Happy Friday, One of our clients has built the most successful office in his organization. What is his strongest attribute as a leader? His ability to identify, hire, and keep the right people on his team. What is your success rate? One simple idea we discussed in one of our coaching sessions 5 years ago, was
Good Tuesday morning, Happy New Year! Yes, you are reading that correctly. September is officially the new January first. Fall has a whole new rhythm. The demands on deliverables and the the pace of work picks up. There are some obvious reasons that this happens: a majority of the team is now
Happy Friday, I discovered my love for words later in my life. I discovered this through the writing of Margaret Visser in her Massey Lectures and especially through the book “Beyond Fate” which is based upon those lectures. What I appreciate the most is the way she gets to the heart of the matter by examining
Happy Friday! Conflicts are part of any work situation. In fact, a lot of leadership coachingis structured around teaching professionals how to navigate around and communicate difficult messages. Conflicts are not always bad. They can be a sign of a strongly engaged group of employees who truly care. “Leadership is the activity of influencing people
Happy Monday morning, They are always serving yet seldom seen. Who are they? The members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Currently there are 71,500 Regular Force members, 30,000 Reserve Force members and 25,000 civilian employees. The strength of our forces is not our planes, ships, helicopters, tanks and guns. Their key strategic advantage
Happy Friday! A sudden change in leadership: I’m sure that you have either experienced this as an observer or it has happened to you at some point in your career. I personally experienced this early in my career. I joined a new firm and a new boss was put in charge of the division I
Happy Friday! This weekend is a terrific opportunity to do a detox to benefit your leadership abilities. No, I don’t mean a green juice detox but rather a tech detox. “What is a tech detox” you ask? The term was first coined in 2010 by filmmaker and tech pioneer Tiffany Shlain and UC Berkeley robotics
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Happy Friday! It’s “all or nothing” day. “All or nothing” is a an oft-used statement that leaders use around the commitment required to be on the team. As a leader, what is your “ask’? Are you asking for your team to give their “all”? This could be a good short-term strategy. However, it
Happy Friday! This week, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 going to the moon. “We choose to go to the moon…” The thought I had this week as I pondered this amazing achievement was, this wasn’t a goal that President Kennedy shared. It was a statement. President Kennedy & the