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Why Your Best Productivity Hacks Still Come Up Short
I confess: I’m a sucker for life hacks. Who doesn’t fantasize about getting work done faster and getting more out of life, especially when, after rushing around all day, you’ve barely made a dent in your to-do list,...
Drop the Ball - Tiffany Dufu
A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go. ...
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming your Life, One Night at a Time - Arianna Huffington
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
Tiffany Dufu is a catalyst-at-large in the world of women’s 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
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
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
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
Morten T. Hansen is a renowned leadership expert and bestselling author, ranked as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. Formerly a professor at Harvard Business School and INSEAD...
Disrupt Yourself - Whitney Johnson
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...
Build an A-Team - Whitney Johnson
What's the secret to having an engaged and productive team? It's having a plan for developing all employees--no matter where they are on their personal learning curves. Â Better morale and higher...
Life is Too Short to be Unhappy at Work
Life really is too short to be unhappy at work. Yet far too many of us aren’t even close to being content—much less delighted—with our work or our workplaces. Instead, we are stressed and exhausted. We can’t remember...
What's Next for Vice President Joe Biden
Delaware’s favorite son likes to say, “My dad used to have an expression. He said ‘it’s a lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what he’s about to do and thinks it still matters.â€...
Connie Dieken
How to Handle Conflict in Your Team
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...
Malala's Magic Pencil - Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai's first picture book, inspired by her own childhood. "This is a wonderful read for younger students that will also provide...
How Forward Thinking Leaders make Productivity Metrics Work
As the business landscape in Canada continues to become increasingly competitive, organizations are looking to better understand productivity and how it impacts their bottom line. As Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, in...
This I Know: If They Feel, They Believe
When you create a message with emotional content, it attracts people. Leadership consultant Edwin H. Friedman puts an even finer point on it, saying, “People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they...
Conference Summary - The Art of Leadership for Women - Toronto 2018
On Friday, April 13th , 2018, 2,500 leaders from across Canada gathered in Toronto to be a part of The Art of Leadership for Women. This year's lineup included The Hon. Rona Ambrose, Tammy Heermann, Dr. Annie McKee,...
Top 4 Lessons from Neil Pasricha: The Art of Leadership
1. Be Happy First Neil Pasricha shared three secrets to finding happiness and success. The first secret is that often we are told that if we do great work, it will lead to big success, and then we will be happy....