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Author: Ian Munro @ leadingessentially.com

Ian Munro is a leadership and vitality coach with a primary passion for working with senior professionals who wish to improve their connection to and vitality in their career, or who wish to make a transition to a meaningful and rewarding retirement. His methods are focused on helping clients understand why they present as they do in day-to-day life, discover their authentic self and give themselves permission to build a meaningful and rewarding future, both professional and personal. Ian’s love for this work has developed naturally as he built his career as an executive and leader in the IT services industry, serving in many roles and facets of this industry over 25 years. As he reached the pinnacle of his career he began to search more deeply for meaning and alternate rewards from his own career and to begin to plan for his own “first retirement”.

How To Make The Biggest Impact Right Now!


Last Sunday morning, I got up at about 8:00 AM and was pretty energized by getting a decent start on the day.  I headed downstairs and fired up the espresso machine.  I whipped up a couple of nice cafe latte’s for my wife and I and settled down to read the news on my tablet. … Continue reading How To Make The Biggest Impact Right Now!

The Influence of Icarus: Getting Used To The Heat Near The Top


In Greek mythology, Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus’s father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris, asking that he fly neither too low nor too high, because the sea’s dampness would clog his wings or the sun’s heat would melt … Continue reading The Influence of Icarus: Getting Used To The Heat Near The Top

Don’t Confuse Urgent With Important!


I wrote a post a few weeks back entitled “When Did ‘Busy’ Become The Correct Answer To ‘How Are Things?’”  The heart of the post was about Stephen Covey’s four quadrants of time management in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It was about how much of our time we spend in Q1 (Important … Continue reading Don’t Confuse Urgent With Important!

Leading With Soul In Times Of Crisis


I live in Calgary, Alberta.  Calgary is oil country. We watch the price of a barrel of oil closely. When the price of oil goes down to any significant degree this city ends up in a crisis.  The rest of the country knows oil has gone down because it is cheaper to fill their gas tank. … Continue reading Leading With Soul In Times Of Crisis

When Did “Busy!” Become The Correct Answer To “How Are Things?” Take Two


Apparently I’m having difficulty these past couple of weeks getting my posts out cleanly.  My understanding this week is that an email was not sent to my subscribers.  So apologies again for multiple posts to get the same message out, but if you would like to check out my post for this week please click … Continue reading When Did “Busy!” Become The Correct Answer To “How Are Things?” Take Two

When Did “Busy!” Become The Correct Answer To “How Are Things?”


See if you can spot this one.” Those are the words spoken at the beginning of Eric Clapton’s unplugged version of his classic song Layla. The song was originally performed by Eric when he was with Derek and the Dominos. Eric’s nickname is “Slow Hand”, which is an oxymoron.  He is one of the great … Continue reading When Did “Busy!” Become The Correct Answer To “How Are Things?”

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"To adapt, we must accept what is and not bemoan what was or spend our time wishing and hoping it was something else."
- Louise Gallagher

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
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