Are you living a passion-filled life?
February is a month for love and passion! And this month, I’m taking time to reflect on my own life. Am I living a passion-filled life? Does my work light me up? Am I carving out space for the things […]
Category: Possibilities
Leading Educational Complexity in the midst of a Pandemic.
“Leadership is often the after thought of Educational Change” – Andy Hargreaves As we emerge from Covid-19 (she says hopefully), the role of educational leaders continues to be complex. That most of us are still standing, is miraculous; that […]
Leading From the Inside Out
Building a coach-like culture in policing. As featured in the winter edition of H.Q magazine. “Culture is made from language and behaviours… If we can embed coaching conversations into our culture, we will have a major lever for profound culture […]
What are we missing when it comes to leadership in education in Ontario?
In the fall of 2017, Bruce Rodriguez (then the Deputy Minister of Education) gave me 45 minutes to answer the question: ‘What are we missing when it comes to leadership in education in Ontario?‘ From that conversation and many others […]
To Coach or Not to Coach – That is the Question!
Recently I sat across the table from the boss of a leader I was coaching. The three of us were having a lunch meeting and part of the agenda was for the coachee to share with her boss what she […]
Road Work
As I drove around southern Ontario this week, meeting with clients, I realized that ‘it’s happening’! The cold and snow of winter have receded, leaving roads that have been seriously impacted. There are pot holes, shoulders that have faded into […]