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Flip Your Perspective: March 2016 Newsletter
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Building a Book Club
Looking back at the team building workshops that we’ve designed for our clients, one of the most cost-effective, yet impactful approaches has been with Book Clubs. The simplicity of its structure…
Culture Flip: A Swedish Perspective
Culture Flip: A Swedish Perspective by Megan Cosgrove. My career started like many others I know – in a rush. I began my first full-time job while still in the final…
Patience Yields Rewards: February 2016 Newsletter
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May I fill your cup?
May I fill your cup? by Devon Domanski. Recently I had occasion to visit one of my favourite youngsters while he was on the mend at Sick Kids Hospital in…
Leadership Lessons from a Dollar Store
Feeling a little shy of my thriftiness, I considered not posting this blog, but the lessons were far too juicy not to share. Blowing in the winter breeze, the balloons…
Looking Through a Different Lens: January 2016 Newsletter
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Taking The Leap Into 2016
Success means something different to us all. For some, it’s money in the bank, while for others it’s measured by the moments that take our breath away! Perhaps it’s moving…
Are you Suffering From Nature-Deficit Disorder?
I was sitting inside as I started to brainstorm for this post after being cooped up all morning. Since I work from home most days, I have to make an…
Motivation – Throwing Away The Carrots & The Sticks
I’ve managed people most of my career, and I’ve worked in teams all my life. If you had asked me early in my leadership career what motivates someone at work…
How To Tell Your Boss What You Want
Imagine a senior level executive. She has a difficult challenge ahead of her. She’s been stuck in a messy company reorganization that’s left her smack dab in the middle of…
Find Your Tribe
This past week was an overwhelming entrepreneur week for me; contract negotiations, uncooperative technology, scheduling nightmares and the list goes on. I’m sure, like me, a lot of you who…
My computer broke: An exercise in patience.
My computer broke: An exercise in patience by Devon Domanski. For so many of us, we rely heavily on technology to keep us connected. Whether it’s a laptop for work,…
Forget Balance, Ride The Rollercoaster
Recently, at an EDGE 3 retreat, David Graham had us plot our lifelines. It became obvious that all our lifelines had one thing in common – we all had major…
Company Retreats: Fruitful or Frivolous?
As an executive coach who plans company retreats, its hard to be objective, however, I understand a leader’s reluctance in hanging the “closed” sign on the door, and hauling an…
Nature’s Reset
Nature’s Reset by Devon Domanski. For many of us, September serves as a reset in both our personal and professional lives. The don of the fall season is a significant…
Shine On!
After completing my 5th year in the TriAdventure, I feel more even more connected than ever. The notion of hard work, training and endurance, coupled with rallying the support of…
Body Intelligence
Body Intelligence by Devon Domanski. Have you heard that our bodies ‘just know’? Our bodies like to TELL us stuff; sometimes it’s obvious like when we get knots in our…
Plug In To Nature
In preparation for our upcoming EDGE 3 retreats this September, I thought I’d explore some ideas about nature from my most trusted source…my family! While recently enjoying a ridiculously lazy…
Every Voice Matters
My mother has always been my greatest role model for how to treat people with kindness and how to approach every human interaction with compassion and curiousity. She was a…
Asanas On Autopilot
Asanas On Autopilot by Devon Domanski. In my last blog I talked about starting the first section of my yoga teacher training. With each module, my peers and I are…
Taking the Leap into Lotus
Taking the Leap into Lotus by Devon Domanski. Earlier this month, I started the first of three Yoga Teacher Training modules which will prepare and certify me as a yoga…
Inspiration From Nature, Leadership Insights, Self-Improvement
The Compassionate Inner Voice
It was surprisingly cool for a summer morning in Toronto as I made my way to the edge of the pier with about a hundred other triathletes. We had…
Meditating the Mind Awake
Meditating the Mind Awake by Devon Domanski. I used to say, “I do my best work when I’m feeling stressed.” Now I read that sentence aloud and think, “Really? Who…
Managing Growth
The other day I was rushing out the door – late for yoga! – with the latest client proposal swirling around in my head, attempting to balance a large…
Inspired Spaces
Inspired Spaces by Devon Domanski. When Dave and I first talked about working together, we were at Evergreen Brickworks (http://ebw.evergreen.ca) for Saturday market. We hiked one of the trails, sat…
Embracing Your Fear
This is a great time to reflect on the amazing things that happened over the past year and set our sights for the year ahead. As we took a nostalgic…
THE SEARCH FOR SUCCESS
Before we can find success we must first define it. For some of us, it’s money in the bank, while for others it’s measured by the moments that take our…
Asking Questions
Good questions lead to amazing answers — answers that can astound you and the person you asked, and can lead to leaps in success — yours, theirs and the organization’s.…