by John Horn | Jul 13, 2022 | Leadership
Seth Godin, as he does, wrote a great blog post about office gossip. Eleanor Roosevelt – allegedly – said that “great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” People talking about people is often referred to as gossip and it can...
by John Horn | Jun 15, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
As a member of Vancity’s leadership development program I am on a journey to become a better leader. Engaging in deep self-reflection, peer-mentoring and self-directed learning with the intention of creating new habits that help me to be more present, focused and...
by John Horn | May 11, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
Between April and September 2021, more than 24 million American employees left their jobs, which was a record. More than half of Canadian employees would rather quit their job than return to the office full-time. As the Great Resignation rolls on, leaders are looking...
by John Horn | Mar 30, 2022 | Leadership
Happy communities are more inclusive, productive and sustainable. Logically, great leaders should put happiness and well-being at the centre of any strategy for building positive communities at work, at school, and in their neighbourhood. Here are three tips for...
by John Horn | Mar 9, 2022 | Campus Career Centre 3.0, Creativity, Have Better Conversations, Leadership
This Wall Street Journal article was bouncing around the Internet earlier this week. CEOs and Executive Directors from Vancouver to Nairobi to Singapore are evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on work, particularly the emerging reality of our “work from anywhere”...
by John Horn | Jan 12, 2022 | Leadership
The right thing for your craft, your community, and your soul is to move from isomorphism to youniqueness. Year by year humanity embraces monoculture like agribusiness plants monocrops. Consequently, we have a lot of corn, and we have a lot of Marvel content. When we...
