Bill Treasurer

Bill Treasurer

Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Bill is the Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting, an evangelist for…

Articles by Bill

  • Courageous Living

    In 2008, a movie called The Bucket List was released, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The two play…

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  • Fear Is Expensive

    Dear Readers, Fear might not show up on your balance sheet, but make no mistake—it takes a toll. It discourages people…

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  • Mistakes and the Value of Risk

    Nobody’s perfect, but that doesn’t seem to stop people from trying. And why not? There are lots of good reasons for…

  • Permission to Be Excited

    Dear Readers, Somewhere along the line, excitement became suspect in the workplace, something to temper, tone down, or…

  • The Courage to Act

    Taking action can be incredibly challenging for a variety of reasons, and these challenges are often deeply rooted in…

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  • A Courageous Pause for Powerful Progress

    Dear Readers, Before you charge into the second half of the year, take a breath. This season tends to pile on more of…

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  • The Open Door

    The term “open door” is often considered a policy. But I think about it a bit differently.

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  • A Wink from Heaven, on the Slopes of Norway

    Dear Readers, Sometimes everything comes together, magically. Many of you know that I have three children, twin…

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  • Internal Struggles and The Two Wolves

    The internal struggles we face have a direct impact on our leadership. Being a good leader of others means first being…

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  • Spring Training for the Soul (and the Leader)

    Dear Readers, Years ago, I had the opportunity to spend time with the Pittsburgh Pirates during spring training at…

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Experience

Education

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    West Virginia University

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    Activities and Societies: Men's Swimming and Diving Team

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    Activities and Societies: National Dean's List electee. 4.0 student. Thesis nominated for thesis of the year.

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    Activities and Societies: Co-captain of the swimming and diving team, 1983 & 1984. Full scholarship athlete (1980-1984). Outstanding Swimmer Award (1982).

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Publications

  • Leadership Two Words at a Time

    Berrett-Koehler Publishers

    Our current workplace climate is fraught with political divisions, economic disparities, and ever-shifting social dynamics. Leaders are managing remote teams across larger geographic distances and facing new roadblocks to onboarding, giving performance feedback, and nurturing healthy relationships.

    For newcomers and upper management alike, leadership can be overwhelming and overcomplicated. By building core tenets of leadership around two keywords for each chapter, you can simplify the…

    Our current workplace climate is fraught with political divisions, economic disparities, and ever-shifting social dynamics. Leaders are managing remote teams across larger geographic distances and facing new roadblocks to onboarding, giving performance feedback, and nurturing healthy relationships.

    For newcomers and upper management alike, leadership can be overwhelming and overcomplicated. By building core tenets of leadership around two keywords for each chapter, you can simplify the equation.

    This book gives you the basic building blocks to gain both competence and confidence, take on greater responsibility, and learn what it takes to be and stay a leader.

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  • A Leadership Kick in the Ass

    Berrett-Koehler Publishers

    Even the best leaders—in fact, most of the best leaders—start out as decidedly bad ones. And sooner or later they reach a moment of reckoning that leadership expert Bill Treasurer calls the leadership kick in the ass. When it happens, it feels like it's all over. But Treasurer says that with the right attitude, that kick can be a new beginning. Based on his work with thousands of leaders, this book reveals how to turn those ego-bruising events into the kind of transformative experiences that…

    Even the best leaders—in fact, most of the best leaders—start out as decidedly bad ones. And sooner or later they reach a moment of reckoning that leadership expert Bill Treasurer calls the leadership kick in the ass. When it happens, it feels like it's all over. But Treasurer says that with the right attitude, that kick can be a new beginning. Based on his work with thousands of leaders, this book reveals how to turn those ego-bruising events into the kind of transformative experiences that mark the paths of great leaders.

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  • Leaders Open Doors

    ATD Press

    Leaders Open Doors focuses on clarifying what is most essential about leading others: creating opportunities that develop people and organizations. See why 10 renowned leadership authors contributed to the book's epilogue. 100% of the author's royalties are being donated to programs that support children with special needs.

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  • The Power of Courage for Women Leaders

    T +D, American Society for Training and Development

    Tips for supercharging leadership development programs for women.

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  • Courageous Leadership: A Program for Using Courage to Transform the Workplace

    Pfeiffer Publishing

    The Courageous Leadership program is focused on organizations that are aiming to build managerial courage among its management ranks. Since its publication in 2011, the program has already been taught to thousands of people in eight countries on four continents.

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  • Courage Goes to Work

    Berrett-Koehler Publishers

    The first book focused soley on building workplace courage. It introduces the new organizational development practice of courage-building. In 2009 the book became the sixth bestselling management book...in China!

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  • Right Risk

    Berrett-Koehler Publishers

    Right Risk is the first book to focus on career risk-taking. The book helps readers decide to take whatever "giant leaps" they are facing, and then offers practical tips for taking risks with a higher probability of success.

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