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Mission For Today: Thank Someone

November 4, 2013

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girl holding thank you sign
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Leaders Need To Get Their Hands Dirty

November 3, 2013

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Dirty hands planting fresh green herbs in a planter

Who are the leaders you respect most? Are they the managers in the corner office you rarely see? Or are they the guys that walk around the office and roll up their sleeves to help out when the “stuff” hits the fan? Early in my career, I had the privilege of working with an executive […]

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Leaders Don’t Need Titles

November 1, 2013

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Mark Sanborn speaking at a conference

Last weekend, I participated in the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in New Orleans, where over 1000 volunteer leaders from Chapters and Communities of Practice had the privilege of hearing Mark Sanborn’s closing keynote: You Don’t Need A Title To Be A Leader. Mark started off his presentation with a quiz of five simple trick questions. […]

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Leadership Isn’t For Cowards

October 28, 2013

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Mike Staver on a conference screen

This past week I had the honour of participating in the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in New Orleans. It is a gathering of Chapter and Community of Practice volunteer leaders to grow their skills, network, work with the PMI on initiatives and plan next year’s events for our Chapters/Communities. We were fortunate to have Mike […]

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How To Be Really Freakin’ Awesome Every Day

October 14, 2013

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Drew Dudley on stage at Blissdom Canada

Ever since I saw his TEDx Toronto speech on TED.com, I have been a fan of Drew Dudley’s point of view on everyday leadership. So, when I saw that he would be the closing keynote speaker for Blissdom Canada, I was looking forward to his presentation the entire weekend. With his usual humour and touching […]

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What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work?

April 14, 2013

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Top of the world rock statue arms raised

This week our project was officially announced. Now that the world knows our game will be released this year, we seem to have even more passion for our work. The reality of our project release and the excitement of the fans adds to the meaning of what we do. With the experience of this week […]

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