(click here for full post: ARE YOU ENGAGED AND THRIVING?)

ARE YOU ENGAGED AND THRIVING? How do we change these  discouraging statistics?! Post-COVID, we know that organizations have the opportunity to re-imagine and create new workplace cultures that focus on, and reinvest in, employees’ growth, sense of belonging, engagement and well-being. An active coaching culture at all levels of an organization can generate these outcomes and positively impact employee growth, retention and recruitment. The Coaching Lens…

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What is happening to TRUST?!

By Mary Ann Tucker As you all know, great leadership is a passion for me. This passion is what propelled me into coaching, first to improve my own skills as a leader and now as a Leadership Coach to assist others in being the best leader they can be. After watching a CBC feature story on the changing landscape of work environments, I found myself increasingly…

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Humility versus Narcissism

Is social media the cause of the staggering rise of narcissism in our world or does it simply show us more of it?   Either way, we don’t have to emulate the narcissists around us.  We have the right to choose humility and in doing so, demonstrate the most effective kind of leadership in our workplace, in our community and in our home-life. The gift of humility…

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Continuing the Tale of an old Irish Fisherman’s Sweater – Part Two of an Aha! Leadership Moment

In Part One, Ida (a coach at The Coaching Lens) tells the story of an old Irish Fisherman’s sweater – one of those heavy, cream coloured, cable wool sweaters that she knitted painstakingly by hand using the traditional Aran Diamond and Honeycomb stitches.  Here in Part Two, she shares what she learned about Leadership from that same Fisherman’s Knit Sweater. While that beautiful Fisherman’s Knit Sweater…

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Learners and Leaders and the Power of Potential

The Coaching Lens would like to share with you Coach Ida Kmiec’s personal story about Learners and Leaders and the Power of Potential. As professional coaches, we are committed to both sides of “potential”.  Our Personal Coaching can help individuals learn about their strengths, confidently articulate their competencies and be open to their own potential.  Our Leadership Coaching is designed to enhance the skills of those…

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Hire Spock…

We'd like to share Jeff's story, an Aha! Leadership Moment about what we can learn from our tv hours spent watching the Starship Enterprise boldly go where no man (or woman) has been before.  Even Captain Kirk could have used a little help honing his coaching skills out there in Space, the Final Frontier!   Jeff's Story -- An Aha! Leadership Moment inspired by Star Trek Most…

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