Welcome to the Tero August eZine
We rarely imagine famous people failing. Yet most successful well-known people achieved success by going down a road paved with uneven bricks rather than glory.
Arrianna Huffington, the mastermind behind the Huffington Post, relates what her mother used to tell her about this road to success. "Failure is not the opposite of success, it's a stepping stone to success."
Huffington strongly believes that we are not put on this Earth just to accumulate victories and trophies and avoid failures; but rather to be whittled and sandpapered down until what's left is who we truly are. How do we do that? The answer lies in taking stock. What does it mean to 'take stock'?
- To take an inventory.
- To make an estimate or appraisal, as of resources or of oneself
This month's eZine encourages us to take stock - of ourselves, our organization, our leadership. Through conscious audits of our practices, our tools, our resources and ourselves we can discover where we are succeeding, and where our failures lie. Aligning ourselves with success requires an honest inventory and appraisal. Not always easy to conduct or digest, but necessary to growth, positive change, and staying the course on what can be an uneven route to success.
Insight on Business - The News Hour is hosted by Michael Libbie. Last month Becky Rupiper-Greene, Certified Image Consultant and Senior Trainer at Tero was interviewed on investing in people. Click here for this month's interview with Becky Rupiper-Greene. Click here for previous podcasts.
Book of the Month - Quiet
Do you identify yourself as an Introvert? Susan Cain in her book, Quiet, reveals how introverts are undervalued in today's society and how they can better understand themselves to use this knowledge as leverage. Click here to read the Blog.
Possessing business etiquette skills are a powerful set of tools not to be overlooked. Knowing the rules makes the "game" more simple and leads to better business outcomes.
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Just as we can learn by evaluating ourselves as leaders by getting feedback from those we lead, we are also informed by evaluating the practices and tools we have put into place. Russ Gibson conducted the analysis about Tero's coursework in Influence and Negotiations as part of his Practicum for a Masters Program in Conflict Resolution and Negotiations at Creighton. This type of feedback on a recently revised course is invaluable, and may spur you on to determine what you might learn about your practices and tools simply by asking.
Click here for the monograph by Russell Gibson
Using talent effectively? Click here for the answer.
Needs assessment considerations? Click here for the answer.
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What is leadership? Take this quiz and discover how it shapes your views on leadership.
Click here for this month's Development Challenge.
Taking stock of yourself also requires input from those around you. This month's featured blog, speaks to the importance of asking for feedback and what the criteria is for effective feedback.
Click here to read this month's Featured Blog.
One of the best (and most difficult) times to evaluate ourselves and our capacity is when we are going through times of change.
Click here for change tips.
Is failure essential for success?
Click here for the Forbes article Why Failure is Essential to Success by William Arruda.
Batter up! Assessing our leadership strength like we do in baseball. . .
Click here for the Forbes article What Baseball Teaches Us About Leadership by Rob Asghar.
Curious to know what Martha Stewart, Mark Cuban, Ralph Lauren and other wildly successful people were doing in their mid-twenties?
Click here for the Business Insider article What Extremely Successful People Were Doing At Age 25 by Vivian Giang and Max Nisen.
Taking big risks can result in big failures. Successful people often have to cope with these failures and persevere.
Click here for the Fast Company article 11 Famous Entrepreneurs Share How They Overcame Their Biggest Failure by Vivian Giang.
Tero will have three engaging speakers at the SHRM Conference on October 8. Stop by the Tero booth to meet a member of the Tero Team between sessions.Click here for information.
Are you following the Business Record’s IowaBiz blog?
Ro Crosbie, President of Tero, publishes a blog bi-monthly on the topic of leadership.
Click here for the most recent blog post on Change.
On the IowaBiz site, scroll down from the Change blog to read Ro's previous blog posts on a variety of leadership topics.
Are you a graduate of a Tero workshop? You are eligible to access the Graduates Only Section!
The Graduates Only Section of the Tero website is an added benefit to graduates.
There you will find more resources, development challenges, tips and activities to expedite your growth.
The half-life of knowledge is estimated to be four years and the imperative to continue sharpening our skills and learning new skills has never been more important.
Click here to gain access if you haven't already checked out the wealth of complimentary and valuable resources available to you as a Tero graduate.
Assessing what is working and what is not requires us to analyze both the positive and negative.
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