Right where you are now
This is a really interesting statement, you might agree or disagree and whichever it is I would like you to think about what it means. It...
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A Leaders' Safety Briefing
When you get on an aircraft you will likely see a safety briefing. They might be in person, they might be humorous, they could be both....
Walking up the down escalator
When you finish your full time education and get your first job, you realize how much you need to learn. When you get your first...
Giving the gift of (a pleasant) surprise
A random act of kindness and encouragement can have echoes that last a lifetime. Last night as I was sitting in my living room reading,...
Would you hire...
a coach that didn't listen a counsellor with no empathy a social media manager with no social media presence a lead generation company...
Too much Recognition?
Over the past 20+ years I have facilitated hundreds of leadership workshops on dozens of topics - change, coaching, delegation,...
How are you showing up?
Do you show up, every day? Every time your skills are needed? Each chance you have to contribute to the success of others? And when you...
Hold the silence
Doing nothing is my favorite coaching technique. I simply sit, without thinking about what question I will ask next I do this after I...
One on One
As a leader I have regular 1-1's with my team Purpose What is your purpose for the 1-1? What do you want to accomplish? How will you know...
Decoding the great resignation
We live in an age of mass customization: FB, LI, Amazon, Netflix and their algorithms lead us to expect a bespoke experience tailored to...
Building a relationship with a new colleague
Up down and across... You have a new manager, a new junior colleague a new peer. What do you do? If you hear about them ahead of time...
The space between us
I recently read of a study that suggested if you move two people’s desks a mere 15 feet further apart, they tend to interact as much as...
On Leadership and Being
There is a change in what leadership development is addressing In the past leadership used to be about how to how to give feedback how to...
When you argue
As the new general manager in an office of 70+ staff I had this sign on my wall as a reminder to myself and my team. In previous roles I...
Kammavaca: Precepts for a new beginning
One of the most sacred Burmese religious texts, the 'Kammavaca' contains the rules for monastic life, conduct and ceremonies. This is a...
Pulse surveys
I've taken employee surveys almost my entire corporate career. Initially they were annual and in response to an event as opposed to an...
Building Mental Agility (part one of an occasional series)
Our brains process huge amounts of information daily. We create shortcuts to save energy, those shortcuts give us blind spots What is...
The impact of "just" asking questions
I have had the pleasure of running two cohorts of coaching capability building for a global client. Fourteen and a half hours of...
Explore Possibilities
I recently ran a coaching workshop for a client on the topic above. Building coaching capability requires development of skills in asking...
Leader as Coach
You've attended a course on how to be a coach. You have learned the difference between coaching, mentoring and directing; discussed and...