Tag: success

3 Ways to Pursue Productive Failure

October 1, 2018 Personal Effectiveness
Winston Churchill declared, “Success is going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” He wasn’t the only leader who recognized the reality of failure on the journey to success. Late Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy admitted, “When you fail, you have to start all over again from a lesser…

Don’t Sabotage Your Own Success

September 5, 2016 Character Personal Effectiveness
When you’re new to the workforce, enjoying leadership success can be a far off goal. The main focus is finding the right role and doing quality work. I know that was the case for me. But with time and experience (and a lot of hard work) come new opportunities to lead…

Surviving Success

September 1, 2014 Guest Post Leadership Learning
Today's guest post comes courtesy of Mark Miller, Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness at Chick-fil-A and bestselling author. Receive his updates by visiting his website Great Leaders Serve or following him on Twitter. Success is a lousy teacher. The best leaders know this and are always on guard against complacency.…

Leadership Profile: Truett Cathy

April 1, 2013 Leadership Profiles
I grew up in the midwest and didn’t get to experience a Chick-fil-A sandwich until I enrolled in college in Tennessee. Boy was I in for a surprise. Not only was the sandwich (and fresh squeezed lemonade!) amazing, but people were thoughtful and caring. My senior year, I was assigned…

Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar

January 7, 2013 Leadership Profiles
I had the privilege of meeting the late Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) a couple years ago at a seminar in Richmond, VA. Zig’s words and ideas have impacted my life probably more than any other thought leader out there. It was truly one of the highlights of my year getting to…

The Felix Baumgartner Guide to Living on the Edge

October 22, 2012 Influence Inspiration Risk-Taking
On Sunday, October 14, Australian skydiver and daredevil Felix Baumgartner set the world record for skydiving over 128,000 feet (over 24 miles) from a helium balloon following his ascent for over two hours far into the stratosphere. I hope you got to see the jump.  I was watching a football…

First, Do No Harm

August 20, 2012 Leadership Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness
What could you do to completely ruin the leaders in your organization? By that, I mean what could you do to destroy their motivation, deplete their energy, defuse their creativity, replace their confidence with cynicism, and then cause them to leave – or worse, have them stay? Go ahead, make…