Calendar Space

Often we are governed by our calendars. How far out are you booked? Does this give you comfort or make you feel overwhelmed? Ive noticed that people are affected differently. Do you love an empty calendar or does the space terrify you? Is a full calendar comforting or is being that busy make you feel [...]

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Writing in Others Space

A colleague of mine Jim Taggart  invited me to write in his space, to provide a guest blog post on his blog, Changing Winds.  This act of sharing space meant my words may be read by people that he knew, not just people I know. Somehow this made me pay a little more attention to [...]

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Making Space

Leaders of organizations sometimes make space by removing employees.  They remove the person from a job through a layoff, intending to remove the job function. It is not until the person is gone that sometimes it is recognized that the social fabric is also damaged, that the interdependent relationships and organizational knowledge the person had [...]

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Connections

As we connect with others on LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter adding more and more  connections it seems that the more people you know the better.  Only 6 degrees away from everyone. Pretty soon everyone will know everyone. Or will they?  What does it mean to be connected? Does it mean I trust you, I know you [...]

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Are You Busy?

As a consultant Im often asked “Are you busy?”  In pondering this question there are so manyassumptions one might make both in the answering and in the asking.  Here just might be the intention behind this question.
Do you have time to take on more work?
Are you struggling to find work?
Am I bothering or interrupting you [...]

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Reflection on Peak Experiences

Reflection on Peak Experiences
A peak experience is one that has potential for deep personal growth and transformation. This potential comes from intensity, passion, community-building, new learning, stretched behaviour, critical thinking, focused problem-solving, and appreciation of new perspectives.
Personal growth and transformation may occur during or after a peak experience, and especially is enhanced through some kind [...]

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Mother as Leader

Mothers Day is this weekend. It is the first Mothers Day Ive not bought a card in my whole life. My mother is no longer here, having recently passed. The hole is large in my heart. When I think of some of the positive characteristics of organizational leaders my Mother keeps coming to mind. She [...]

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Learning Leadership From Youth

In the traditional way of thinking and learning elders pass knowledge to children. This has been the case for many generations. Now it is different. Technology started this-youngsters helping to reset the VCR, teaching parents about email, Facebook, iPhones. It is not just in the realm of technology that children and youth are teaching [...]

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Free e-book “Your Career Coach Secrets”

Are you in career transition? Do you know someone recently laid off? You may like to consider my free mini-ebook “Your Career Coach Secrets”. Just go to my website at www.dpleadership.com and find the link “Free e-book”. I will personally email you this helpful resource.
Being in transition is such a great opportunity, [...]

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Measures, Metrics, and More Measures

So often we hear how important it is to measure, to have the right metrics, to evaluate. When we set targets and measure progress we somehow get a sense of accomplishment. We feel we are competing with others, competing with ourselves and get somehow rewarded or recognized for meeting or exceeding the targets. Social [...]

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