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”.

Level Up!

I’m  not a video game guy although I must admit that they have fascinated me in the past.  And like anyone that plays, beating a level and getting to the next level was always an anticipated achievement.  Especially because the last step to complete a level was usually the toughest – the Boss Level!  You knew when … Continue reading Level Up!

Birthday Wishes

A few days back it was my wife Kendra’s birthday. It is always a risk to write about one’s spouse, particularly when your spouse also reads your posts! Add to that now the risk of talking about a woman’s age and I am starting to feel like I am skating on thin ice! So let’s … Continue reading Birthday Wishes

When The Student is Ready …

… the teacher will appear. this is a favourite quote of mine although I’ve learned that while it might have been attributed to Buddha, it is more of a fake Buddha thing. I’ve always used it to recognize when people become receptive to a new thought or idea because of a recent experience. Last week … Continue reading When The Student is Ready …

Where Do Adults Come From?

One morning this week I was sitting on the balcony of my hotel room watching the beautiful light of early morning fall on the islands of an Ontario lake, and I found myself in the blissful peace of childhood. I grew up where my backyard was 300 feet of maple forest running down to a lake. … Continue reading Where Do Adults Come From?

Present in the Present

Thanks to fellow blogger Diana Schwenk for her suggestion some months back when I had written a post inspired by the Rolling Stones song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. If I go back to the moments from that blog I remember Diana commenting that perhaps another good song to write about would be … Continue reading Present in the Present