I’m excited to share with you the results of a recent study Dr. Rosemary McGowan (Wilfrid Laurier University) and I published in the Journal of Management Education. We found that women decision […]
Empathy and Design
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the perspective, beliefs and feelings of another person. Empathy is the foundation of good marketing, whereby a marketer has such deep understanding of the […]
The List: What I’m reading now
Scenario Planning has been a hot method of creating organizational strategy for over 20 years. Recently I was asked to guide a team in a strategic planning process, and the team wanted […]
How Assumptions About Others Can Diminish Our Communities
It was weird listening to Christina Parker-Hopkins, President and Co-Founder of the Iron Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club talk about sisterhood. I was at my Business and Professional Women club meeting last week, […]
#Leadership is Engaging People by Going to Where They Are At
Engagement is the new coin of the realm. We seek to engage people at work, in social media, when we sell things to them, and in the classroom. Which brings up a […]
6 Components of #Strategic Leadership
What is strategic #leadership? I bet most of you can’t answer this question. Largely because there are so many definitions of leadership out there that we are all confused. Today I’m […]
Refreshing Your #Leadership
Every leader hits a point where they are stale, bored, or where their leadership is in crisis. This boredom isn’t necessarily related to productivity or to enjoyment. With me, it happened when […]
Getting the Story Right: Acts of Leadership
For the past couple of weeks the news has been full of a Detroit man, James Robertson, who walked to work 33 kilometers each day to get to work. The public’s response […]
Feedback: Is it better to give than to receive?
“Can I give you some feedback?” We’ve all heard this question. After close to 30 years in the work world, I still hate receiving feedback. (Okay, let’s be honest, I hate receiving […]
Leadership: Just Do It
Every now and then I have to remember that the millennial generation isn’t all slackers and bums. In fact, most of the millennial generation that I know are just the reverse. Today […]
Leaders and the Maker Movement
Leaders make meaning for their followers. But they also make meaning for themselves. And if we feel that we are not doing meaningful work, we can become angry, frustrated or disillusioned. On […]
Evidence Based #Leadership: What Makes You Say That?
The leadership competencies of the future are myriad and complex. For example, modern decision-making calls for evidence, critical thinking, complex problem solving and collaboration. Leaders are expected to be good decision-makers and […]