A few weeks ago, my LinkedIn connections shared the best advice their Dads ever gave them. While Dads come from all educational, professional and cultural backgrounds, some advice, like the importance of teamwork, is timeless and universal. And, as Dr. Sylvain Charlebois pointed out, the source of the advice really makes a difference. Many peopleContinue reading “The best fatherly advice my LinkedIn connections ever received”
Author Archives: Dominique O'Rourke
10 leadership lessons from my Dad
My Dad, Robert J. O’Rourke, passed away on April 20. In his last days, more than 60 people came to the hospital to express their love and to say goodbye. A dozen more sent email, video or voicemail to let him know what he meant to them. Over the course of those final days andContinue reading “10 leadership lessons from my Dad”
Archived: What my Mom taught me about leadership
My Mom: The first person I laid eyes on, the first person to guide me by the hand, my first love and my first model of leadership. While I didn’t know it as a child and disregarded it as an adolescent, my Mom taught me a lot about leadership. Like most great leaders, she never sat me […]
Code blue: Hospital-patient communications
My dad was released from the hospital today after a month of ups and downs. During that time, my sisters and I spent plenty of moments at his bedside trying to keep track of which specialist was which and how the diagnosis and the plan were evolving daily, sometimes hourly. I thank God that he has comeContinue reading “Code blue: Hospital-patient communications”
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