Complacency, fear, and hostility are sneaky so-'n-sos; let's be purposeful with courage, kindness, and facing uncertainty. The Sneaky...
Reflections for Thwarting Bully Leadership
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Team & Workplace Culture Articles
Musings on Putting People First
Simon says "Don't trust companies that put customers first". Stories Most every day I run across some heartening story about a workplace...
December 18th List
Warm hearts in Finland, psychological safety (yet again), leadership v.s. management, singing cabbages, and Irish dystopia. Here are a...
Hey Babs, New Colleague, Old Enemy
Anger, panic, and our messy rooms of emotions and stories. Hey Babs, Yesterday, my CEO announced the new member of our executive team. The...
Reflections on Letting Go of Expectations
The Beautiful Game, the elegance of Bill Nighy, and Joe Strummer wrestling demons. My fondness for feel-good hope-filled movies got a...
July 2nd List
Messiness, joy, futurism, feedback, and Stella Dallas. Here are a handful of the readings, viewings, and listenings that have recently...
Reflections on Being an Accidental Toxic Leader
Getting friendly with a list of common, even seemingly benign, but downright sneaky, toxic behaviours. We have all said or heard the...
Hey Babs, Easily Pushed Buttons
Senior executive with snarky thoughts wanting ideas. Babs has some. Hey Babs, I have been a senior executive in a large public sector...
May 7th List
Mental Health Week in Canada, more poking at performance reviews, convivencia, and finding the influential Schein at Faking Sanity in...