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Mindfulness can help everyone become more resilient. As a leader, parent or citizen, mindfulness skills give you the ability to be with...

Rarely is Lake Huron so still. Last week, this water was ice. Now it reflects morning dawning. I know this outer serenity is just for a moment, yet it helps me create a moment of inner calm and stillness. I hope it does for you too, whether you work from home, from the front lines, or suddenly have no work at all.

Stillness fuels action and connection

As a leader, you have new responsibilities in this chaotic time. I hope you can insert moments of pause into the new structure of your day;

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‘It’s not personal’ can be a key turning point in helping you get unstuck from unproductive habits or ways of thinking. When you realize it’s not about you, you gain both the freedom and responsibility to move forward.

Getting unstuck from one perspective

One client had built his career success on developing collaborative relationships, yet was experiencing conflict with a senior employee with whom he had enjoyed a warm relationship over many years.

This person had been both a mentor and frie...

When a key person resigns, it can be an opportunity for organizational change. Here are 7 transition questions to guide one of the most significant decisions you as a leader will take, and tips on staying mindful during the process.

Many of my clients have recently experienced departures of key employees, whether expected transitions of Executive Directors,

… Read more They’re Gone. Now What? 7 transition questions for your next key recruit

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Mindfulness is not about tuning out to reduce stress, but about getting unstuck, feeling less stretched and expanding the range of what’s possible. Here are 6 reasons for mindfulness at work that will help you respond to ambiguity and disruptive change.

From Stress Reduction to Expanding Possibilities

You’re a functioning leader, manage stress well, and enjoy good relationships with your colleagues most of the time. So why would you want mindfulness at work? If your image is of someone tuning...

Don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions? Set both goals and intentions to focus on tangible future outcomes and the intangible present moment.

Many New Years’ Resolutions are a fuzzy mix of wishful thinking, outlandish goals and vague intentions, coloured by guilt from all those prior resolutions we’ve messed up on! Effective goals and intentions are distinct and mutually supportive. Like the shadow of the roadside photographer in this image, your intentions shape every step of your journey t...

While you are talking, do you know what your body is saying? Use these four elements of body language to integrate both what you say and how you say it.

Communication Challenges

As a leader, body language affects your communication, your relationships and your ability to achieve results. It can even influence your energy levels, and how you respond to stress and conflict. Do any of the following examples sound familiar to you?

Take Charge Body Language

Linda had a take charge body language,

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If you have too many days of feeling off-balance, stressed or disturbed, you may seek the inner calm and stability that comes from equanimity. Equanimity is not a special quality reserved only for the favored few, but a skill that can be developed by anyone.

Lack of Equanimity as a Problem

There are days for everyone when you feel like you can’t take it all in. You could be an executive trying to meet demanding targets in shifting markets, a gig economy worker trying to make rent or a parent...

What if you’ve landed that great new job, but are experiencing big waves of change, feeling disoriented or wondering if you’ve made the right move? Here are my coaching questions and tips for the Letting Come phase of change, where you are starting out something new.

Several of my clients have recently started exciting new jobs. They are exactly where they wanted to be in life. One is a tech professional who has taken a lateral move that gives her more general business experience and position...

I was delighted to do a guest podcast with Wendy Haylett on her new series Everyday Buddhism, already top-ranked in iTunes. You can listen to the podcast, Episode 8 in the series, here. These Reality Check tips are a summary of  how to bring mindfulness into your everyday life

Mindfulness has become mainstream, encouraged by companies such as Google and athletes such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.  But it can still be confusing or unreachable for some who try to begin or sustain a mindf...