Grit as a Tool for Focus
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams “A lack of grit can come from having less coherent goal structures.” Author Angela Duckworth talks a lot about grit, and the lack of it, in her book Grit: [...]
By Holly Adams
Posted Strategic Grit™: You Are Here
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams Holly: Recently, my family and I were driving to dinner when we came across a car accident that had just occurred. It was clear the people involved needed [...]
Accountability Podcast with Christoph Trappe
Check out this fun conversation with Christoph Trappe from The Business Storytelling Show. (it’s less than 30 minutes!) [...]
By Holly Adams
In Challenges, Employee Development, Feedback, Mental Toughness, Perspective, Strategic Grit, Success, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Strategic Grit™: Incorporating Rest into Growth
Holly: There’s a word that comes up often in my work with clients and that is tired. We are all feeling tired right now. A mistaken assumption about grit is that you must plow through exhaustion, [...]
By Holly Adams
In Appreciation, Challenges, Empathy, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Strategic Grit, Success, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Strategic Grit™: Seeds of Inspiration
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams Holly: “Everyone has a story.” This was an observation a dear friend of mine made several years ago, and it helped me realize that we all have a seed of [...]
Strategic Grit™—Talking, Trust, and Tenacity: Solve Problems Faster
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams Jennifer: I’ve been thinking a lot about the complex problems we citizens of the world face today, the ones that have no easy, obvious solution. We read [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Humility, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Strategic Grit, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Strategic Grit, Round 3: Emotions
October 2021 In our third round of blog posts, we look at the role of emotions in Strategic Grit, provide tips and tricks for overcoming the challenges that come with them, and more. We want to [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Communication, Employee Development, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Self-Awareness, Strategic Grit, Success
Posted Strategic Grit, Round 2: Sustaining
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams In our second round of Strategic Grit blog posts, we focus on real-life stories, sharing examples of real people who use Strategic Grit to get things done [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Appreciation, Challenges, Employee Development, Feedback, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Success
Posted Summer 2021 Book Stack
Looking for summer reading ideas? Check these out! The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived ~Admiral William H. McRaven Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good [...]
By Holly Adams
Posted Strategic Grit, Round 2: Doing
May 2021 By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams In our second round of Strategic Grit blog posts, we are focusing on real-life stories, sharing examples of real people who use Strategic Grit to [...]