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#leadershiptruth – Complaining is temporary comfort.

Posted February 19, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

Boy, venting sure feels good, doesn’t it? There’s nothing like letting off a bunch of steam when somebody makes us angry. All that reliving of a crappy situation does wonders for our hearts and minds, not to mention our relationships, doesn’t it? Of course it doesn’t. When you find yourself reliving a negative experience, you […]

#leadershiptruth – It is what it is, not what it should be.

Posted February 12, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

We can waste a lot of our energy wanting things to be different. That’s especially true about people. How many times do you find yourself wishing that someone you work with would respond differently? Wouldn’t it be great if everyone was a carbon copy of our perfect, infallible selves? Of course not. Because we’re not […]

#leadershiptruth – Disagree with your boss.

Posted February 5, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

Can you be too supportive of your boss? The research says, yes! Our assessment partners at MRG spend a lot of time studying the behaviours that make for effective leadership and one of the (not-so-surprising to me) ones is that leaders who demonstrate a lower than average deference to authority are seen as more effective […]

UNFU*K YOURSELF: Get out of your head and into your life.

Posted January 31, 2019 in Latest News & Insights, What We're Reading

By: Gary John Bishop Reviewed by: Julie Melaschenko The Premise: Gary John Bishop’s UnFu*k Yourself is the wake-up call for those who are poised to take the next big leap in their lives – personal, career or otherwise, but feel stuck. Bishop is a best selling author and coach who has worked with people in […]

#leadershiptruth – Authenticity is overrated.

Posted January 29, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

Most of the people I work with want to be ‘authentic’ when it comes to being at work. I think this is a misguided notion. See, your company hired you to complete certain tasks for them in a certain way. In other words, they hired you for both WHAT you do and also HOW you […]

#leadershiptruth – You’re not that interesting.

Posted January 22, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

How many of us mentally carry around stories about what we think other people are thinking and feeling about us? How much time have you spent ruminating over situations where you felt embarrassed or had a big misstep? Bonus points if that situation happened more than 10 minutes ago. I’ve noticed that many of us […]