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Hey Babs: My Rights and the Team Agreement
Babs responds with wants are not rights and a bucket of dandelion wishes is not an agreement. Hey Babs, I consider myself a seasoned professional...
Choose to Have Good Conversations
Poets and moving beyond networking, influence, advocacy, and talking points. Somewhere in the recent archives of my letters to all of you, I have...
August 2025 List
Leadership factories (no thank you), the neutrality of ambition, design thinking, Dr. Gabor Maté , the Buddhist Chef, Doug and the Slugs, Rainer...
Musings on the World’s Toughest Exam
The Indian Ministry of Railway exams and our complex relationships with certificates, badges, and external validation. The only thing that...
Hey Babs: Dreading Upcoming Team Retreat
Facilitators, Ice-Breakers, and Not Trusting the Process. Hey Babs, I’m dreading an upcoming team retreat. While we work well as a team, we haven’t...
Reflections on Picking Leadership Pals
Looking for something more than monkey bar antics and blowing smoke rings. We tend to want to hang out with people who make us feel good about our...
Leadership, AI, and Writing Lousy Poetry
Using AI to write emails, memos, reports, blog posts or any other communications will undermine your leadership journey. My big question about AI in...
Musings on Investing in People During Times of Economic Uncertainty
Babs shares a cautionary tale of what happens when you don't. The OECD projects that Canada's economic growth will slow from 1.5 per cent in 2024 to...
Hey Babs: Talking About Psychological Safety and Feeling Humiliated by Staff
Babs responds with, stop talking. Hey Babs, I’m part of an Executive Leadership Team (the ELT) in a mid-sized public sector organization where I...
Reflections on Asking “How am I Doing?”
Leaving the safe zone of "what am I doing?". “Its hard to ask a question if you’re scared of the answer.” Henry Mallet, Spirited, season 2 episode...









