As the debilitating days of the COVID-19 pandemic recede, a new world order is emerging. The gap between rich and poor has widened over the last two years. There is heightened recognition of the good … Read More
Intention Setting – Selecting Your Lens for the Year
Welcome to the new year! Are you feeling optimistic, or carrying the weight of the latest Covid wave? Whatever your mood, setting an intention for the year can be a balm for the soul, and … Read More
Compassion – A Defining Leadership Trait
One of my CEO clients and I recently spoke about a difficult decision. He had thought long and hard before taking his recommendation to the board. He sought the confidential counsel of two others and … Read More
Crystallizing the Gains
When managing our investments, we may secure the gains and growth by selling stocks when they are at a peak. In the heated North American residential real estate market, many owners are selling their homes … Read More
Return to Work, a Badge of Honour?
According to polls, 44 percent of Americans working from home would like to continue that arrangement. In Canada, while two-thirds of those polled indicated they missed their work colleagues, roughly 80 percent said they would … Read More
Trade Anger for Humanity
Are you seeing the smoldering anger or outright flames of indignation that I am? People are divided over politics, over COVID vaccines, over whether children should be in school for their mental health or home … Read More
Work to Your Strengths, Embrace Differences
I have often advised people of this: work to your strengths. Build your team with those who have different and complementary skills to yours. A humorous incident reminded me of this. “How long ago did … Read More
Deep Thinking
Many executives are inadvertently getting in the way of innovation, creativity, and productivity from their teams. And sometimes from themselves. We now have ready access to more information from more sources than at any other … Read More
Separate Performance From Potential
A common mistake is to correlate good or excellent performance to high potential and/or average performance to a lack of potential. The best leaders have learned how to separate these two unique measures, and how … Read More