The Front By Lead The Team With Host Mike Phillips

Today I’m onto a simple subject, fortitude. We’re going to have a frank discussion and pull in character, and leadership. https://youtu.be/3Svp-Xk6fU4 Fortitude is defined as courage in pain or adversity. Coupled with character, which is the mental and moral strength of an individual, if you have those two things, you are on your way to being unstoppable. Let’s focus on fortitude however, it’s such an important characteristic for a leader to have. WHY? Because things don’t always go smoothly. We can kid ourselves and say that things are always sunshine and rainbows, but that’s not so. We’ve all worked with great leaders, and not so good ones. Some have it and some don’t – you get the idea. Here’s an example. If you are the GM of a store, automotive, retail, toy store, it doesn’t matter – anything that is a retail business. And traffic is “slow” or “off” – do you lose your cool with your staff, yell and just tell them – you need to get more people here! OR – do you buckle down, inspect what is happening or why