“If you don’t know where you’re going any road will do” Lewis Carroll The Art of Personal Strategy Hey there! Have you ever wondered how some people seem to navigate life’s complexities with grace and foresight? Well, the secret might lie in having a personal strategy. It’s not just some fancy business jargon […]
“Building Your Leadership Awareness.” Socrates sure started something when he came up with the quote, “Know thyself.” Self-awareness seems to have become the latest management buzzword — and for good reason. Personality Type testing has grown to a whopping two 2 billion dollar annual enterprise. A growing body of research suggests that when we […]
Master farmer (and brother-in- law) David with a small part of his herd of naturally grown beef cattle. Photo Courtesy of ohnemusbeef.com Leading Like a Farmer I have an abiding relationship with the land. I grew up in farm country. Both my parents came from active farming families. We lived in a small rural […]
We’ve all been there— standing on the precipice of expectation, heart filled with hope and eyes fixed on a vision. The exhilaration of a new project, the buzz of a fresh idea, or the thrill of an ambitious goal. Yet, the wind doesn’t always blow in our favour. The ground […]
Photo by garrett parker on Unsplash Imagine you’re in charge at the helm of a ship, but your compass equipment isn’t calibrated correctly. You’ll likely veer off-course, blithely sailing along unaware that critical course corrections are needed. Just like you navigate a ship with a compass, leading a team without effective feedback is much like […]
Shift Happens! If you been in leadership for any length of time, something egregious takes place and you are impacted. You get that “run over by a bus feeling”. Trust is lost. Trust breaches come in all shapes and sizes. You never quite know when and how it’s going to show up. Regardless […]
It happened some years ago but it was an adventure I’ll never forget. I was exploring a rugged and remote part of my province. My trusty truck was pulling hard in the steep terrain, and my fuel supply was dwindling. My map showed me an alternate route that would get me back to civilization (and […]
Just the other day, I caught myself reminiscing about the good old days of floppy disks and dial-up internet. Ah, that ding-ding sound of “You’ve Got Mail!” But, as much as I love a good jog down memory lane, I’m grateful for the progress we’ve made. Thanks to our rapidly evolving digital landscape, we […]
There’s an old Project Management joke that describes the six phases on any large project Unbridled enthusiasm, Total disillusionment, Panic, hysteria and overtime, Frantic search for the guilty, Punishment of the innocent and Praise and honours for the uninvolved. As with any good humour, there are some elements of truth and exaggeration in there somewhere. Perhaps you’ve even […]
Photo by Johan Godinez on Unsplash Saying “yes” to something significant in life or business can be downright daunting. It requires a leap of faith, a willingness to face the unknown, and an inner conviction that it is the right thing to do. It can be scary, especially when we are accustomed to saying […]
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