If you see someone across the room that you’ve never met, could you build trust with them in ten minutes?
In ten minutes you couldn’t build enough trust to hire them, marry them, or invest your money with them, but you CAN move the trust needle. Here’s how: Reach out. Waiting and hope are not good trust building strategies. Introduce yourself. Put yourself out there. Extend trust. People either distrust you until proven otherwise or […]
We know about good leadership. What do we know about good followship?
A leader is only as good as the people around them. Maybe we need to spend as much time building good followers as we spend building good leaders. Good followship encompasses: Humility. It’s not about obedience and compliance. It’s about having a strong voice, being clear and direct, while being humble, teachable, and open to […]
Innovate Cochrane Community Innovation Ecosystem (CIE) Program Graduation Celebration
At the Innovate Cochrane Community Innovation Ecosystem (CIE) Program Graduation Celebration this past week, I was pleased to present: Inspiring Innovation through the Power of Connection. Innovate Cochrane is an amazing community-driven non-profit dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and business leaders in Cochrane, Alberta. They offer events and programs that foster growth, innovation, and collaboration, focusing […]
CHOICES MATTER How Small Decisions Unlock Big Potential
It is our CHOICES that show who we truly are, more than our ABILITIES. Harry Potter Three decades ago, after an extended bout of depression, a struggling business, and a lengthy fight with addiction, I made a decision that changed my life. I didn’t “hope” my life would get better, because it wouldn’t. I decided […]
Trauma leaves traces on our minds and bodies.
It leaves an imprint on everything we touch, the way we think, the way we feel, the way we interact with those around us, and the way we live. Join me this Friday, April 25th for a webinar focused on Trauma, Loss & Recovery. Leave with a greater understanding of trauma, its impact on our […]
SHATTERED OPEN – How Tragedies Can Help Us Grow
In the summer of 2024 approximately thirty percent of the beautiful townsite of Jasper, Alberta was destroyed in a fire that swept through that community. Of the 1,113 structures in the town, 358 of them burned. The wildfire covered an estimated 33,000 hectares, the largest wildfire recorded in the park in a century. A mass […]
Decisions change your life
There’s a story about a man waiting in an airport who sees another man returning home from a business trip, enthusiastically greeted by his wife and three children. The joy, love, and caring was so obvious that the first man asked how long they had been married. When told they were married for twenty years, […]
How have your defining moments defined you?
A participant in my leadership program shared a defining moment that completely changed the trajectory of his life. He was, at one time, a drug addict who had lost it all. His house was about to be foreclosed; his wife and children left him; he was fired from his job; had no money and was […]
What horses can teach us about culture and leadership
From my time hanging around horses I’ve learned: Horses don’t care about titles. They don’t care whether you are the CEO or the janitor. What they do care about is your ego. If it’s too big they’ll put you in your place. It’s all about relationships. If you can’t build a relationship with your horse […]
I love books.
I particularly love sitting down each night with a real book. Some of the books I’ve read so far this year: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted. By Suleika Jaouad. This is a deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry […]
