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You might want to look in the mirror
I was talking with someone yesterday about their boss. They were complaining about how they didn’t get support from them. Annoyed, irritated and discouraged you could visibly see the impact it had on...
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WHAT? You have nothing to share?
“I don’t have anything to share.” WHAT? You have nothing to share? You’ve come to a meeting focused on sharing and you have nothing to share? Are you serious? After two meetings of hearing that...
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New Kid on the Block
Walking down the hallway of the high school I remember clinging to my friends, grateful there were eight of us who had come together to start Grade 9. Despite that I felt awkward, out of place and...
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I have a dream
I have a dream or a vision or a belief in organizations who have connected leaders. This central vision allows me to do the work I do. It helps me to reach out, plan my work, to evoke change and...
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Are you happy at work?
If work life balance is the most motivating factor at work, why are so many people unbalanced? You see them working longer hours, taking work home, unable to shut off at the end of the day and...
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Controlling Employees; Not exactly the desired goal
In organizations we spend a lot of time analyzing and assessing others. What type are they, what style do they have and which category do they fit in to? This seemingly helps us figure out how to deal...
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Personal Mastery
I have been reading a lot of leadership books lately as I prepare for an exciting course I will be offering this fall. The books I have been reading have not been on The Top Ten Things You Need to Do...
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Becoming Present
I talk in my training sessions about being present and living in the moment. I explain that we struggle to do that because we have a tendency to live in the past or in the future. Living in the PastIn...
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Present at the office
I blogged earlier this week about being present. In case you missed it, click here to read my experience of being present. PresenceBeing present is slowing down and really being aware of what is...
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Trying to Find That Elusive Balanced Life
Feeling Off BalanceWe all crave balance in our lives. That place where we feel like we aren’t being tugged and pulled in a million directions. We yearn for the time when we feel good about how we are...
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Growing Leaders, Alberta Style
I believe leaders are grown not born. I believe it is the responsibility of organizations to grow individuals on their teams to become great leaders. And, I don’t think that doing is necessarily easy!...
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Press Release - International Coaching Week
CONTACTS: Kathy Archer, 780-332-1777 kathy@silverrivercoaching.com Cindy Millar, 780-618-2690 cmillar@powerofmembers.ca International Coaching Week Coaching Supports the Development of Great...
View ArticleFake it til you make it
Upcoming leaders struggle with confidence. It is one of the things that stops them dead in their tracks, has them stutter, second-guess themselves and make bad judgments. I know, I was there, lacking...
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Great Leaders Read! FREE Virtual Summer Book Club!
Great Leaders are readers. Great Leaders realize that leadership isn’t about a title. Leadership is the essence of who we are. To be a great leader we need to know who we are. With those concepts in...
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Mindfulness in June
It’s Summer!! Yes, it is summer and don’t forget, you (and a few others) are still working. You are still in the office. Despite that already everyone is thinking about how so much won’t get done now...
View ArticleThe Pause Principle
I am currently reading “The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward” by Kevin Cashman, who also authored “Leadership From the Inside Out”. Cashman is a brilliant man and one of our thought leaders...
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Do the little things
In Leadership roles we have big projects, big responsibilities and big challenges. Yet ultimately, a Leader’s greatest task is to manage the little things. Below are 10 little things Leaders should...
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Surrendering: A demonstration of strength
Being attackedThis picture was taken just a few days before my dog Angel was attacked. Thankfully, the attack by three boxers left me more emotionally shaken than my dog was physically hurt. In my...
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We are a society of problem solvers
Caught in a spider's webToday I watched a dragonfly caught in a spider's web. I stood there captivated as he struggled to get free. Again and again he would try to fly away only to be drawn back by...
View ArticleWhy are you here?
We are often drawn to our work because it has meaning for us. We are somehow connected to the real meaning of what we do. If you are able to figure that out and use it as a yard stick for measuring the...
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