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”.

Leadership and Other Meaningful Roles Take Two

Hi all. Earlier this week I inadvertently published by post of this name before I was ready so I took the post down. When I republished this morning apparently a new email announcing the post didn’t go out. So please excuse the email spam, but I wanted to provide a link to my post. Here … Continue reading Leadership and Other Meaningful Roles Take Two

Leadership and Other Meaningful Roles

I had a coffee yesterday with an ex-colleague that I hadn’t seen in a number of years. He reached out to me over LinkedIn and suggested that we meet. I had last known him as a successful leader at a consulting firm, but he indicated in our communications leading up to our meeting that he … Continue reading Leadership and Other Meaningful Roles

Managing Our Relationship Strategies

The constructs of emotional intelligence (EQ) occupy a lot of my thinking time lately. I’ve been studying the discipline and trying to take it from academics to practical applications in my own life, my leadership style and my coaching practice. One of the key learnings for me has been that EQ is focused on how … Continue reading Managing Our Relationship Strategies

Don’t Mess With Happy

On my drive to work in the mornings I like to listen to an “all sports” radio show. I find it relaxing and entertaining, and I get to keep up with my favorite teams as I go. A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a segment about a hockey player who had signed a … Continue reading Don’t Mess With Happy

What Happens When You Don’t Try So Hard?

I never thought I’d be writing a post that talked about the sport of curling. For those of you outside of Canada you may not be so familiar with the sport but in the winter it approaches a passion in many parts of our country. There is a professional curling tour that, while not rich … Continue reading What Happens When You Don’t Try So Hard?

What Do You Expect?

I’ve been thinking about an Edward Deming quote quite a bit in my work life lately. That quote is “you expect what you inspect”. It’s simple why. In the new portfolio I’ve taken on in the past months, our team is responsible for projects of innovation, inquiry, renewal and improvement within the organization.

Leading Essentially

Shifting the lives of people to the possibility of living and leading essentially