When I reflected on the strides my clients made last year relating to their leadership approach, impact, and business results, I noticed 3 key themes that directly impacted their business results. 1. Clarity When you have clarity, you can focus your communication, get...
Season 2 of leadership live is coming to an end with one final episode that celebrates a thrilling season of conversations, coaching sessions, and a few solos – 57 episodes in total! That’s something to celebrate. The big themes of the season are: Self-awareness...
“We’re not in the coffee business, serving people. We’re in the people business, serving coffee.” Howard Behar, Starbucks This is one of my favourite quotes and it comes from Starbucks. The Starbucks culture is all about people, providing a neighborhood meeting place...
Jeff Bezos tells this story of their early days at Amazon, when it was a small operation and they were working out of his garage. The team packed orders off cement floors on hands and knees. At one point, Bezos, bent-over and tired, looked up at his team and said, “I...
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”- Ronald Reagan True story… A few years ago, I worked with a leader in Company A (we’ll just call it that)...
“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.” – Stephen Hawking As a leader, you’re responsible for keeping your team motivated and engaged. It’s especially challenging in these times with teams...
During times of challenge, change and uncertainty, it’s important to keep yourself and your team motivated. And it’s a tough thing to do. There are some days when we wake up wonderfully productive, accomplishing all the tasks that we planned for that day....
No one really knows how to navigate their way through these times of change and challenge. As a leader, you’re faced with people looking to you for answers. A question that’s coming up often in my client coaching conversations and is top of mind for leaders is: How do...
Remote work is on the rise, and whether you’ve recently adopted some flexible work options or have an all-remote company, it’s important to have formal work policies just like you would with a more traditional office. However, managing an office versus a remote...
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