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 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 [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Communication, Empathy, Humility, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Purpose, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Remembering Your Why
Before the fitness centers closed in March, I was a regular at a spin (cycling) class on Sunday mornings. I prefer cycling outdoors, even with the occasional mishap (see: [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Empathy, Employee Development, Leadership, Role Recognition, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Take Action or Take Notes
Today I’m sharing a nugget of insight from a recent client conversation. As we talked about this client’s organization’s response to COVID-19, he expressed pride and gratitude in the way the [...]
By Holly Adams
In Accountability, Challenges, Communication, Employee Development, Feedback, Humility, Leadership, Mental Toughness, Mindset, Self-Awareness, Wednesday Wisdom
Posted Living with Dichotomy
We might all be in the same ocean, but we’re all in different boats. This analogy sums up the range of responses I’ve witnessed to the COVID-19 pandemic. While some people are hording toilet [...]
By Holly Adams
Posted Quarantine Routine
I’m hyper aware of the volume of information that’s available right now. Even getting to the worthwhile stuff – the free online classes offered by Ivy League schools, for example – can be a [...]