Tales from the Trail:  Mentoring inter-generational leaders

Tales from the Trail: Mentoring inter-generational leaders

Part Three: Question: How can leaders from different demographic cohorts flourish in their work together? The world view can be very different between demographic cohorts, specifically between Millennials and Boomers, but some intrinsic foundational values are the...

Leadership Lesson: Father and Son Remembering

  As I pen this story it’s been 18 days since the collision of a coach bus with a semi-trailer truck, which took the lives of 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. April is slipping away in Saskatchewan and, yet, the snow refuses stubbornly to take its...
Leadership Lesson: Now and Then

Leadership Lesson: Now and Then

Project Aristotle is a prominent, modern-day research study of effective teams conducted by Google. The study involved hundreds of teams at Google in a quest to ‘build the perfect team’. Using the assessment of 250 attributes of 180 teams over five years, they...
Tales from the Trail:  Holding Steady at Your Leadership Apex

Tales from the Trail: Holding Steady at Your Leadership Apex

  Question: How do I stay on top of my game? You can never take your leadership for granted. You have directed all your efforts, made the sacrifices, accomplished all the requirements and nurtured the connections on your way to becoming a great leader. Now you...
Leadership Lessons from our Tour Guide

Leadership Lessons from our Tour Guide

On a warm evening recently, seventeen Canadians and two Singaporean folks gathered in the lobby of the Intersur Recoleta Hotel in downtown Buenos Aires. Following their farewell dinner, they’d gathered to say their goodbyes and recognize Jorge, or George as he...
Tales from the Trail: Building Effective Teams

Tales from the Trail: Building Effective Teams

Question: How do I know if my team is effective? Part 3 A real-life example unfolded recently with the New England Patriots and their uncommon number of Superbowl wins. As they sought their sixth consecutive title, they are a clear example of an organization that has...