Most organizations that encourage mindfulness practices amongst their employees do this for the benefit of employee well-being, as it offers clarity of thinking,...
Featured Image by Elena Lena on Reshot. My friend used to get up when it was still dark, the sun just beginning to rise,...
The amazing thing about a simple question is that it has the ability to start a dialogue, and bring people together to have...
Do you like getting feedback at work? Do you look forward to providing it to others? Most people say no to both of...
I was consulting on a project for an organization, and as a part of that work I was asked to join the project...
When was the last time you heard someone brag about going home on time? Taking a weekend off? Or completely disconnecting from work...
When I was a child, my parents decided it wasn’t OK for people to smoke in our house. They didn’t smoke themselves, and...
In a course that I took once with author, Patti Digh, she made a comment about doing some of her best work when...
It had been 16 years since my last triathlon, and 4 years since I had even raced a 5 km run, but when...
In “The Deep Change Field Guide: A Personal Course to Discovering the Leader Within” Dr. Robert Quinn points out that launching a company-wide...
“Research shows that corporate purpose statements often do more harm than good because they are political exercises rather than words that people passionately...
I caught up with my friend Kathryn on a recent trip through Field, in the Canadian Rockies, where she and her husband run...
When I get a consulting request from a small business or team to work with them on their culture, it is often when...
This morning my yoga instructor reminded us that how we transform is through daily practices. She was talking about our bodies and minds,...
A profound way to begin to shift yourself or your culture at work is to find the transformational question that will help you...
I have spent the last three years collecting stories of positive change. Stories that were shared by innovators and influencers that I brought...
When I was doing research for my Master’s degree back in the 90’s, I remember interviewing a number of directors from a municipal...
“Every choice you make leads you away from your vision or moves you toward it.” - Patti Digh - What do we want our culture...
“A positive people culture is one where people experience positive emotions, optimism, cohesion, gratitude and humour, and where they have, as a consequence,...
“Transformative change happens when someone has a vision and does not let reality and negativity get in the way.” – Dr. Robert Quinn Robert...
I skied for 20 years before I learned this concept that made all the difference! I took a lesson where the instructor talked...
"No matter how good you are at negativity, you’re also capable of positivity.” - Barbara Fredrickson Bad things happen. Things hit us the wrong...
I’m writing a chapter of my book while out on the Wild West Coast of Vancouver Island in Ucluelet, where when the sun...
I had an idea awhile back that work could be a healthy life experience, not the exhausting and stressful experience it sometimes is...