Have you ever heard or even asked the following question yourself: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave the company?” Well, what happens if we don’t, and they stay? These are both meaty questions, particularly when it comes to deciding where to invest precious financial resources in an organization. [...]
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Viva La Difference
August 27th, 2012 | Posted in Clarity, Confidence, Leadership Fitness
As a child growing up, I would often hear my father’s favorite saying: ”Viva La Difference”. He always pointed to the advantages of having multiple ideas and perspectives available whenever solving a tough problem. A pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, my father flew around the world and so came to appreciate the many different cultures and customs that were different from his own. Today, as I coach and [...]
Dog Days of Summer
August 17th, 2012 | Posted in Leadership Fitness, Reading List
The “dog days of summer” occur during the hottest and muggiest part of the year, usually between early July and early September in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the dog days occur around January. But where does the term come from? In ancient times, when the night sky was unobscured by artificial lights, people in different parts of the [...]
The Kiss of Death for New Leaders
July 19th, 2012 | Posted in Clarity, Effectiveness, Leadership Fitness
I’ve found that it’s always a challenge to assimilate a new leader or general manager into a business. One of the greatest challenges for a new leader is to work with her new team in a way that honors their experience and the direction of the organization before she shares her vision for the team. When leaders enter [...]
Younger Next Year
June 25th, 2012 | Posted in Leadership Fitness, Vitality
What if we could compress, or delay, our morbidity (serious diseases and illnesses) until the very end of our lives, and remain active and healthy well into our eighties with little or no restrictions? In Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Dr. Henry Lodge, the authors argue that, “biologically, there is no such thing as retirement, or [...]
Peak Performance and the Ultradian Rhythm
May 26th, 2012 | Posted in Effectiveness, Leadership Fitness, Vitality
Most of us are familiar with Circadian Rhythms, which our bodies track on a 24-hour cycle as we oscillate between wakefulness and sleep. Many of us though are unaware of our Ultradian Rhythms, which are natural body cycles occuring at intervals of less than 24 hours. We experience an Ultradian Rhythm every 90 to 120 [...]
Getting to Unconscious Competence
April 25th, 2012 | Posted in Confidence, Effectiveness, Leadership Fitness
The path to new knowledge and changed behavior often is fraught with false steps and the experience of taking “two steps forward, one step back”. In fact, it is quite rare for new learning to take hold immediately, given the comfort we attach to the way we do things today. In our Fit Leader’s Program [...]
A Life Out of Order
April 5th, 2012 | Posted in Clarity, Leadership Fitness
What if, everyday, you woke up at a different age, on a different day of your life, never knowing where or when you’re going to be after you fall asleep? This weekend, I had the pleasure of screening a number of films at the Phoenix Film Festival. One of my favorites was “Shuffle”, a tale [...]
How Much Vitamin F Are You Getting?
March 14th, 2012 | Posted in Leadership Fitness, Vitality
Every day, I receive many requests to forward on emails of various types. While not accustomed to doing so on a regular basis, I thought you would benefit from this particular “forward” I received from a friend of mine just the other day. I hope you enjoy it! Why do we have a variety of [...]
Learning From Failure
February 27th, 2012 | Posted in Confidence, Leadership Fitness
According to legend, it took Thomas Edison 1,000 tries to invent the light bulb. In other words, he failed a whopping 999 times before he reached success. (Not surprising, considering that he was working on his invention in the dark!) Soon after Edison revealed his earth-shattering invention, a French reporter asked, “Mr. Edison, how did [...]
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