Everyone Can Use a Coach!
I was in the gym the other day and saw a poster which said, “Everyone can use a coach!” It was an ad for personal training. What occurred to me was how true that sentiment really is for everyone, in…
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Reengagement 180 Podcast #13 – Are You Indispensable? Then You’re Fired! Well, Maybe Not…
“Always fire an indispensable person,” goes the old wisdom. Otherwise you become overly dependent on them. But in today’s “Scalable Capability” organization, there are few who aren’t uniquely indispensable. How to deal with this contemporary organizational paradox? We answer that…
Reengagement 180 Podcast #4: Sapience, or Not Hiring into the Same River
Do you base hiring decisions on relevant experience and past accomplishments? The ancient paradoxical wisdom, that “you can’t step twice into the same river,” suggests that particular approach might not hold water. This week on the Reengagement 180 podcast, we’ll…
Well, Whaddya Know? The Myth of Knowledge Transfer
Part of my practice involves working with organizations – and individuals therein – going through transition and transformation. Often, cases of drastic (read: traumatic) change involves helping them deal with the aftermath of a merger or acquisition. Imagine you’re on…
The Five Pathways of Coaching
Prospective clients sometimes ask me about my approach to, or philosophy of, coaching. What informs the work that I do with my clients? How does my mental model of coaching resonate with what a potential client believes would work for…
Transforming an Organization, Even When that Organization is a Country
As most of the world knows, Canada has a (hot) new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who was sworn in with his cabinet yesterday. Notable among his appointees to Her Majesty’s Privy Council (that is, ministers of cabinet), is the fact…
How to Win Baseball Games, that is, Transform Your Organization with One, Simple Idea
The summary: The Blue Jays came back from 8 games behind in July to lead the American League East by 6 by the end of the regular season. How? The trigger seemed to coincide with acquiring two players – David…
Storytelling for [Creating Common Organizational] Purpose
Last evening, I once again had the pleasure of attending one of Rick Wolfe’s “Kitchen Table Conversations” on Storytelling for a Purpose. The dozen or so people around the table – not in his kitchen, but at the Centre for…
