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About us: Courage Institute International

Truly the world's first courage-building consultancy -- for leadership, strategy execution, matrix management, organization development and team mobilization.

Why courage?

Three decades ago, we asked why some enterprises achieve great results in tough business environments. Why some break free of old trendlines and boundaries. Why some sustain change and achieve success after success, rather than coasting back to the median or to mediocrity.

Courage, we found, was the key differentiator. Just as Aristotle and Churchill called courage "the first of all virtues," because it sustains and multiplies every other competency you want to see in your enterprise -- whenever the going gets tough, roles get confused, the path forward isn't obvious, and diversity rubs some people the wrong way. In the face of these challenges, courage gives some teams an edge. Grit. Tenacity. Resilience. "Can-do" thinking. Initiative. Openness to new ideas. Adaptability. Trust.

Can courage be strengthened, with the right leadership? Yes. We have researched how some leaders inspire courage -- from the middle-out, the top-down and the bottom-up. In all kinds of human enterprises that rely on peak perfomance.

The 5 Courage Factors take all that we know about courage-building and put them into a formula that leaders can learn and apply. To pull these levers: Purpose, Candor, Will, Rigor and Risk.

Unleash the power of courage…

…at inflection points when new possibilities rock the boat. When audacious new benchmarks set the bar higher. When new matrix structures and alliances create ambiguity. Require influence more than authority.

Courage converts potential energy into kinetic energy. It equips your teams to break free of old trendlines.replaces fear, which is blocking and debilitating, with innovation, improvisation, mobilization and action.

It transforms victims into champions. It lifts experts from "just following orders" to look harder, dig deeper and be brilliant luminaries. From keeping your head below the parapets to stepping up and standing out. From holding on tight to "what was" to venture into uncharted territory and invent a new market niche. And take the high road by "walking the talk" of your company's values.

The 5 Courage Factors are your key to break free of old trendlines, at inflection points that can take you further, faster, higher and better than what has been done before.

For 20+ years, we've equipped leaders to use the 5 Courage Factors with…

enterprise-wide efforts, single departments and cross-functional teams

small startups and large corporations

civilian and military government agencies

teams that face tougher standards for regulatory, safety and comparative efficacy and economic benefit

alliances with a global presence and with a distinct local flavor

leaders in America and Africa, Europe and Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim

enterprises that are scaling up -- adding new capabilities, thought-leaders, functions and franchises

organizations that have to get leaner and more capital-efficient

teams that rely on diversity -- with boomers and millennials, engineers and marketers, accountants and operators, men and women, a mix of cultures and languages, easy and difficult personalities

leaders who are mobilizing new matrix structures, flattened hierarchies, partnerships and alliances — to execute new strategies and adopt new technologies

How can we help you build courage in your enterprise?

If some C-level executives need to flip on the switch and inspire brilliance -- so high aspirations and urgency lift people up rather than creating negative energy -- we can advise them about boosting their impact, as a team or as individuals.

If a transformation, strategy-execution or technology-adoption needs to be accelerated -- we can advise you about mobilizing the right people to pull the right levers to get it done, by stepping up and orchestrating change from the middle-out.

If your leadership development effort needs to prepare leaders for the realities of managing in flat networks, alliances, matrix structures and cross-functional teams -- we can imbue them with the courage to learn by doing, break free of hierarchy traps and apply new insights and techniques.

If your next company meeting or executive retreat should strengthen courage, so key people come away with the courage to act, we can help you make that happen.

And if you are simply curious, we can send you regular research reports, inspiring stories, cases and videos -- to raise your courage-consciousness.

Thanks for being part of our courage-building community.

Bon courage
בהצלחה
Lots of success
Viel gluck
التو فيق

Dr Louise (Yochee) Klein and Dr Merom Klein
Courage Institute International