In HRchat 311, we talk about how managers can lead in new and courageous ways. My guest is Bill Treasurer, Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting, an evangelist for courage, a writer, speaker, and consultant.
Bill is on a mission to build workplace courage to deliver fantastic results. He is the originator of the new organizational development practice of courage-building, and the author of Courageous Leadership: A Program for Using Courage to Transform the Workplace. The program has been taught in eleven countries since its launch in 2011.
He is also the author of the international bestseller Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results.
Listen and Hear Bill’s Answers to Questions Including:
- What led you to focus on courage?
- You and the Giant Leap team have conducted over 500 corporate workshops focused on strengthening leadership skills, improving team performance, accelerating innovation, and helping executives behave more courageously. What are some of the common objections you hear from leaders averse to changing their behaviors?
- Where does HR fit in? How can HR change the mindset of leaders?
- In a recent article on LinkedIn you wrote, “I’ve been fortunate to have traveled the world facilitating courage-building workshops. I cataloged much of what I learned working with global leaders in my book, Courage Goes to Work. One of the fundamental principles I’ve learned is that when managers stop leading with fear and begin infusing courage in the workplace, there is a dramatic and positive effect that impacts everyone. The transformation is powerful and worth the shift in mindset and approach managers bring to the team and the company.” What do you mean when you talk about managers who lead through fear?
- In your book, Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results, you divide courage into three buckets: TRY, TRUST, and TELL courage. What are examples of each?
More About Bill Treasurer
Over the past two decades, thousands of executives have attended Bill’s keynotes and workshops from renowned organizations including NASA, eBay, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lenovo, USB Bank, the National Security Agency, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Bill’s insights about courage and risk-taking have been featured in over 100 newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, and The Harvard Management Update.