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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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AN AHA! LEADERSHIP MOMENT ABOUT AUTHENTICITY

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…

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Musings on the beauty, mystery and magic to be found in nature…

“Outdoors” is a place we sometimes take for granted.  Instead, we shut ourselves inside, seeking warmth in the dark winter and air-conditioned relief in the sultry days of summer.   This May long weekend had many of us seeing outdoors through a more thankful lens, as Covid restrictions lifted slightly to let us safely enjoy more outdoor activities.  Walking, biking, splash-padding, golfing, shooting basketballs or playing tennis…

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Keeping your faith in the journey…

We’ve all faced a time when everything seemed to be going deeply wrong.   Whether it’s at work, in our community, in our family or on a personal level, sometimes it’s difficult to keep any faith in where we’re going and how to get there.   The professional coaches at The Coaching Lens have all survived some of those frightening and trying times and they too struggled to…

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