Beth Buelow, PCC

Over the past 40 years, there has been a growing body of research about resilience. The definitions above capture what most of us imagine resilience to be. But what are the traits that make someone resilient? And are there any particular traits that are especially important to introverts as leaders? We’ve all heard the phrase [...]

Resilience: 1:  the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2:  an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change Over the past 40 years, there has been a growing body of research about resilience. The definitions above capture what most [...]

“There is nothing to leadership.  All you do is stand up in front of a group and bleed.” - Me, co-opting Hemingway Leadership can sneak up on you. We read the books and take the classes and get the coaching. And then we get the job. Not the leader behind the scenes, but the leader [...]

There’s one item in my office that is essential to my success. In fact, it’s the most critical. Without it, I’d probably only be able to accomplish half of what I do in a normal day. It’s not my phone, wifi router, printer, or laptop. It’s not even a coffee maker (I can’t handle caffeine!). [...]

With so much being written about introverts over the past few years, you’d think that there’s not much left to talk about. But my sense is that we’re just getting started. It’s not that we’re going to be talking forever about what it means to be an introvert, or have endless party and networking survival [...]