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Mythbusting Boardroom Body Language
Wouldn’t it be great if you could read the body language of everybody in the meeting room to know if they are “buyers and believers†or “negative and naysayers� How true is it that we can at all work out what others...
Ask Them and They Will Tell Us... Visioning Today for Tomorrow's Future: Student Voices Matter
Over a three-year period, the District’s Visioning Task Force designed a plan to activate student voices in the creation of new Vision, Mission, and Values Statements to inspire and guide our work as an educational...
The Way Forward for Female Leaders: Cultivating Your Authentic Self
At a point of feeling overwhelmed at work several years ago, I told my husband (only half-jokingly) I was going to leave my career to bag groceries at the store down the street. I tried convincing him that the...
What is the best way to maximize learning and engagement in the workplace?
The best way to maximize learning and engagement in the workplace is to recognize that every single person is on a learning curve, including you. And that your organization is a collection of learning curves and you...
Why do organizations need to nail down their strategies?
One of the things that organizations can do is to have a very clear strategy and set of objectives at the very top. Because that allows people, that allows all the leaders further down to actually focus and prioritize...
Conference Summary - The Art of Leadership for Women - Calgary 2019
On Thursday, April 4th, 2019, 1,500+ women leaders from across Canada gathered in Calgary to be a part of The Art of Leadership for Women. This year's lineup included Malala Yousafzai, Emily Chang, Tiffani Bova, Dr....
Conference Summary - The Art of Leadership for Women - Vancouver 2019
On Friday, April 5th, 2019, 2,100+ leaders from across Canada gathered in Vancouver to be a part of The Art of Leadership for Women. This year's lineup included Malala Yousafzai, Emily Chang, Tiffani Bova, Dr. Tasha...
Conference Summary - The Art of Leadership for Women - Toronto 2019
On Friday, April 12th, 2019, 1,800+ women leaders from across Canada gathered in Toronto to be a part of The Art of Leadership for Women. This year's lineup included Robin Roberts, Tiffany Dufu, Dr. Tasha Eurich, Samra...
A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War - Speaker 3
Canada's most popular military leader since the Second World War tells his own story about our soldiers at war. In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier resigned his command as Chief of the Defence Staff of the...
Volume 21
I can still remember attending my very first conference, fresh out of school and weeks into my career. I was eager to learn, contribute, and network. With a handful of freshly printed business cards, I set out to make...
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Want to Make Your Workplace Happier?
Try this revolutionary approach to mandatory vacation. Have you ever felt burned out at work after a vacation? I’m not talking about being exhausted from fighting with your family at Walt Disney World all week. I’m...
The Productivity Investment
We can all be more productive, as individuals and organizations. There is always value that can be added with only the resources at hand. But what increases productivity? Not more resources, as a rule. More money that...
A Look at Marcus Buckingham's Book: First, Break All The Rules
This book is a result of an exhaustive study undertaken by the Gallup organization involving 80,000 managers across a large number of industries exploring the concepts of employee satisfaction, selecting and maintaining...
How To Create Sustainable Change
What’s the change that would make a huge impact on your company? It could be going digital, using Artificial intelligence, acquiring a new company, becoming agile. Whatever it is, you’re the expert on your industry. But...
Be The Fool Who Tries
To create extraordinary in your life, perfection is not required, but a degree of foolishness is. When I cofounded the company that became WeddingChannel.com, I was only 24, so I certainly didn’t have it all figured...