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  • Brian Gast on Leadership Development

    Brian Gast on Leadership

    Why Most Leadership Development Doesn’t Work

    Internal Change…External Results

    When there is so much written and taught on leadership, why are so many leaders limited by huge blind spots that leave followers uninspired, if not resentful?

    Most leadership development today is focused on teaching technical leadership models and changing behavior – it ignores personal fulfillment, deeper self-understanding developing our potential as human beings.

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  • The Business of Wanting More

    Being Successful Can Be…
    Your Undoing

    Brian Gast’s new book The Business of Wanting More; Why Some Executives Move from Success to Fulfillment and Other Don’t, is based on his astonishing story.

    Like most entrepreneurs, Brian Gast lived in a Bubble—a Bubble that influenced his decisions and actions. A Bubble that lead to delusions of grandeur and compounding mistakes. When he finally pierced it, his newly

     

     

     

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Leadership Posts

Reaching for Something a Mid-Life

I recently wrote an article as a guest blogger for ThoughtLeaders (also appeared in SmartBrief on Leadership). I love the topic of navigating the middle passage, exploring the unique. Click Here to read the article

The Nature of Leadership: Five Traits of a Good Leader

I think leadership is 70% – 80% nature and the rest conditioned or trained. If business schools screened for natural ability there would be far fewer students pursuing graduate degrees in order to “become” leaders. If book retailers screened for natural leadership ability before granting permission to buy more than one or two books on [...]

A Call to Action for Leaders – Do What You Can Do

What do you do with your shock and emotion when the bad news breaks? You read the news – people dying in Syria and Darfur not to mention unthinkable acts of violence in our backyard. Then a friend gets diagnosed or is in a financial mess. There is a lot you want to do for [...]
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Work/Life Balance Posts

How to Balance Work and Life

I recently was a guest blogger on Inspiyr.com – a cool site dedicated to being healthy, happy and successful. I had a little different take on the topic of work/life balance. There’s nothing wrong with working or working hard. What causes the unintended collateral damage for some high-achievers is their unconscious relationship with work. Too [...]

Executive Development: What’s the Meaning of Life?

“Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.” ~ John Wooden Wooden is the Patron Saint of the Fulfillment Factor. By that I mean, lead with fulfillment and success will follow. In this quote he is saying “don’t focus on the outcome, focus on how you do things, on who you [...]

Executives Looking for Fulfillment? Go for 3rd Place

In 1995, a study was carried out by Victoria Medvec (Kellogg prof and YPO resource and negotiation guru) and Scott Madey and Thomas Gilovich on the effects of  winning an Olympic medal. The study showed that athletes who won the bronze medal were significantly happier with their winning than those athletes who won the silver medal. The [...]
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Personal Growth Posts

Post-Election Blues: How to Mourn the Loss

I know a few folks who, the day before the election, assumed Governor Romney would win by a wide margin. Even Karl Rove was convinced his party would win just thirty minutes before CNN called the election in favor of President Obama. I know folks who feel a bit shell-shocked and others that are angry [...]

How to Pick a Core Vision for 2013

New Year’s is one of my favorite holidays. I like the opportunity to ritualize letting go of what’s no longer serving me and to set my mind on intentions for the future. What do you want to experience in 2013? Accomplishments are over-rated so temper your energy for creating a long list of goals. Instead [...]

Alert, Time for a Media Fast: Two Things That are Causing Your Anxiety

I think many people were waiting for the election to be behind them. We assumed that things would change and life would go on again and we could make decisions and take action. That hasn’t really happened has it? Here are two reasons why you are still anxious: Uncertainty remains and will for many years – get [...]
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