I had some feedback from a coaching client recently that prompted this post. At the end of each of my coaching sessions I usually ask how the session went and whether there is anything that I could do that would make our work together more effective. Feedback isn’t always offered, but when it is it … Continue reading Knowing When and How To Challenge Others
How Will You Ultimately Measure Your Success?
Tomorrow is the first day of my “first retirement”. That’s the day where I deliberately shift the way I think of myself from “needing to work” to “wanting to work”. The milestone has me thinking of it as the first day of the rest of my life, and asking questions about how I might look … Continue reading How Will You Ultimately Measure Your Success?
Feeling Overwhelmed? 3 Approaches to Moving Through It
I’ve been in the land of the overwhelmed for the past several weeks. You know those times when everything seems to come at you at once? Sometimes it is just about quantity. We might have too many things on our plate that need attention and it is hard to figure out what to do first. Other … Continue reading Feeling Overwhelmed? 3 Approaches to Moving Through It
The Fact and Fiction of Keeping It Simple
We’re on vacation this week, borrowing a small, cottage-like house from some amazingly generous friends. It’s a quaint little place with a lovely, relaxed feel to it about 200 metres from the ocean and situated by a lovely creek that provides the sound of flowing water to fall asleep to. Life is much simpler here. … Continue reading The Fact and Fiction of Keeping It Simple
The Secret To Avoiding Drastic Measures
In Canada, spring and summer is forest fire season. If you’ve ever been near one, you know they are at once terrifying and awe inspiring. Their destructive power is not to be underestimated. Square miles of once beautiful forests can be laid to waste in days, along with anything else that happens to live in … Continue reading The Secret To Avoiding Drastic Measures
Four Steps To Make Transitions Easier
Two days ago we had an eleven hour drive followed by a two hour ferry trip and another hour in the car. There were four of us – my wife Kendra, her parents and I. Yes indeed a road trip with the in laws! Apparently this was the source of some humor at our weekly management … Continue reading Four Steps To Make Transitions Easier
Leading Essentially 