Corona Chronicles
*Article also appears in The 2020 Q3 Prouty Pulse. The uncertainty created by COVID-19 prompted the Prouty team to get curious. With an interest in learning about other organizations, their leaders, and the impact of a pandemic on business, we began Corona University. Our daily team meetings featured guest faculty from around the country. […]
Corona University
Daily, 9-10 a.m., during the first 3 months of the pandemic, our team hosted 57 client CEOs and business associates—in a CNBC-Squawk-Box-like-format-on-zoom—to discuss life, business, the economy, and other lessons learned. See the Top 50 quotes that bubbled up from these candid, lively, and thought-provoking discussions.
Finding the Self in the Midst of Chaos — Take a Deep Breath
During this pandemic of COVID-19, we know that every one of us is being challenged on personal, professional and global levels. As a premier Strategic Leadership consulting firm for the past thirty-two years, we have developed a three-part mindset of Leading Self, Leading Others and Leading the Business as a framework for success. Rather than focusing on ways we think people should lead others right […]
Finding the Self in the Midst of Chaos — Permission to Rest!
C.A.L.M. As we all adjust to a new way of living right now, we may also be finding ourselves pulled into behaviors that we believe to be productive… like scheduling and/or attending Zoom meetings all day, working longer hours to prove value and worth to employers, implementing rigorous home school schedules, developing high energy and complex recreation activities for our families, or forcing ourselves to learn […]
Finding the Self in the Midst of Chaos — Time for Me
It may feel difficult to find time to step away from your busyness, but doing something for yourself doesn’t have to take long. And, it is important for your health and wellbeing. Here are three short and sweet ways you can take care of yourself to ensure you are giving your best self to those you lead and serve. 1. Reconnect with Nature: Research shows that […]
Decades of Dreams
*Article also appears in The 2020 Q2 Prouty Pulse. Beyond the walls of the Creative Think Tank and Strategic Leadership Lab is a comfy, living-room type space called the Steinway Studio. Outside of it sits a Steinway & Son’s Spirio Piano — a dream of Jeff’s that came true this past summer. Notes from […]
The Opportunity in Disruption
*Article also appears in The 2020 Q1 Prouty Pulse. We work with many people who like to think differently. Who are not afraid to stretch themselves. Who, some say, are out on the edge looking to be catalysts for disrupting the marketplace they do business in today. And, while some are energized by all […]
Pathway to Purpose: Ann Bancroft — Education Through Exploration
by Adrienne Jordan As we launch Prouty i•will, and begin a journey of transformation with twenty bold women leaders, we thought it appropriate to also reflect on women who have inspired us, those who have courageously dared to walk in their calling and live in their purpose. Ann Bancroft, the first known woman to cross […]
The Magic of Machuzick
The Prouty Project had the exciting opportunity to work with John Machuzick, recently retired as the President of “Brands on the Go,” a $2 billion piece of General Mills The Prouty Project heard rave reviews about John as a leader from many folks in the world of General Mills. Humble, entrepreneurial, and courageous were […]
Prouty STRETCHers Share Their Experiences from the North Pole Expedition
Being stretched is more than an everyday exercise for the Prouty Project and its clients. It’s an annual expedition originating back to 1999 with the inspiration, “A mind stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Each STRETCH Expedition is designed to help you stretch mentally, […]