Flexible Leadership, the title of business consultant Kevin Eikenberry’s latest book, offers a new way to think about leading, helping managers break out of leadership styles that may no longer be useful to navigate the challenges they face.
We take a deep-dive look at the second actionable truth that helps you move from trial to triumph: self-reflection.
Our discussion centers on the ways in which reflecting on your crucible can reveal important insights about yourself — your strengths, weaknesses, even vulnerabilities — that you can use to forgive yourself, forgive others and bounce forward to a life of significance.
In our February blog, Gary Schneeberger dives into the compelling wisdom shared by recent Beyond the Crucible podcast guest, Dr. Margie Warrell: “Growth and comfort can’t ride the same horse.”
In life’s most challenging moments, staying authentic and sticking to your vision can be difficult. But these challenges offer us opportunities to grow and reflect. In this blog, we explore how authenticity, perseverance, and the right support system can help you move beyond your crucible moments and come out stronger.
Kickstart your journey from setback to significance with Beyond the Crucible. Explore actionable truths that help you reframe your crucible—not as something that happened to you, but for you.
Judy Isaacson Elias’ traumatic childhood was caused, she says, by the traumas her father brought home with him from his service in World War II. Her dad was withdrawn, struggled with job stability and connecting with his family. The dysfunction in her home led her to run away and turn to alcohol and drugs. But a trip to Israel her father arranged for her led her to reconnect with her Jewish faith, and the healing she felt in doing so would decades later give her an idea to help other veterans like her father who suffered from what has come to be known as moral injury.
Our research into how people experience crucibles and chart a path beyond them has led us to identify a core set of “actionable truths” — 10 in all — that will help you overcome the obstacles you face as you navigate your unique journey from trials to triumph. This week, in our overview episode of what we’re calling the series within the show, we’ll discuss the insights our newly crafted Beyond the Crucible Roadmap offers and identify each of the actionable truths.
In life’s most challenging moments, staying authentic and sticking to your vision can be difficult. But these challenges offer us opportunities to grow and reflect. In this blog, we explore how authenticity, perseverance, and the right support system can help you move beyond your crucible moments and come out stronger.
It’s certainly not uncommon to hear a son talk about his father with respect, admiration and love – the way Warwick talks about his father in this week’s episode. But the noble character Sir Warwick Fairfax modeled to his son has had an impact that’s birthed the business that son founded, including this podcast you’re listening to right now.
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