Do you think you’re assertive? During an Embrace the Unknown workshop, some participants were extremely surprised to learn that their Indicator of Ambiguity (IAm) profile identified they should focus on…

One of my clients learnt the hard way when they hired someone without doing sufficient due diligence. That hire, who is no longer an employee, wreaked havoc on the client’s…

No one likes a bully, and if you’re a leader, one of your fears could be that others experience your behaviour as bullying. What you may not expect if you’re…

How often have you felt frustrated about weather uncertainty this last summer? You diligently check the forecast and confirm it’s expected to be fine, but then it rains buckets, spoiling…

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase ‘assume makes an ass out of you and me’. This was certainly the case in 2010 when 1,167 retired military officers wrote an open…

Early in my career, I often sat on one side of the table supporting senior managers to effect change while union officials and delegates, concerned about how the change would…

Are you one of those people who comes out of a meeting deflated when the conversation is dominated by known complex challenges and unknowns? Do you take it in your…

Life is full of transitions: some unexpected and some inevitable. When your children are small, it feels like they will always need you. Then suddenly, they finish school, are grown…

Have you ever seen the Facebook posts that start, ‘I was this old when …’ that go on to share some well-known hack the person was oblivious about until they…

As a child, I had a few favourite books I would regularly re-read.  Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables would come off the…

In my teen years, I was steadfast in my desire to avoid working in an office. It’s why I refused to learn to touch type at school. But after University,…

A few years ago, I remember asking my partner why he didn’t ‘Google it’ before deciding to rip out the wall of our internal stairwell, douse it in insect spray…

When I was a kid, I read everything I could get my hands on. We stocked up at the library every week. When my parents banned reading books during meals,…