Hard Court Lessons Leadership Radio

Listen, as I spend some chatting with my mother about my motivational quote book, "Gifts From Others" as she shares her thoughts on a book she helped influence to write."Gifts From Others" is a powerful collection of important life lessons presented in the form of over 500 quotes, expressions and thoughts meant to aid our personal growth and development.Click here to learn more about Gifts From Others or to order your own copy. Motivational quotes on over 30 different topics include: Goals, Dreams, Hope, Optimism, Passion, Gratitude, Character, Teamwork & Sharing, Positivity, Self Confidence plus many more. The foreword was written by New York Times best selling author and my friend, Don Yaeger."It is my sincerest hope that as you read this book, you will take a moment to pause after each quotation, to turn it over in your mind and really consider what it’s saying." Don             

Kids Now is a youth mentoring organization based out of Toronto that equips youth with essential life-success skills that enable them to make positive choices, increase their self-awareness, confidence and communication skills. With the right skills and dedicated mentors youth have the power to reach their full potential. Created by a Canadian educator, Janet King, who saw a need to complement the existing school curriculum with life skills development, kids.now has a proud tradition of helping youth, their families and communities.  Since 1999, kids.now has empowered more than 11,000 youth across Canada, in more than 1,000 free after school in-school group mentoring programs.  Mentoring-based programs like kids.now are widely recognized as contributing to strong, safe and healthy communities. Janet joins HCL Radio to discuss the program and the impact that its had on today's youth.Kids Now is aimed at grades 7 and 8, the ideal window of opportunity to teach youth key life skills they need NOW, before problems start to arise, to avoid dropping out of high school or getting into trouble and endangering their future income and employability. To learn more about the program or find out how you can become involved, please visit http://www.kidsnowcanada.orgHCL Radio - Where developing leaders is more then just a game!

Failure is a natural part of the learning and growth process and a topic that Siimon Reynolds dedicated an entire book on. His book is entitled "Why People Fail" and it hits home on the importance of mastering failure to achieve your aims, hopes and dreams. Failure is the ambitious person's constant companion. It can dog you for months, years or even decades before you finally achieve your goal. Siimon was a guest on HCL Radio on we discussed his book and the notion of failure in great detail. He said, "Successful people fail more then failures but they keep persisting and adjusting their strategies until they finally gt where they want to go." HCL Radio - Where developing leaders is more then just a game!

Dr.Hurley is the author of "The Decision To Trust" and joins me on HCL Radio to discuss the significance of trust to leaders and the organizations they represent. We all know how important trust is a necessary ingredient to building successful organizations and winning basketball teams and as Bob points out,"you have to have trust to have a productive organization". High trust organizations have what Bob calls "a chain of trust" where trust exists on all levels both internally and externally and the leaders who take the time to understand this are the ones who will find the most success.HCL Radio - Where developing leaders is more then just a game!  

Mike Thompson is the author of "The Anywhere Leader" and he stops by the program to talk about some of the key traits today's leaders need to have to be successful in the this rapidly changing business enviorment.  The Anywhere Leader offers a blueprint for developing today's leaders who can handle surprising challenges and who thrive in turbulent times by being open to concepts, passionate about progress and resourceful with tools available. As Mike describes, The Anywhere Leader has 3 key traits that separate them from others.  They are Driven By Progress, Sensationally Curious and Vastly Resourceful. HCL Radio - Where developing leaders is more than a game!