Connecting the Dots | How Leaders Benefit from Relationships
Leadership always occurs in the context of relationships. The key relationships in a leader’s world contextualize their identity, behavior, and performance. Relationships are the key to their success and fulfillment. Equally, they enable us to weather life’s storms, providing safe harbours to heal, learn, and grow. So why are many leaders not connecting the dots […]
Make Failure Your Friend
Relax; you will Fail Failure is inevitable. If you’re breathing, you will fail at things. It’s part of the human experience, yet most of us will do almost anything to avoid it. Why? What’s the problem with failing? The issue for most of us is that we fear it. We fear failure because we have […]
Why being ‘lonely at the top’ isn’t good for you, or for business
Leaders are no more exempt from loneliness and isolation than the rest of the population. In fact, they can be more susceptible to these feelings. As their responsibilities grow, the quality of their social and intimate connections declines. Our careers and lives are a culmination of many small decisions that, over time, create our life’s […]
Is your hard work giving you or costing you what you really want?
The demands of building a business, managing a team, leading an organization, running a family, or just having time for yourself are constant. There are always goals to set, plans to implement, and problems to solve in order to make our vision of success a reality. It can be exhausting and overwhelming. For the most […]
The short-term fix that can create a long-term problem
Stress and fatigue are understandable at certain times of the year – think of the mad rush in anticipation of the holidays, or the lead up to rolling out a major change initiative. But what if exhaustion is starting to creep in earlier than expected? What do you do when you find yourself looking at […]
The subtle way your childhood affects how you lead
We all enter adulthood with thought processes and behaviours learned and adopted from childhood. This is true of every person, whether in a leadership role or not. Children learn and absorb lessons about life through overt teaching by people in their world – parents, grandparents, teachers, peers – and through more subtle ways by observing […]
Too busy to reflect? That’s exactly when you need to.
The end of a year is often considered an opportune time to reflect. As we wind down for the year and transition from a hectic pre-Christmas schedule to more of a holiday pace, there are moments that present themselves as invitations to stop and take stock of the year that’s been. Reflecting on key moments […]
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
The answer to this question can be quite revealing. Do you jump out of bed, ready and excited to work on the day’s projects? Or do you feel rising levels of stress and anxiety the moment you start thinking about your “to do” list? You may prefer to stay in bed pondering what life would […]
Why being ‘lonely at the top’ isn’t good for you, or for business
Our careers, and lives, are a culmination of many choices that when added up over time, create our life’s trajectory. Not many people start out their career planning to make some of the choices and sacrifices they have to achieve success. Often it is only when they get to their desired destination that they look […]
What does success mean to you?
Like skipping to the end of a good book to find out what happens, imagine you are able to fast-forward to the last chapter of your life. Looking back over the course of your existence – the choices you made, your patterns of behavior, the quality of your relationships – would you consider it a […]