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Reflective Leadership

Who's your hero?

Who's your hero?

Jul 15, 2021 / 11:00 am

"Name two people, living or dead, who are your heroes," my friend asks us as part of an ice-breaker activity. I’m puzzled. I don’t have...

The Who is not you

The Who is not you

Jul 1, 2021 / 11:15 am

“It is the best idea for you. Ever.” I’m vibrating as I explain to my friend how she can launch a course she has designed. “Write the...

The Rule of 72

The Rule of 72

Jun 17, 2021 / 6:00 am

I hate it when I don’t follow my advice. My own really, really good advice. I was about to make a big announcement, an announcement that would change...

Seeing a What-If world

Seeing a What-If world

May 20, 2021 / 6:00 am

Have you wondered what your life would be like if you lived with a What If philosophy? Would you belt it out with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, windows wide...

The warmth of friendship

The warmth of friendship

Apr 22, 2021 / 1:00 pm

Friendship can keep you warm on the coldest day. The cold, spring wind congealed the cheese in his poutine and blew the dipping sauce for my yam fries off the...

The rhythm of living

The rhythm of living

Apr 8, 2021 / 6:00 am

We are standing at her front door. I am saying goodbye to my friend who is waiting for back surgery. She is leaning on the door pillar, trying to stand erect....

The Indecision storm

The Indecision storm

Mar 25, 2021 / 6:00 am

My head snaps like a flag in the wind as indecisions storm in my mind. “Should I do this? Or not?” “Is this the right thing to say or is...

Vision trumps self-doubt

Vision trumps self-doubt

Mar 11, 2021 / 6:00 am

The clatter of the dice rolling across the Monopoly board fills me with exhilaration. I loved playing Monopoly – rolling the dice for opportunity,...

From marionette to master

From marionette to master

Feb 25, 2021 / 6:00 am

The world presents a different perspective when you are face down in a snow bank. The lesson? Well, take a lesson when you want to learn something new. I did....

Do you know WHY?

Do you know WHY?

Feb 11, 2021 / 11:07 am

The machete flashed in the sun as I slashed a path through the jungle green. My hair was plastered to my head; sweat stung my eyes; my breathing was ragged; the...

Lead, don't micromanage

Lead, don't micromanage

Jan 28, 2021 / 6:00 am

I can feel the tightness in my chest and the blood rushing to my brain. My fingernails leave trails on the desk as I push down the anger boiling up. I am trying...

The Great Equalizer

The Great Equalizer

Jan 14, 2021 / 6:00 am

Time slows as I adjust my goggles, lean on my poles and survey creation from a mountaintop. The awe flooding through me slows time even more as I peer through...

Learn from Rita

Learn from Rita

Jan 7, 2021 / 6:00 am

Rita has the secret to your business success. Thousands of business books profess to have the secret. Workshops are built around that premise. And then there...

The little things make us

The little things make us

Dec 31, 2020 / 6:00 am

Sweat flew as I twisted on my left foot and my gloved fist smacked the Thai pad with an orgiastic thud. Sweat hung in the air as the thud reverberated across...

Time-travelling memories

Time-travelling memories

Dec 24, 2020 / 6:00 am

I discovered I can time travel while sitting at my desk. As I scroll through my school alumni Facebook group, I am back in time, back in my small hometown....

Equal is not always fair

Equal is not always fair

Dec 16, 2020 / 11:00 am

By Myrna Selzler Six kids were dancing, yelling and hyperventilating to Jingle Bells as they performed an annual ritual: trying on new running shoes. The clerk...

Join an army of elves

Join an army of elves

Dec 10, 2020 / 7:58 pm

The warmly dressed river of humanity flows past the Salvation Army kettle with hardly a break. Occasionally, someone pops out of the flow; usually, an older,...

Beam me up, Scotty

Beam me up, Scotty

Nov 23, 2020 / 8:00 am

I imagine myself as Captain James Tiberius Kirk every time I click into a Zoom meeting. “Beam me down, Scotty,” hovers on my lips as a new world...

Think before saying no

Think before saying no

Nov 16, 2020 / 8:00 am

Can I drive?” my six-year-old, vibrating with possibility, asks as he tugs on his seatbelt and reaches for the steering wheel. “No! That’s...

Lessons from the dog pile

Lessons from the dog pile

Nov 9, 2020 / 8:00 am

“We will, we will, rock you. Rock you.” It was Friday night lights, also known as city-wide high school football Friday night. The throbbing bass...

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