Years ago, during my time being stationed in South Korea as a US Army Infantryman, my platoon was in the field preparing for a field training exercise. If you have ever been to South Korea, you know the landscape is filled with beautiful hills. However, these beautiful hills can become nightmares when trying to scale … Continue reading The Power of “I Don’t Know”
Author: JC Hurtado-Prater | Leadership Professor + Consultant
JC Hurtado-Prater serves as Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Leadership at the Fermanian School of Business at Point Loma Nazarene University where he oversees the graduate business and leadership programs. In addition, through his company, Bluestone Consulting, LLC, JC serves as a leadership consultant for executives and teams at global organizations such as Johnson + Johnson, Cisco, Visa, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Harbor Freight, Park Hyatt and more.
A veteran of the United States Army, JC earned a BA from UCLA, MBA through Saint Joseph’s College and is currently completing his doctorate in business administration through Indiana Wesleyan University. Passionate about community service in San Diego, JC serves on several local boards for organizations such as UC San Diego, South Bay Community Services, Thrivent Financial Southwest Region and Southwestern College Foundation. JC resides in the 4S Ranch area of San Diego, CA. In his free time, JC enjoys reading, working out and kayaking the California coast.
Seven Generation Thinking in Crisis
When making decisions, it is important to understand the element of TIME. This is more important now than ever. While our current crisis – COVID 19 – has turned our world on its head, we are simply in a season. It is important we do not over-correct and make decisions today that will have negative … Continue reading Seven Generation Thinking in Crisis
Health Before Resilience
An excerpt from my upcoming book “On Resilience.” Before moving forward, it is important to understand the foundation for resilience as being the health of the person or organization. While any person, team or organization can work through the process of resilience, the process is made easier when there is a foundation of health; mental … Continue reading Health Before Resilience
Charles Darwin on Resilience
“It is not the most intellectual of species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is then one that is able to adapt to and adjust best to the changing environment in which it finds itself.” Read that again.
A Worthy Definition of Excellence
In the foreword to the academic summary, Organizational Resilience, BSI Group CEO Howard Kerr states the following: Striving for excellence requires business leaders to challenge complacency, promote vigilance and embrace the need for continual improvement.” Excellence = Challenging Complacency – scanning the organization for those areas where the system is settling for second-rate work or results.Promoting … Continue reading A Worthy Definition of Excellence
The Leadership Playbook 