Leadership is not a position. It is an attitude – management is the position. One has nothing to do with the other. Safety too is an attitude. [...
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How many open-ended, idea-prompting questions do you ask every day? Do you ask more questions than you give orders or provide answers? Recently, I wor...
Read MoreAs Curious Leaders, What Are The Right The Questions to Ask
With the holidays over, I find myself thinking about food. Family Dinners. Staff parties. And the many times that food contributed to my success as a ...
Read MoreFood Glorious Food – The Most Underrated Of All Leadership Tools
The Bid You may have heard my home-town, Calgary Alberta, has been preparing a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The City had hosted the 88 Olympi...
Read More4 Things A Failed Olympic Bid Can Teach Us About Leadership
I am often asked about my thoughts about Remembrance Day. I don’t often share because everyone has a story, and many have gone through more than I c...
Read MoreWhat Do I Think About On Remembrance Day
According to the Gallup Organization, having a bad boss is the number one reason people quit their job. Seen one lurking around your office lately? Ba...
Read More10 Signs You Have A Scary Boss
I have a temper! In many blogs I have talked about times I blew my top. Here are 2: You, Milk, Fruit & Kardashians All Have Best Before Dates – ...
Read More3 Steps To Increase Your EQ and Become a Stronger Leader
How to Deal with A Boss with Zero Emotional Intelligence For most of my career emotions were something to be avoided like the plague. Emotions were ac...
Read MoreThe 4 F’s (And @#$% isn’t one) of dealing with a boss with low EI
Loyalty sounds like an admirable character trait until you think about what it means. I once got a new boss, and in an early meeting with her, she sai...
Read MoreIf You Have To Ask For Loyalty, You Are Already Screwed
I have seen a theme across clients and potential clients with whom I speak. It is the same problem regardless if they are a team of 100, 1,000 or 10,...
Read MoreLeader’s Brief: Your HR Team Might Think Your Leadership Competencies Suck – 3 Actions To Fix That
Imagine Imagine going to bed one evening. You cuddle up with your loved one and sleep peacefully. You get up, pour a coffee and turn on the news. A re...
Read MoreLeader’s Brief – 4 Questions To Help You Lead Through Rapid-growth
A client asked, “What is the one roadblock I will encounter when improving the culture of leadership in my company? I responded, “You.” My clien...
Read MoreWhy You Are Preventing Your Own Success? – 3 Actions To Get Out of Your Own Way
Do you feel overwhelmed at work? If the answer’s yes, don’t worry: you’re not alone. Two-thirds of managers say they’re overwhelmed, accordi...
Read MoreThe 6T’s To Know What To Delegate
When I speak to various groups, I use my military and emergency management experience to teach leadership and project management lessons. Recently I w...
Read More10 Project Management Lessons From Combat That You Can Apply To Your Project Team
‘No great strategy was born without careful thought.’ (Anon) On the other side of that saying is the truism: ‘there comes a time in every grea...
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