Political and business leaders of Canada, no beach reads for you! Politicians, you have dragged trust through the mud this year: Robocalls and electoral fraud, negative and cynical ads, Senate expense scandals, construction kickbacks and municipal corruption, alleged crack parties. Come on! Shame on you! Business leaders can’t be too smug either. Recently, SNC-Lavalin announced a three-monthContinue reading “Required summer reading list for Canadian leaders”
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Have you ever asked: What did your Mom teach you about leadership?
When I was working on my last post What my Mom taught me about leadership, I asked some friends what their Moms taught them about leadership. I heard the best stories about militant Moms, Moms who volunteer, entrepreneurial Moms, and I’m sure that there are many more great stories of courage and grace. This little questionContinue reading “Have you ever asked: What did your Mom teach you about leadership?”
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 meContinue reading “What my Mom taught me about leadership”
Driving… and leading in the fog
Earlier this week I was driving to work in dense fog and the driver in front of me did not have his headlights on. Sure, the automatic daytime running lights were on but the tail lights were not. I’m sure the driver did not intend this but by failing to adjust his daily driving routine toContinue reading “Driving… and leading in the fog”
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