Are Business Leaders Who Trust Their Instincts Sages or Fools?

This week's guest, Rick Snyder, was living and working successfully in Oregon as a coach to international businesses, when just shy of three years ago a persistent, deep, voice inside told him he really ought to get out of the American bubble and move to the South of France. So that's exactly what he did. That wasn't odd for Rick, who teaches global business owners and entrepreneurs to listen closely to the instinctive voice we all have inside of us, and act more frequently on our sixth, intuitive sense. Rick is the lead coach and founder of the business consulting firm Three Hats, and he's in the process of writing a book – The Invisible Edge: Six Steps for Harnessing Your Intuition – all about using intuition as a business North Star. Honing and trusting your intuition is not the stuff they teach in Business School, but as Rick is quick to point out, increasingly some of the most-successful and respected companies in America – including Zappos, Apple, and Google – are tapping into mindfulness, intuition, and similar alternative approaches for strategizing and planning. Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart says that his instinct tells him that some listeners will dismiss Rick and his reliance on instinct as nonsense. But Dean notes that Rick's perspective is fresh and it is compelling.  Moreover, it's worked well for him and many of his clients.  So listen to this edition of Monday Morning Radio, and trust your own good sense to decide whether or not following Rick's advice is right for you. Photo: Rick Snyder, Three Hats Posted: January 8, 2018 Monday Morning Run Time: 43 minutes 13 seconds