Category Archives: Relationships

Leadership and Loneliness

Globally, we face an epidemic of loneliness, there is stigma and shame to being lonely and no one wants to talk about it.  Loneliness is a lack of meaningful connection with other people and is crippling to our health and society. What does loneliness have to do with leadership? It has an impact on staffContinue reading “Leadership and Loneliness”

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Feedback

To be seen as a leader, giving and receiving feedback are skills to master. According to a Gallup poll, only 26 percent of employees strongly agree that feedback improves their work. Feedback is a necessary part of our lives if we want to grow and be successful in our personal and professional lives, but mostContinue reading “Our Love/Hate Relationship with Feedback”

Today’s Super Skills: Having Constructive Conversations and Productive Disagreements

Having super skills (constructive conversations or productive disagreements) are important for your leadership toolkit and set you up for success. Some people are good at these types of conversations, some are fair (good sometimes and not so good other times) and others are terrible at them. If you are fair or terrible at them, youContinue reading “Today’s Super Skills: Having Constructive Conversations and Productive Disagreements”

Difficult Conversations, Are You Ready to Hear the Answer ?

“Let’s Chat” ” We need to talk…” there’s something about these phrases that can sound unfriendly and can be a prelude to a difficult conversation. Do you avoid having difficult conversations? Is it because you are afraid of the answer you might hear?

How to be Mentally Strong After a Loss

   In the last blog post, I talked about pressure tests. They are the tests that come along in life to challenge us mentally, physically, spiritually, financially, and in our relationships and usually, they involve crises or loss in our lives.

Great Managers-Here’s What the Gallup Report Found

I came across this 2015 Gallup report, “The State of the American Manager: Analytics and Advice for Leaders,” and wanted to share these interesting findings. Gallup has studied this issue globally for over forty years and concluded that great managers have innate abilities.   Gallup is an international firm that provides advice and analytics to helpContinue reading “Great Managers-Here’s What the Gallup Report Found”

Words Matter

“Recognizing that words have consequences, that choices made by people in power can have a direct impact, not just on behaviours, but on our very institutions, is an important thing…What we choose to say, what we choose not to say, how we say it, has consequences.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada, National Post, January 8,Continue reading “Words Matter”