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Taking Things Personally

June 04, 2014 / Uncategorized

Leaders who want to work on not taking things personally should become familiar with Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI) concepts. EQ is your capacity to be aware of what you...

Executive Night with Arlene Dickinson

I recently attended (and sponsored a corporate table) Executive Night with HRPA Grand Valley. My colleague and fellow board member, Anna from Clear Path Employer Services wrote a great blog...

The Magical Words – Thank You

Today I received a hand written and delivered thank you note from a CEO of a client company. Its a Sunday! In his note he was so genuine, expressing his...

Great Leaders Embrace and Communicate Emotions

Today I was working with a client who has spent years as a leader dismissing emotion, suggesting that “there’s no room for emotion at work”. I’ve seen this for years....

Redefine Possibility

I had the honour and priviledge of attending a Me to We event at the University of Guelph with my dear friend Meghan Kirwin last night. Meghan invited myself and...