By Shannon Gander You know what I love about resilience? We all have it and we can all build more of it. To state the obvious – people are resilient! I continually get to witness the resilience in the people I meet, whether I am working with a group on building personal or team… Read more →
Gossip: Unblocking the dammed communication
By David Falk It is that time of year where some of us need to keep a look out for icicles and other indicators that we may have ice dams forming on our roofs. If not addressed, a simple ice dam can do significant damage as it blocks the melt water from flowing off… Read more →
Taking Off Our Armour: Vulnerability as Core Leadership Skill
By Dave Dyck In his book, Becoming Human, Jean Vanier proposes that in order to grow into the mature, whole, wise and therefore productive individuals, families, workplaces, and societies that we aspire to be, we must – paradoxically – move towards our struggles, our immaturity, our brokenness. This is especially true, he suggests, for… Read more →
Be It Resolved…
By Eleanor Moore Ahh, 2016, the wonderful promise of “new” in the starting of another year. I’ve toyed with resolutions in the past. But I kind of resented the manufactured feel of making New Year’s resolutions. It just felt so forced. You know, the idea that you have to come up with this beast that… Read more →
Tell Them Why
By Shannon Gander When we are facilitating team renewal sessions, we always work from a strengths-based approach. Meaning, first we want to highlight what is going well, what works, and what the team is proud of (because there is good stuff happening in every organization and we want to build on the good stuff)…. Read more →
Choices in Conflict
By Janine Hogue Sansregret In the first chapter of Pema Chӧdrӧn’s” Taking the Leap” she describes a story that was widely distributed after 911. “A Native American grandfather was speaking to his grandson about violence and cruelty in the world and how it comes about. He said it was as if two wolves were fighting… Read more →