet?  

I often find inspiration for leadership strategy in unexpected places. One such source is in my own backyard – our Quaking Aspen Grove.  Quaking Aspens have a striking appearance and remarkable resilience. They are first to break forth with green in the spring, and the last to lose their brilliant colors in the fall. What can we learn from them? What wellspring of leadership wisdom might we find in studying them?