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#leadershiptruth – Drive your own agenda.

Posted March 24, 2020 in Latest News & Insights

I was recently talking to a friend of mine who’s been a CEO for multiple businesses. He’s one of the most organized, focused people I know so I asked him how he keeps himself on track given all his multiple deliverables. He shared with me a number of thoughts but one really stuck out that related to how he manages his email. He told me that he only checks his email first thing in the […]

What To Do When It’s Your Turn (and it’s always your turn)

Posted October 31, 2019 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights, Leadership, What We're Reading

By: Seth Godin Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: As soon as you open this book, it speaks to you not only through Seth Godin’s words but through the bold imagery and photography that he has paired with each message. He opens with this, “This is a book about opportunity. The opportunity to take your turn and to make a difference. The opportunity to contribute, to lead and to live your life fully.” From the […]

Mentoring Matters – Carolina Perez

Posted August 22, 2019 in Latest News & Insights, Member Spotlight

Roundtable Mentor, Carolina Perez, a Global Leadership Strategy Professional, shared her tips for creating team unity in a dynamic environment. “The leader’s mindset is key: how you see the team, as an organic entity comprised of human beings, how you define and follow up on the team goals, and how you set the tone with your own behaviour.” READ MORE

Mentoring Matters – Christine Pietschmann

Posted in Member Spotlight

Roundtable Mentor, Christine Pietschmann, Founder, Paradigm Strategies, shared her tips for creating team unity in a dynamic environment. “…instead of commiserating, or taking it away to ‘handle it’ myself, I would ask them if they had spoken to the other person. Usually, they hadn’t. This provided an opportunity for me to help them think through what a conversation with their peer might look like.” READ MORE

Mentoring Matters – Barbara Pepin

Posted June 20, 2019 in Member Spotlight

Roundtable Mentor, Barbara Pepin, Senior Director Data Management & Product Onboarding at Indigo, shared her strategies for dealing with a stressful situation involving multiple levels of management. “…the short term discomfort of tackling the situation head on is far less stressful in the long term.” READ MORE

#leadershiptruth – Trust your gut.

Posted April 16, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

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 them up with facts and figures that we often overlook the fact that our gut (as well as our heart) can be highly instructive in helping make better choices. In my own experience, I have found that when I haven’t listened to my gut, I’ve […]