Using Speed as a Competitive Advantage
Speed can be not only a business’s biggest differentiator but also its biggest advantage. Effective leaders know this and have honed their ability to act quickly and to inspire others to do the [...]
The First 90 Days
Strategies to help you succeed in your first 90 days of your new role. The first 90 days of your new job – whether you’ve joined a new company or been promoted — are critical. The first [...]
Accelerating Your Personal Leadership Development: Focus on the Process, Not Just the Outcome
By understanding “how” you develop, you get in control of your narrative, your philosophy, and your journey as a leader. Not long ago we were working with a group of emerging leaders [...]
Time is the most precious resource available to a leader. Here’s how to maximize it’s effectiveness.
Time is the most precious resource available to a leader. How you spend your time directly impacts your effectiveness. Forty years ago, management guru Peter Drucker wrote The Effective [...]
By: Tony Contakos
Posted The Rock as the Teacher
Diving into the real work of change will quickly reveal what will be required of individuals and teams to reach their goals. A large part of Brimstone’s heritage comes from Outward Bound, [...]
The Art of Feedback
The essence of feedback: a mirror that reveals things about both the recipient and the giver. For most of us, the word “feedback” conjures up memories of performance reviews. In truth, this is [...]
Rules of Engagement: Establishing Ground Rules to Build High Performing Teams
Effectively using ground rules is an essential underpinning of high performing teams. High performing teams know how to work well together. They support each other, hold each other accountable [...]
Bad Company/Good Company
A straightforward guide to transforming a company struggling with a culture of failure and underachievement. Agents of Change Brimstone had the opportunity to work with Charles E. Williams and [...]
