Are you ready to not just plan but DO?
Strategic Grit with Jennifer and Holly Are you ready to not just plan but DO? In our introductory blog post we promised a springboard for clarifying the future you want to create and bringing it [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Leadership, Perspective, Self-Awareness, Strategic Grit, Success, Trust
Posted Introducing: Strategic Grit
Hello! We’re Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams, two consultants from the Midwest who use strategy and grit to help individuals, teams, and organizations create a clear vision of the success [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Communication, Employee Development, Feedback, Leadership, Perspective, Self-Awareness, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Uploading Responsibility
3 Ways to Prevent Uploading Responsibility You’ve probably heard the saying “Don’t bring me a problem without a solution.” And managers I know tell me that employees who are too quick to escalate [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Appreciation, Communication, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Teamwork, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Coaching Up
Football is a relatively new experience for my son, who, at the high school level, chose to participate in the sport for the first time last year. Because I’m still learning too, I know he’s a [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Communication, Empathy, Leadership, Mindset, Perspective, Success, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Although released in 2018, I thought a book billed as the “antidote to chaos” would be prefect for my Summer 2020 reading list. The author, Jordan B. Peterson, wrote the book to expand on his [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Communication, Employee Development, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Self Awareness Resources
Self-Awareness A pivotal moment in my self-awareness journey came several years ago during a heated discussion with a coworker. At the time, I was a Human Resources Manager attempting to point [...]
By Holly Adams
In Appreciation, Challenges, Leadership, Mindset, Perspective, Self-Awareness, Success, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Reflection
My friend Lindsay asks really good questions, the kind that kick-off long, in-depth conversations that sometimes actually hurt. And yet, I love having them. Recently, Lindsay asked me about a low [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Communication, Feedback, Leadership, Mindset, Perspective, Purpose, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Quick Video Recap – Nine Lies About Work
I really enjoyed Nine Lies About Work by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. Here’s a quick video recap. Would love to chat with you about it!! LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram
By Holly Adams
In Challenges, Communication, Employee Development, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Perspective, Purpose, Self-Awareness, Success, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Summer Reading
Here are a couple of books I’ve read recently. Feel free to add them to your summer reading list. If you pick one of them up, please let me know what you think (social media links below)! If we [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Empathy, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Success, Teamwork, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted It’s Halftime
2020 isn’t over yet. It’s June. It’s halftime. We still got another half. We can still win it. ~Doc Rivers Doc Rivers, head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, said this in a recent [...]