growth

Turning Failure to Your Advantage
Leadership

Turning Failure to Your Advantage

Failure can be a powerful teacher—if you process it carefully and wring all the juice out of it. Here are 5 steps for turning failure to your[...]
Michael Hyatt
5  Reasons You Need a Business Coach
Leadership

5 Reasons You Need a Business Coach

In early 2002, I was the general manager of Nelson Books, one of Thomas Nelson Publishers’ fourteen divisions. In eighteen months, we had gone from number[...]
Michael Hyatt
Put Me in, Coach!
Leadership

Put Me in, Coach!

I switched jobs for the first time at age 49. Well, technically, I had several jobs between graduate school and then, but they were all at one employer, a[...]
scottrichert
The Science of Coaching
Leadership

The Science of Coaching

I met Dave at a residential behavioral health center in Arizona. An older man with stories to match his years, he was great with the clients and even better[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Life’s Relief Pitching
Leadership

Life’s Relief Pitching

After years of tumult and uncertainty, major parts of Steve’s life were coming together nicely. For more than four years, the website designer had held a[...]
davidmark
Why Discomfort Is Good for You
Leadership

Why Discomfort Is Good for You

Most of us embrace comfort and resist anything that may lead to discomfort. But discomfort is our friend, because it leads to[...]
Michael Hyatt
5 Reasons Why I Read So Many Books
Leadership

5 Reasons Why I Read So Many Books

I have always been an avid reader, but over the last few years, I've become much more intentional and ambitious in my reading. In 2015, I set my first[...]
RayEdwards
3 Habits of Lifelong Learners
Leadership

3 Habits of Lifelong Learners

Over the years, I've met many influential and successful people, and I've observed a common trait in nearly all of them: they were all lifelong learners. If[...]
JeffGoins
When Delegation Becomes Abdication
Leadership

When Delegation Becomes Abdication

Tell me you've had this experience. You assign a task but then forget about it. I sure have. As a leader, I am not a micromanager. That's good news for my[...]
Michael Hyatt