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When Grit isn’t the Best Response
For the better part of the last decade, grit has been elevated to almost heroic status in leadership and performance conversations. Much of that influence traces back to the work of Angela Duckworth and her widely read book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Duckworth’s central argument is simple and compelling: long-term success is…
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The Much Overlooked Discipline of Taking a Break
We talk a lot about discipline as if it only lives in grit, in late nights, in pushing past limits and proving something to the version of ourselves that keeps score. But there is another discipline, quieter and far less glamorous, that almost never makes the motivational posters. The discipline of stepping away. The discipline…
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When Momentum Wanes…
Enthusiasm will take you only so far… Will power evaporates quickly… Enter Physics 101: Newton’s First Law of Motion states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 