Aha! Leadership Moments / Personal Coaching / Values and Beliefs

An Aha! Moment about Re-Finding Your Inner Purpose

When Stephen looked in the mirror, he stared at the grim face of burnout.  He had been a social worker for over twenty years and had gravitated into the gut-wrenching realm of child and elder abuse.   His days (and some emergency nights) drew deeply on his empathy, compassion and listening skills in trying to heal the bewildered and traumatized victims who sought his help.  They just…

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January 31, 2018
Aha! Leadership Moments / Leadership / Personal Coaching / Trust Environment / Values and Beliefs

How important is integrity?

Sometimes it's a negative Aha! Leadership Moment that we take most to heart and it can influence our behaviour more deeply than years of positive role modelling. Janet's story highlights the importance of knowing who we are at our core and the values that we cannot allow others to dishonour.   The Coaching Lens Janet's Story - An Aha! Leadership Moment about Integrity and Trust When asked…

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October 29, 2017
Aha! Leadership Moments / Conflict in the Workplace / Conflict Resolution / Leadership / Leadership Skills / Uncategorized / Values and Beliefs

An Aha! moment about Beliefs and Assumptions

As a leader, I have a firm belief that I should never ask anyone to do something that I would not be prepared to do myself.  So one Saturday when I had asked Anna, one of my team members, to come in to work on something with a tight deadline, I decided that I would go in as well to give her a hand. Imagine my…

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January 13, 2017
Aha! Leadership Moments / Leadership / Values and Beliefs

Darren’s Story – An Aha! Leadership Moment about Authenticity

My friend, a professional hockey player, was driving us to a sporting event. At a certain point along the way, my friend spotted someone on the street – someone with all the appearance of a homeless vagrant.  My friend’s reaction surprised me. He carefully maneuvered through two lanes of traffic to pull to the curb, get out of the vehicle and connect with this person. Not…

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November 28, 2016
Aha! Leadership Moments / Leadership / Leadership Skills

How do you know it’s an Aha! Leadership Moment?

How do you actually know when you’ve had an Aha! Leadership Moment? For me it was walking away, shaking my head in awe at what just happened.  I was a recently-hired young supervisor in an information technology department, responsible for a team of ten programmers working on systems that automated a cereal plant.  For the life of me, I can’t remember the details of the problem…

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October 4, 2016