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...
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Leadership Nirvana … What the heck is that? There have been times in my career when I have experienced what can only be described as leadership nirv...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 – ...
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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
“If you tell a Hun he is doing a good job when he isn’t, he will not listen long and, worse, will not believe praise when it is justified.” —A...
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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
Failing Better … what a load of nonsense. In my world when something fails – it fails. And, there is no glory in failing. I had had jobs that ...
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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
A recent Google SEO search found that the only phrase searched for more often than ‘I hate being a boss’ is ‘I hate being a bridesmaid.’ My pe...
Read MoreWhat is worse than being a boss? Being a bridesmaid – 3 Leadership Hacks
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...
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