“Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime.” –Chinese Proverb Early on in my career, I was assigned to train a large consumer goods packaging company on a new software platform they had purchased from my company. One hundred […]
The Sky is Falling….Not really!
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Sep 26
The Impact of Reactive Behaviour in the Workplace I am sure everyone at one point in their career has experienced the “sky is falling behaviour”. It may have been something simple a person said or something that a client did. All of a sudden, people and teams start reacting, running around, trying to “fix” the problem […]
Distractions are everywhere. Are you prepared?
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Aug 25
“I started my day with good intentions, then I got so distracted with emails, instant messages and meetings that I completely lost track of what I really needed to get done.” This is something I hear quite often when speaking or conducting workshops on human performance. It seems in our technologically advanced society, we have […]
Gold, Silver, Bronze…High Level Performance beyond the Medals
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Aug 11
The Rio Olympics are now on, and for two weeks, we will see some of the greatest feats in athleticism. For most spectators watching the games, we are often pulled towards seeing someone who will win a gold medal. And yes, it can be very captivating to see the performance of a Usain Bolt or […]
The Great Intention
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Jul 26
I am sure everyone knows someone, or in fact has been there themselves; you start out towards achieving a goal with great intentions and then get sidetracked, your focus shifts, and you start to lose your motivation. Great intentions seem to be an all too common occurrence. Just look at the people who set New […]