As a leader, you make countless decisions and choices, many of which can seem like they’ll be forgotten within a week’s time given rapid pace by which things change these days. But we have to remember that every choice we make creates powerful ripples that not only end up informing … Click to continue reading
In my experience, those in leadership roles are always on the lookout for the next “big idea” or the next set of critical competencies that will help leaders become more effective and successful despite the persistent fog of uncertainty. But what if what’s needed is not something new, but embracing … Click to continue reading
We tend to think of bravery as a feeling, as this sudden jolt of courage that appears when we most need it, that is if you’re lucky enough to feel it. But what if courage is not really about what we feel in a given moment of crisis or urgency, … Click to continue reading
Last week marked the end of another edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival – the largest of its kind in the world, and an event I haven’t missed since I was in high school. And this year, I found myself reflecting on some interesting parallels between jazz and what leaders … Click to continue reading
The issue of workplace burnout is something we’ve all read and sadly in most cases, experienced directly or indirectly through family and friends. And yet, despite numerous initiatives to reduce workplace stress and burnout, the problem continues to get worse. Could it be that the reason why our efforts to … Click to continue reading
In the face of economic, trade, and geo-political uncertainties, there’s an understandable drive to pull back and narrow our focus on initiatives and goals linked to protecting and preserving an organization’s viability and resilience. Indeed, reports from KPMG, McKinsey, and other industry reports reveal how many companies are either scaling … Click to continue reading
When it comes to promoting creativity, there’s a natural tendency to want to remove barriers and limitations so people can be encouraged to “think outside the box”. Of course, one of the paradoxes of creativity is that the most innovative creations are not borne from a lack of constraints, but … Click to continue reading
Under the current cloud of economic uncertainty, not to mention increasing pressures and demands to deliver better results with less, it’s easy for leaders to overlook the ripple effects they create that shape and inform their organization’s culture. And those ripples are not only created at moments of importance and … Click to continue reading
At a time of growing pressure to do more with less alongside rising levels of employee anxiety and burnout, it’s not surprising that workplace conflicts are becoming more and more common. Unfortunately, to make matters worse, many leaders are getting conflict wrong in seeing it as something that needs to … Click to continue reading
When it comes to leadership and trust, the focus is naturally on what leaders need to do to foster trust amongst those they lead. But what should leaders do when that trust is broken? Some lessons can be found in the on-going saga of Uber’s transformation. In 2017, Uber was … Click to continue reading
I’ve written for my leadership blog for more than a decade and so, I’d like to start this piece off with something different. I want to challenge you to do something today that you will find easy to do, that you might not even think is that big a deal, … Click to continue reading
Last fall, I visited the sprawling ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey, home of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who remarked how “change is the only constant.” Walking down the remains of the marble stone street Heraclitus walked, marvelling at the site of carved remains of building facades … Click to continue reading
