Leadership cannot subsist on junk food.
Eating nothing but junk food is not a formula for a long and healthy life. It won’t provide the nutrition your body needs to sustain itself. Or even the fuel to get you through the day. Yet many in leadership positions are doing just that. Every time they speak, what’s coming out of their mouths […]
What Is Meaningful Worth To You?
Someone I greatly respect cautioned me recently not to use the terms “meaningful” or “purposeful”. “Business leaders won’t get it,” he warned. “They’ll think it’s flaky.” I don’t believe that. Not any more. This pandemic has fundamentally changed how we work and live. It’s stripped away a lot of the artificial veneer, and exposed what […]
What’s Your Meaningful Change?
“For the times, they are a-changin’”. Bob Dylan’s words have never been more true, certainly in my lifetime. Change abounds these days. Sometimes it feels like a tidal wave with enough force to crash complete systems and completely disrupt how we work and live. But change can also turn longings of “if only we could” […]
Where Is The Joy In Your Day?
When your days are overloaded with the responsibilities of your role, it’s easy to rationalize that you’re so busy doing that you have no time for anything else. But stop for a second and scan your day for anything that brings you joy. It’s not a frivolous task. Joy is fundamental to aligning what you […]
Prompted to Be More
Many years ago, I was standing outside the Stanley Park Tea House in Vancouver debating with a friend whether we should head into brunch or continue our walk around the sea wall. It was a glorious sunny day, and the beach was beckoning. Suddenly, I felt a tap on my left shoulder. I turned, and […]
Where do you go from here?
Eighteen months ago, I asked an executive client what keeps him up at night. “Disruption,” he said emphatically. And then, without a second’s pause, he added, “The need to disrupt ourselves before our competition does.” I wonder how well he’s sleeping these days now that disruption is the prevailing state. When even the simplest order […]
Horrendous Came Bearing Gifts
A dear friend sent me a beautiful card recently in which she wished me well “especially after the horrendous year you’ve had.” Horrendous? “What does she mean?”, I thought. “Why does she think my year was horrendous?” And then it hit me. It’s because I had covid. And yes, at times it was rather horrendous. […]