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The View from the Top (of the Hamster Wheel)

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Imagine this scenario. Youâve done all the right things. Youâve found the fastest, most expedient way to the top. You fought and hustled and strived and leaned in to the idea of success that you were told youâd want,...

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

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Gillian Riley, President & CEO of Tangerine, is on a mission to help strengthen the opportunities and support available to women-led businesses in Canada. While these enterprises represent over $117 billion in economic...

Why is it important for leaders to be compassionate?

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So it's really interesting when we started the journey and we started hearing from leaders about how important compassion was. At first we thought, 'oh no, we can't talk about that because everybody's going to see us as...

What advice do you have for women starting out their careers?

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I would say the number one piece of advice I would give anyone starting out their career, but women in particular, is to trust the process. There is no short-cut to success; sometimes the road is crooked, sometimes you...

What advice would you give to someone going into a leadership position?

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Well, you really have to enjoy it. It is such an honor to serve and being asked to lead.  The most important thing that I have found is, you really never know what the job really is until you start doing it so it's...

The 5 Big Causes of Burn-Out

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Over the past 30 years, I've watched plenty of friends, colleagues and clients get burned out at work, and I've experienced my own share of it. I've recently come to the conclusion that there are different reasons for...

How to Exercise During The Workday If You Have An In-The-Office Job

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I exercise every day. I think itâs one of the best time investments I make. Exercise energizes me, and makes me happier with the world. Life often seems more doable after a run than it does before. I find that exercise...

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Top Insights from Morten Hansen

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WORKING SMARTER Working smart requires answering some tough questions in your job: what are the key activities that I can undertake that maximize value? What does âœvalueâ mean in my job? What must I say âœnoâ to in order...

Top Insights from Jacqueline Carter

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The room went silent when leadership & mindfulness expert Jacqueline Carter said, âœThere is a leadership crisisâ and then the room began buzzing when she followed up saying;  77% of leaders think they do a good job of...

Top Insights from Whitney Johnson

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Whitney Johnson sees disruption as a series of innovations that industry leaders often ignore until suddenly the disruptor changes the way a whole market behaves. Imagine the disruption journey as moving from the bottom...

Disrupt Yourself - Whitney Johnson

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Thinkers50 Management Thinker of 2015 Whitney Johnson wants you to consider this simple, yet powerful, idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different--they see a need, an empty...

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming your Life, One Night at a Time - Arianna Huffington

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We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, with profound consequences to our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness. What we need is nothing short of a sleep revolution: only by...

Tiffany Dufu

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Tiffany Dufu is a catalyst-at-large in the world of womenâs leadership and the author of Drop the Ball, a memoir and manifesto that shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the...

Malala Yousafzai coming to Toronto on April 13th

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Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize Laureate and International bestselling author will headline The Art of Leadership for Women conference in Toronto on April 13th. At age 15, while returning home on the school bus, Malala...

The Leadership Rethink

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This observation came from John W. Gardner - former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson - in his book, On Leadership, published in 1990. Caught in the throes of the Cold War,...

Ram Charan

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Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time. In his work with companies including GE, MeadWestvaco,...

Morten Hansen

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Morten T. Hansen is a renowned leadership expert and bestselling author, ranked as one of the worldâs most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. Formerly a professor at Harvard Business School and INSEAD...

What's Next for Vice President Joe Biden

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Delawareâs favorite son likes to say, âœMy dad used to have an expression. He said â˜itâs a lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what heâs about to do and thinks it still matters.â...

How to Handle Conflict in Your Team

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A few years ago we sat in the kick-off meeting of a cross-functional team of senior people, assembled to tackle a big project for their company. The team was in a circle; the men in blue button-down shirts, the women in...