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From Our Stage - Insights from Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser
Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser’s presentation at The Art of Leadership Women conference was a powerful and inspiring account of her personal journey as an elite athlete and a medical professional. Her presentation focused on...
Stalking the Wild Projects
Perhaps the most profound result of creating a complete and accurately defined inventory of our projects is how it can propel us to do something positive and concrete about ephemeral and ambiguous situations that have...
Kill Your Darlings
At a three-year product strategy meeting at Apple the McKinsey hired guns presented something I now refer to as the “99-idea slide†as the final summary of a strategy presentation. It was chock-full of information,...
A Look at Susan David’s Book Emotional Agility
A Look at Susan David’s Book, Emotional Agility Summary written by Paula McLeod The title of Susan David’s book, Emotional Agility, is intriguing. What is emotional agility? My take on it is that emotional agility is...
Activating Allyship
According to a recent study by Deloitte, 90% of people consider themselves allies. There’s a disconnect, though. In a 2022 study looking at a “continuum of allyship, from ‘anti’ or ‘ambivalent’ to ‘active’ or...
Empowering Future Leaders in Law and Business
As a leader in Canadian business law, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP has long made a commitment to embracing diversity in our leadership – it is rooted in our history and is integral to who we are as a firm. Diversity...
Transform Yourself, Inspire Others
It requires an understanding that a company’s purpose is about more than making money – it is about finding ways to make a positive contribution to the world in which the company finds itself, the world in which we all...
Why Cultures of Genius Are Bad for All of Us
In Western culture, we tend to worship genius. We paper our dorm rooms with posters of Einstein, we propel Walter Isaacson biographies to bestseller status, and we pile funding onto every Ivy League dropout with a...
Sophie Opens up About Life, Love and Her New Book
When I walk into the lobby of the Le Germain Hotel in Ottawa to meet Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, I’m with my mom. She didn’t want me to drive alone from Montreal in the snowstorm-like conditions of deep Canadian winter, so...
The Power Within Our Reach
One of the cruelest deceptions of our mod- ern time is that we have been talked out of our power. Notions of hopelessness and helplessness have made us spectators rather than creators of the communities and workplaces...
Get Future Ready! 3 Ways to Adapt to Our Ever-Changing World
We are living in an era of disruption and exponential change requiring innovation, adaptability, new and diverse skills for communication and collaboration. At the same time, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Book Summary: Mistakes I Made at Work
A Look at Jessica Bacal’s Book: Mistakes I Made At Work Summary Written By: Vanessa Chase We live in a culture where success, achievement and the appearance of reaching both effortlessly are revered. Very few people...
Active Allyship
There’s a word I love - SAWUBONA. It’s a Zulu greeting that means “I see you, you are important to me and I value you.†Being an ally means you recognize, see, and value the experience and contributions of others. I...
Be A Seeker - You Can't Grow by Standing Still
Coming out of the 2002 Salt Lake Games, I wanted to give my game a new look. By that point, I had played in two Olympics and four World Championships. We were the best women’s hockey team in the world. I was 24 and had...
Lisa LaFlamme Is Just Getting Started
As the courier at the door hands over a package, he blurts out a few words. “Oh my God, it’s you! I thought I recognized your name. I miss watching you on the news.†Lisa LaFlamme—former national news anchor,...
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Want to Live More Authentically? You Must Use This Transformative Tool
How many times have you heard the phrase “be yourself� Most of us have received this advice countless times. But while our culture talks a good game about valuing authenticity and how we should live more authentically,...
Tips To Turn Your Negotiation Anxiety Into Confidence For Success
Stressful conversations can cause a lot of anxiety. As a negotiation consultant, I help clients through those stressful conversations every day and I have witnessed first-hand that people can be their own worst enemies...
The Art of Leadership Women Conference - Vancouver 2025
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Volume 23
When we last toured with The Art of Leadership in the fall of 2019, Marcus Buckingham shared, “Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield will be.†As we stare down...
Ashley Herd
Ashley Herd is a former Chief People Officer, General Counsel, leadership expert, and CEO of Manager Method who has trained more than 250,000 managers through LinkedIn Learning, corporate programs, and live leadership...
