When something goes wrong, individuals and teams are rushing into ineffective or unsustainable solutions rather than staying with problem identification and solving. When we fix the wrong thing for the wrong reason, the same problems continue to surface. It’s costly and demoralizing.

As Marcus Aurelius taught us, “What stands in the way becomes the way.”

I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.

I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.

the way to move information from your head to your heart is through your hands.

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define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.

Right from childhood, we seek to shield ourselves from vulnerable feelings like disappointment, hurt and diminishment. By building a wall out of our behaviors, emotions and thoughts, we protect ourselves from the big bad world. But to live and lead with courage, as we already know, we must let ourselves be vulnerable.

Explore your feelings instead of numbing them. Our knee-jerk response when experiencing vulnerability is often to try to make it go away. We usually numb ourselves, with whatever we have at hand-whether it’s alcohol, comfort eating or shopping. But before you dive into that big glass of wine or tub of ice cream, ask yourself: What is it I’m