Five Management Lessons from Coaching Youth Soccer
For the last few months I’ve been coaching my oldest son’s soccer team. He’s five years old and his teammates are around the same age. As you can imagine, the experience combines adorableness and fun with chaos and frustration. Weirdly…
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…
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…
Why You Should Embrace Boredom
Many of us are addicted to distraction. We click between multiple screens with multiple apps with multiple tabs while our mobile device streams a podcast in the background. Every few minutes we will pick up our phone to text a…
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…
Five Simple Recovery Tactics for Your Wellness Plan
It’s mental health week. If you’re like me, you definitely need more hours in the day, probably use the word “busy” to answer the “how’s it going?” small-talk-question, and there’s a strong possibility that you feel overwhelmed. All leaders need…
Five Leadership Lessons from Daniel and Henrik Sedin
We’re a fickle, precious bunch here in Vancouver. We consistently rank amongst the best places in the world to live, yet we never run out of reasons to point out what needs fixing. We’re thankful not to have a highway…
Five Ways to Earn Your Job Every Day
Last week I walked into the lobby of the building where I work and noticed a colleague, Kira, sitting in the chairs typically used by interviewees or guests. “Are you hear for an interview?” I joked. “Yes, for the Manager,…
Three Ways to Futureproof Our Kids
The future is exciting and also makes me nervous. I guess you could say that I’m nervited about the years ahead and how to prepare my kids for what’s coming. Figuring out how to get them ready for a Terminator-Matrix-Looper-Hunger-Games…
Seven Strategies for Creating an Awesome Vision
Sharing a compelling vision for your organization’s year ahead, your team’s work priorities or your family’s vacation is a differentiator. When a community clearly understands why something is happening and how it will unfold, shit gets done and people have…