Shame: The hidden emotion

Posted by Clay Parcells - January 16, 2019 - Emotional Intelligence, leadership, Leadership Development, motives, Shame

I am reading an excellent book called The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson. A friend recommended it to me as we were discussing how this strong emotion shows up in our daily lives. Over half of the executives I work with deal with shame. Shame activates a whole host of feelings that include embarrassment, […]

FEAR – What weighs you down?

Posted by Clay Parcells - October 12, 2017 - Fear, leadership, Leadership Development, motives, self-awareness

I have been back for two weeks from the conference. It was thought provoking and stimulating. At the conference there was a display that allowed conference attendees to express their biggest fear on a rock and carry it around for a day to feel its weight. The next day as conference attendees placed their rocks […]

What did the incident with Shirley Sherrod teach you as a leader?

Posted by Surefire Social Dev Team - July 22, 2010 - bias, Decision making, discrimination, motives, USDA

I am sure all of you have heard about the unfortunate incident that happened to Shirley Sherrod over the past 48 hours. She was fired by the USDA for alleged racial comments for a speech she made in 2009. The in-complete video was published on Monday and the reaction to it by her boss, the […]