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We were sitting in his office discussing what he recognized was a problem of sorts in his leadership: the way he sometimes communicates to people.  Empathy isn’t his strong suit.  He’s a good leader and he moves the ball down the field, but it’s sometimes at the expense of relationship. He is self-aware enough to know that empathy is a …

There are 3 kinds of people in this world – those who are good at math, and those who aren’t. Ok, I guess there are just 2 kinds of people. Have you ever heard that expression – “There are 2 kinds of people…”?  I have heard multiple varieties of this euphemism.  One of my favourites comes from Clint Eastwood in …

Small bites of wisdom feed an appetite for learning. I love small words of wisdom that contain a big truth: the kind of truth that shifts my perspective and my leadership.  Over the years there have been many words of wisdom – truth articulated by others – that have provided direction, clarity or encouragement just when I needed it. I …

“In a calm sea every man is captain.”  So the saying goes… What does it mean? Well, you don’t really discover true leadership until things get rough.  It takes the storms of life to stir up the strength of leaders.  When others withdraw, leaders step up and step in. We hit a little “storm” recently. Two buddies and I decided …