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 Know When To Change

The last two weeks my posts have been based on Geoffrey Moore’s model of Core vs. Context, and I don’t feel quite ready to leave it alone yet.  Writing these past two posts has really opened a window of introspection for me.  How has this model applied to my life?  Do I have any evidence … Continue reading How To Know When To Change

Mission Critical

In preparing to write this week’s post, I couldn’t help but think of a friend of mine.  Someone who is in his fifties and has a lot behind him in terms of experience and career. What made me think about him is how whatever he is working on at the time takes on a weight … … Continue reading Mission Critical

100

I was looking at the statistics on my website the other day and saw an interesting number. 99 posts. That makes this one number 100 and I’m kind of excited about that!! 100 posts is about 75,000 words I’ve written. That is enough for a reasonable sized book. And somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 … Continue reading 100

Food For Thought

Wow … what a weekend of food!  I mean I spend most of the weekend immersed in the world of food and wine, other than my walk around the golf course this morning to wear some of it off. I love everything about food.  I love eating good food, I love cooking food, I love … Continue reading Food For Thought

Old and Tired

Right out of the gate I want to be clear that I’m not talking about me here! I don’t usually show up tired and I’m not old. I refuse to think of myself that way. I do love the idea of getting older though. A wise fisherman once taught me that the worse thing that … Continue reading Old and Tired

Professional Makeover

I don’t know how many times in my life I’ve been reading something, or talking to someone, or perhaps just simply daydreaming about something different I might do to make a living. The daydreaming part is pretty simple for me. It was always about sports … team sports specifically. I still to this day can’t … Continue reading Professional Makeover