Recently, I read an interesting article that started me thinking about the messages we send out to our children concerning what it is to be …
Recently, I read an interesting article that started me thinking about the messages we send out to our children concerning what it is to be …
In many organisations, there is this implicit assumption that everyone aspires to be a leader. As a result, leadership roles in these plac…
Attitude is a big deal. The way we look at things and the beliefs we hold about them influence what we choose to do and how we choose to beh…
Leadership, while studied widely and deeply, remains misunderstood by a surprisingly large number of people. In this world, there are some w…
Charisma. It seems to be something we admire in others and wish we had more of in ourselves. It has drawing power. When we see it in leaders…
My brain is all clogged up. I’m trying to write a blog post and it’s coming out like the Sermon on the Mount. I hate when that happens. …
Somebody once said: “You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.” In leadership, one of the things we are always…
Anyone who has ever been in a leadership role for longer than, oh, five minutes, knows that leadership is not a prescriptive thing. As simpl…
In today’s world, we often look for faster ways of getting things done. The magic of technology makes this possible.
And there are all …
It was James Thurber who said, “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” This s…
Recently in the press, there was a whole section dedicated to the most admired corporate cultures in Canada. It highlighted some v…
American actor Will Rogers once said, “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” I think he has a point. Rarely, though, do we consider that…
