#leadershiptruth – You’re renting your position
Once upon a time, I had a cool job with a big title and my phone was constantly ringing with people who wanted a piece of me. I had connections
April 30, 2019
Roundtable Talk Blog
Mandela’s Way: Lessons on Life, Love and Courage
By: Richard Stengel and Preface by Nelson Mandela Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Following a preface from Nelson Mandela, Richard Stengel, former editor of Time magazine has written a
April 30, 2019
#leadershiptruth – Past behaviour predicts future behaviour.
As specialists in helping leaders shift their behaviours, I can tell you that there’s a reason we get people focused on working on one big behaviour at a time: it’s
April 23, 2019
#leadershiptruth – Trust your gut.
Lately, it seems that intuition is getting shortchanged in a world that values data and critical thinking. We have become so focused on trying to bulletproof our decisions by backing
April 16, 2019
#leadershiptruth – A fish stinks from the head.
I’m going to tell you a dirty little secret about how organizational culture gets created: it all starts at the top. Recently, I was chatting with one of our long-time
April 9, 2019
#leadershiptruth – Praise the pause.
Busy, busy, busy, busy. We all know busy is bullshit, but are we all wrapping our arms around the alternative and praising the pause? Pausing – stepping back, reflecting, being
April 2, 2019
Women of Influence Spring 2019 Magazine: A Seat at The Roundtable
As an RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur award winner, Glain was recently featured in the Women of Influence Spring 2019 magazine. The article “A Seat at The Roundtable” shares Glain’s journey from six-figure
March 28, 2019
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
By: Gay Hendricks Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In The Big Leap, author Gay Hendricks explores how to conquer your hidden fear and take your life to the next level.
March 28, 2019
Mentoring Matters – Jennifer Smith
Roundtable Mentor, Jennifer Smith, Director of Sales & Marketing Operations, Orthapaedics at Johnson & Johnson, shared her strategies on how to deal with even the best-intentioned micromanagement. “Rather than focusing
March 26, 2019
Mentoring Matters – Chad Aboud
Roundtable Mentor, Chad Aboud, General Counsel, AudienceView, shared his strategies on how to deal with even the best-intentioned micromanagement. “Everyone wins when employees are motivated, and managers trust their teams.
March 26, 2019
#leadershiptruth – It’s OK to lean out.
When I first read Sheryl Sandberg’s book ‘Lean In,’ I felt like I was in the minority of female leaders who didn’t love it. Having spent a career leaning in
March 26, 2019
#leadershiptruth – The rub is real.
In the 20+ years that I’ve been coaching leaders, I’ve found one common denominator for everyone who is feeling disengaged at work: their values aren’t aligned with the work that
March 19, 2019
Recharge Unconference 2019
We’re back again and 85% sold out! Due to the continued success of our alumni leadership “unconference”, we are excited to announce the sixth annual Roundtable Alumni Exchange on Friday, November 15th.
March 18, 2019
From the Archives: #leadershiptruth – Hand in a B paper.
Hey all you high achieving, excellence pursuing, ‘don’t know when to let it go’ leaders… this post is for you. Guess what? Sometimes it’s o.k. if you hand in a
March 12, 2019
#leadershiptruth – Be a Firestarter.
Last year, Olympic performance coach JF Menard spoke to our Roundtable tribe about the importance of stoking your confidence by recognizing and amplifying your small wins. I loved his analogy
March 5, 2019