Reframing Confidence: Find Your Inner Superhero
This is me through the eyes of my 4.5 year old daughter. I’m a superhero (with big earrings). There are moments when I see myself this way too. And moments when I don’t. Confidence has been a hot topic this year. Books like The Confidence Code attempt to crack the code on where confidence comes from for women. Having coached…
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Will Trudeau do “The Drunken Man Stumble” of Leadership?
A young leader has just become the Prime Minister of our country. The energy is palpable. Hope is in the air. The challenges are incredible. We’re all waiting to witness a different kind of leadership. Nick Petrie, Senior Faculty Member with The Center for Creative Leadership (they have a great blog on leadership) wrote a report four years ago called…
Read MoreSteve Jobs Communicated from the Inside Out
Simon Sinek has codified how the world’s most inspiring leaders think, act and communicate. And he concludes that they do exactly the opposite of everyone else. In his 2010 TED Talk, Sinek draws his Golden Circle to emphasize how inspiring leaders/ companies communicate from the inside out. First why, then how, then what. Says Sinek, People don’t buy what you…
Read MoreAre You Selling Vitamins or Aspirin?
We all know that we need certain vitamins to be healthy. Aspirin, on the other hand, takes away our pain. The famous brother duo of Dan and Chip Heath of Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard fame write a great piece is this month’s Fast Company about felt need. If a nutshell, if you are selling an idea,…
Read MoreMix of Business and Pleasure is Music to Your Ears
Last night I hosted an intimate and communal experience at my house. Almost 20 people partook and everyone seemed to have a fantastic time. Before you go too far in imagining what I am describing, let me stop you in your tracks. The event last night was a house concert and the artist was Nova Scotia singer/ songwriter Ian Sherwood.…
Read MoreAre You (Your business) Heading Toward Greatness or Doom?
Good to great transformations don’t happen in one fell swoop says Jim Collins. Collins uses the concept of a fly wheel (a massive metal disk mounted horizonally on its axle, 30 feet in diameter and 5000 lbs). The first pushes to turn the wheel take a lot of energy and the wheel inches forward. Add lots more energy and many…
Read MoreA Sales System to Find a True Fan, Or Many
One of my friends is dating online. Currently, she’s despondent, confused and depressed. The way I see it, online dating is like managing a sales system. You pour a bunch of suspects into the top of your funnel and take steps to weed out all but qualified leads. You talk to/ meet with the most compelling of them and through…
Read MoreAre You Digitally Disasterous or Digitally Distinct?
I am somewhere in the middle: digitally dabbling. This is according to the results of this Online Identity Calculator I used earlier today to assess my online identity. This article by Meg Guiseppi, CPBS, MRW, CPRW of Executive Career Brand (as posted on www.workbabble.com) tells you why you too should find out how you rate, and do it regularly. And while Meg focusses on executives, when you are a business…
Read MoreBusiness Experiments in the Test Kitchen of Life
I am just back from a weekend in Toronto with my dear friend and business partner Tanya (hereto forward known as Tanya with no preamble about how we are both best friends and business partners!). The working weekend was set up about a week ago when we recognized that some face time was our answer to busting through the Seth Godin style…
Read More"Ship, then test!" says Guy Kawasaki
Last night I was invited to Challenge Your World as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (thank you, Martin Lessard!). Guy Kawasaki was spectacular as the keynote speaker. For the most part, Guy’s top 10 tips for entrepreneurs make a ton of sense. There are only a couple I dispute. My comments are in italics. Build what YOU want to use– in other…
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