9 News in Denver met up with a group of strangers that were brought together with one commonality. They all have donated a kidney to help save another human's life. This month they welcomed a new member and the CEO of CBST Adventures, Jay Irwin, as Jay just donated his [...]
Don’t succumb to the winter blues! Or, at least, don’t fall for the notion that winter months are a bad time for outdoor leadership development efforts. Nothing could be further from the truth. Getting key leaders from your company outside and working on leadership skills in a colder, perhaps snowy, [...]
CBST Adventures’ CEO, Jay Irwin, had the pleasure to appear on the Planet Leadership podcast. Eric Thurston, host of Planet Leadership and CEO of Personify, sat down with Jay to discuss determination, survival, and the importance of perseverance. We’re sure you’ll receive value listening to Jay’s incredible story.
Welcome to part two of our building better habits series. If you haven’t checked out part one click here. In part one we covered simple hacks you can do to build on your inner psychology and give the process of change momentum. In part two, we dive deeper into fulfilling [...]
We see it all the time at our leadership training events in Denver; our participants are hard-working, intelligent, and they have a strong desire to improve. Yet, they struggle to get new habits to stick. They want to blame themselves. These teams come to us thinking if they worked harder [...]
The best of the best in any field all have one thing in common: focus. While we worry about results, the distinguished focus on their effort. At our team-building events in Denver, we facilitate the art of striving and shifting the focus from results to efforts. In the office, we [...]
A Harvard Business School study of more than 50,000 employees found the true cost of having a toxic employee among your team. We’ve all had the experience of tolerating a toxic employee at one point or another and wondered “How do they have a job?”. While their negative impact may [...]
Dependable leaders are invaluable to a company's success. A steadfast leader attracts the best employees, retains them, and builds on their strengths. They make a company, a team, and themselves stronger with the growth they create. The resulting prosperity can be instantaneous. Established leaders have teams and team members that [...]
“Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they’ll find a way to screw it up. Give a mediocre idea to a good team, and they’ll find a way to make it better.” - Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code At every company, in every industry, a cohesive team goes [...]
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”- Henry Ford When we are in dire straits, we tend to think of the quick fix or band-aid for the situation. While applying the band-aid can “stop the bleeding”, does that remedy the situation? In today’s fast-paced/fix it now society, that band-aid may be [...]