From military officer to corporate executive, Jim Bearden has learned why some people step up and others don’t. An advocate for the heroic effort, Jim helps leaders close the gap between what sounds good and what gets done: Jim works with companies to unleash the hero in your midst
Jim Bearden’s many rich life experiences form the basis for his anecdotes, his humor and, most importantly, the insights he shares to create hero-friendly environments.
Here are three of the premises on which I base my approach to the topic of accountability:
1. In the real world, setbacks are inevitable
2. We always make choices about the setbacks we encounter
3. The mental choices we make about the setbacks we encounter are influenced more by our perspective than they are by the setbacks themselves
When asked, most people use phrases like “point of view”s or words like “outlook”to describe perspective. Both make reference to the visual, the things that are looked at.