Founder and Chief Encourager at Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), and author of the workplace changing book Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results, Bill Treasurer describes how courage is a vital but overlooked component of business success. He shares how managers can build a courageous workforce by inspiring & encouraging their staff to break out of their comfort zones and be courageous.
Bill Treasurer is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.
The show airs live on Thursday, December 18, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Founder and Chief Encourager at Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), and author of the workplace changing book Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results, Bill Treasurer describes how courage is a vital but overlooked component of business success. You will learn:
* The three types of courage at work and why they are important
* Why managers and employees need all three types of courage for success
* How to teach and instill courage in your employees
* Why courageous employees make a company more productive and profitable
Bill Treasurer (photo left) is founder and Chief Encourager at Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), a Courage Building company that exists to help people and organizations live more courageously.
Bill is the author of Right Risk (Berrett-Koehler, 2003), a book about personal courage that is based on Treasurer’s experiences as both an organizational development professional and as a daredevil athlete. The book, which has been published in four languages, received book jacket endorsements from management gurus Dr. Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard. It currently holds a 4.5 star rating (out of 5) on Amazon.com.
Bill Treasurer is also the editor of POSITIVELY M.A.D. (Making A Difference) (2004). The book is a compilation of stories, from world- renowned experts, that aims to inspire readers to make a difference in their organizations. Gannett newspapers calls it “required reading for all employees contemplating putting a co-worker’s tie through the shredder -- with the co-worker still attached.”
Bill’s newest book, Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results, was released in September 2008.
Bill’s insights have been featured in over 100 newspapers, including The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution,Boston Herald, and Investor’s Business Daily. Bill’s articles have also appeared in such magazines as Woman’s Day, Business-to-Business, Redbook, Fitness, and The Harvard Management Update.
Prior to founding Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), Bill was an executive in Accenture’s change management practice, where he became the $13 billion dollar company’s first full-time internal executive coach.
Bill is a former member of the U.S. High Diving Team. For seven years he traveled throughout the world performing with a team of high performing athletes. During that time, Bill did over 1,500 high dives from heights that scaled to over 100 feet...sometimes on fire!
Since 1991 Bill has conducted over 500 corporate workshops designed to strengthen people’s leadership skills, improve team performance, accelerate innovation, and help executives behave more courageously. Among others, Bill has led workshops for Accenture, CNN, Earthlink, Equity Office Properties, Starbuck’s, GM, GE, The Home Depot, Credit Suisse First Boston, Spanx, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the U.S. Veteran’s Administration.
Bill holds an MS degree in Administrative Science from the University of Wisconsin, and his 4.0 GPA put him on the National Deans List. He attended West Virginia University on a full athletic scholarship for springboard diving.
Bill lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Shannon, and their three children, Bina, Alex, and Ian. These days Bill does a lot less diving, and a lot more diaper-changing.
My book review of Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results by Bill Treasurer
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Let's talk with Founder and Chief Encourager at Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), and author of the workplace changing book Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results, Bill Treasurer as he describes how courage is a vital but overlooked component of business success. He shares how managers can build a courageous workforce by inspiring & encouraging their staff to break out of their comfort zones and be courageous on Blog Business Success Radio.
