Three Leadership Lessons from Succession
HBO’s hit drama Succession follows the Roy family as they squabble (and backstab) their way to the top of their father’s media empire Waystar Royco. Based loosely on the Murdoch family (with plenty of other business scion source material mixed…
Dear Vancity Interns…
Dear Vancity Interns (specifically those of you from the 2019 Community Leader Internship Program), Thank you, good luck with your next steps, and holy crap you are a talented group of human beings. Last Friday you completed your internship experience…
Three Ways to Instill Work Ethic in Kids
“Grandpa, what chores are we doing today?” is how my two kids started the second day of our vacation to my family home this summer. Sure, my oldest son works the land like most city kids do (with a lot…
Three Ways the 5AM Club is Making Me a Better Parent
Waking up early has long been a tenet of leadership guru Robin Sharma. In his recent book, The 5AM Club, he outlines tactics for making mornings active, focused and super productive – “own your morning, elevate your life” is a…
Four Leadership Lessons from Show Me a Hero
Show Me a Hero is an HBO mini-series classic. Based on a book by New York Times writer Lisa Belkin and written by David Simon and William F Zorzo, the series explores the political career of Nick Wasicsko, the youngest…
How to Cultivate an Owners Mindset
Today I turn 38 years old. Well into my late-30s and with a stronger sense of myself, I find myself reflecting daily about how I show up as a parent, colleague, friend, and leader in my community. Academics like Carol…
How We Will Reach Our Potential in 2019
Every January our team at The Potentiality engages in a New Year’s tradition of making public commitments about how we will realize our potential as professionals, parents, partners, and human beings. For 2019, Godfrey, Michael, Kurt, and I are leveraging…
What I Learned from Writing a Letter to my Future Self
This year I participated in Vancity’s Leadership and Exploration Development (LEAD) program with 90 other leaders from across the credit union. It has been a transformational experience. One of the things that made the journey enlightening was writing a letter…
Three Future of Work Infographics You Must Read
Like many leaders in learning and development, I spend a lot of time thinking about what work will look and feel like in the future and how we might get ready for it today. Recently I came across three future…
Four Professional Lessons From the 2018 World Cup Final
We probably just experienced one of the greatest Men’s Football World Cup Finals in modern history. There were own-goals, there was controversial technology, titans of the sport fell, young-upstart-squads excelled, and we all compartmentalized the event’s unfortunate externalities, such as…