As a self-confessed chocoholic I am always delighted to see a chocolate fountain at any event I’m attending. I love to watch the way the thick warm chocolate flows down over each layer. What a treat! And, have you ever noticed how a strawberry, stuck into the chocolate [...]
Have you ever been embarrassed at a leadership retreat? A few years ago, a colleague of mine went to a weeklong leadership development retreat and, as is often the case with these retreats, a day was spent doing a physical activity that was supposed to enhance leadership skills. On this [...]
Many years back as our family was growing we moved to a larger home in a new neighborhood. Our new street had lots of children and on days when I wasn’t working, the bewitching hour just before dinner was spent out on someone’s driveway, visiting with the other mum’s [...]
“Where is it written that boys can’t get their ears pierced?” Have your kids ever challenged you on “family rules” and you realized they were right? It’s damn disconcerting, isn’t it?! For my son, he didn’t understand, or agree with, the idea that it was okay for my daughters [...]
Winning Culture? Every leader wants to build a “winning” team. They want a team that is willing to take on new projects, learn new ways of solving challenges, collaborate and engage in healthy conflict. Ultimately, they want teams that are excited to come to work and have the “can [...]
In her first year of work after graduating from University, my daughter experienced an aggressive corporate culture that was based on harassment and bullying. At that time, she still lived at home so each night at the dinner table we would hear about her horrible work day and we [...]
