Confronting a Later Life Crisis
As we journey through life, we often encounter periods of transition and reflection. Today, I want to delve into an overlooked yet profoundly impactful phase of life and explore strategies...
Accountability Begins at the Top
When better than spring to spend time developing your growth mindset? Today, I want to talk about developing a highly effective culture of accountability within your workplace. At its core,...
My Guest Appearance on the Keyed In Podcast
Hard to believe we are already in the middle of February and looking at spring on the horizon. I know I am looking forward to the coming warm weather...
Constantly Encourage Your Team to Challenge You
Welcome to 2024! I hope your year is off to an excellent start. Today, as we march forth into the new year, I want to encourage you all to create...
Moving Faster and Smarter
The end of 2023 is upon us, and doesn't it feel like this year passed by so quickly? More than ever before, things truly are changing, rapidly. The world -...
“Un-Retiring” or Not Retiring
Retirement. What a loaded word. For some, even a 4-letter word. To many, retirement means an exciting opportunity for personal reinvention, exploration, and pursuing passions that might have been on...
Survive Becoming Obsolete — Reinvent Yourself!
In today's rapidly evolving world, the rise of AI has ushered in a new era of unparalleled innovation and transformation. It is truly remarkable. While this technology brings incredible...
Nothing Matters More Than a Team Connected to Your Mission
A recent study by Gallup has some fascinating results. The report found that only 28% of remote workers and 33% of on-site workers feel strongly connected to their companies'...
Nail Your Next Interview & Land Your Dream Job
Interviews! The very word just might strike fear into your heart. After all, these encounters require us to showcase our qualifications, personality, and compatibility with a potential employer, all...
Decision-Making Requires Tough Choices
Wouldn't it be nice if the best decisions were also the easiest? Alas, that is rarely - if ever - the case. Decision-making is both hard and exceedingly complex....
Mastering the Art of Clear Communication
"Say what you mean and mean what you say." Who hasn't heard this idiom? We are taught it from childhood. Unfortunately, though, we are significantly less likely to be taught...
The Curse of Loneliness
Loneliness is an epidemic. Each and every one of us has intimately experienced loneliness. Did you know, though, that studies show that loneliness can quite literally be deadly? Just recently,...
Which Underrated Leadership Traits Do You Posses?
What traits come to mind when you think of great leadership? For many of us, it's confidence, drive, and assertiveness. Those are, of course, vital traits - but there are...
Accountability Is a Tool, Not a Weapon.
Accountability is a tool, not a weapon. Many of us associate the word accountability with negativity or punishment because, frankly, that's how those in leadership often treat it. But that's...
Embracing a Sense of Urgency
Entrepreneurs and business leaders alike must embrace "urgency" as a way of life if they want their businesses and organizations to thrive. In John Kotter's fantastic book on the...
The Power of Goal-Setting
No matter what size company or team you lead, crafting an effective goal-setting strategy is an essential part of what will make you and your organization successful in the...
Writing Your Story
“Send us a bio!” A terrifying phrase. But it doesn’t have to be. Writing your bio, whether it’s for your organization’s website, your personal LinkedIn, or for a project you’re...
Hiring Green Flags
Here are four green flags that are good indicators of a candidate suited to a job. The first pair deals with the applicant’s past while the second gives insight into...
Grief in the Workplace
Grief can be an unstoppable force and each and every one of us will experience it in our lifetime, likely many times over. Leaders are in a unique position to...
Worried About Quiet Quitting? Look Inside
One of the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic has been the phenomenon we know as Quiet Quitting. Quiet Quitters can gut an organization from the inside, instigating major complications with...
The Danger of Being “Too Busy”
Many of us take a certain level of pride in “being busy”. It's a badge of honour, showing the world how tirelessly we dedicate ourselves to our responsibilities. It is...
Crafting Performance Reviews
If your employees shudder at the mention of “performance review”, you’re not doing it right. The modern performance review can be one of the best tools for an employee, regardless...
What Do You Want Your Company Culture To Be?
Culture is inherently volatile; while it is driven by a central, carefully-curated vision pieced together by an organization’s leaders, it can be commandeered by the prevailing collective mood of everyone...
Self-Care for Leaders
As a leader, understand that you must be able to help yourself before you can help anyone else. It is precisely because of that responsibility for others’ wellbeing that every...