by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | Grounded® Leader of the Week
Key Lesson: Seize new opportunities by embracing uncertainty and cultivating optimism. CEO Richard Plepler’s leadership abilities are being tested. His company, HBO, sits at the center of a disrupted marketplace and is facing heavy competition. As the mature...
by admin | Mar 28, 2014 | Grounded® Leader of the Week
Key Lesson: You catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. Eschew affectation or pretense, don’t pontificate or dispense wisdom. Your authenticity will shine through. This week Michelle Obama’s trip to China made headline news with her charm and her...
by admin | Mar 21, 2014 | Grounded® Leader of the Week
Social entrepreneurs generate innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They tackle major social issues and offer new ideas for wide-scale change. This is the label that best describes our Grounded Leader this week. Paul van Zyl is Co-Founder...
by admin | Mar 14, 2014 | Grounded® Leader of the Week, Spiritual Health, Vocational Health
Matthew McConaughey’s Best Actor acceptance speech at the Oscars this month continues to generate buzz. Within minutes of the speech, the blog sphere was all a twitter about his introspective speech, his lengthy thank yous and his expressions of deep gratitude....
by admin | Mar 7, 2014 | Grounded® Leader of the Week, Vocational Health
They are New Media Rockstars, a quintessential Gen Y entrepreneur story. It goes like this … met in college, graduated, got jobs they quickly grew bored with, then decided to do what they loved – argue politics. From this passion came PolicyMic, a news and...
by admin | Feb 28, 2014 | Grounded® Leader of the Week, Social Health, Spiritual Health
The Olympic Winter Games in Sochi were a success thanks, in part, to IOC president Thomas Bach. A German fencing Gold medalist (1976) turned lawyer and business executive, Bach’s quiet leadership is reaping him accolades across the sports world and among the...
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