I was recently asked to share my favourite vacation – taken or planned – as part of a leadership activity to develop listening skills. My response? The vacation that got …
Joy at an Improbable Time
Earlier this year, a colleague and I embarked on an ambitious journey: to explore what joy meant to us in response to a desire to have more joy in our …
The First Leadership Coach in Space?
If I hadn’t become a coach, I may have become an astronaut. As it turns out, the quality that would have made me a good astronaut is the same one …
The Courage to Take Radical Action
This month, the theme for the Business Coaching Advantage Program™ (BCA) is COURAGE. The theme itself gave me the courage to write about something I haven’t had shared before: my love …
Could a Robot Do Your Job?
Why Taking Stock of New Trends is Essential for Your Career Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about robots taking over jobs (see Wired or Forbes for related articles). As a professional …
How to Think Like Einstein for Successful Career Transition
Three ways to maximize your thinking for successful career transition We can solve most of our daily problems by thinking of a couple of available options and choosing the best one. …
How to identify (and stop) career sabotage
We’ve all heard about self-sabotage, but how do you know if you’re doing it? After all, sabotage is so effective because it flies under our radar and we’re usually not aware of …
The Courage to Lead
Everything I know about leadership started with square-dancing. I learned the quick-step and do-si-do while attending Bark Lake Leadership Centre at 16 years old, an organization that helps campers transition into …