Deborah Connors

Can You Get Good at Giving Constructive Feedback?

Do you like getting feedback at work? Do you look forward to providing it to others? Most people say no to both of...

23 September, 2019

How to Create a Flourishing Culture, One Conversation at a Time

I was consulting on a project for an organization, and as a part of that work I was asked to join the project...

27 May, 2019

How to Stop Normalizing Burnout in the Workplace

When was the last time you heard someone brag about going home on time? Taking a weekend off? Or completely disconnecting from work...

13 February, 2019

3 Ways to Be A Positive Deviant in Your Workplace!

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...

09 January, 2019

Shift Yourself First, To Be a Better Leader

In a course that I took once with author, Patti Digh, she made a comment about doing some of her best work when...

11 December, 2018

Who Can I Be That My Employees’ Eyes Shine?

It had been 16 years since my last triathlon, and 4 years since I had even raced a 5 km run, but when...

03 December, 2018

What Do We Want Our Culture to Be?

In “The Deep Change Field Guide: A Personal Course to Discovering the Leader Within” Dr. Robert Quinn points out that launching a company-wide...

03 October, 2018

Design a Better Culture on Purpose: Expert Advice

“Research shows that corporate purpose statements often do more harm than good because they are political exercises rather than words that people passionately...

12 September, 2018

9 Ideas That Will Help You Create a Better Workplace Now

I caught up with my friend Kathryn on a recent trip through Field, in the Canadian Rockies, where she and her husband run...

20 August, 2018

Adopt These Practices to Avoid Slow Death in the Workplace

When I get a consulting request from a small business or team to work with them on their culture, it is often when...

17 July, 2018

You Need to Know How to Transform What You Do Daily to Transform Your Life

This morning my yoga instructor reminded us that how we transform is through daily practices. She was talking about our bodies and minds,...

12 June, 2018

Using the Right Question at the Right Time is a Powerful Way to Shift

A profound way to begin to shift yourself or your culture at work is to find the transformational question that will help you...

29 March, 2018

How to Replace Your Vicious Cycles with Positive Ones

I have spent the last three years collecting stories of positive change. Stories that were shared by innovators and influencers that I brought...

21 February, 2018

How to Inspire Psychological Well-Being at Work

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...

04 July, 2017

10 Powerful Questions to Focus Your Bold New Vision

“Every choice you make leads you away from your vision or moves you toward it.” - Patti Digh - What do we want our culture...

17 February, 2017

Expert Advice on Creating a Positive People Culture

“A positive people culture is one where people experience positive emotions, optimism, cohesion, gratitude and humour, and where they have, as a consequence,...

28 June, 2016