Impactbank: The Kickass Koach

Why do we think we can hide behind something being systemic? We can't. Our systems are a reflection of us and we MUST not be complicit to the actions taken in the name of a system. In this episode I express myself openly on the recent drama exposed in Hockey Canada in the aftermath of the revelation of the 2018 gang rape of a young woman by 8 Canadian Junior Hockey Players. AND, I explore how leaders can not afford to be complicit and hide behind what is systemic injustice of any kind.  Walk with me and we'll explore how to expand your agency by building efficacy, optimism and imagination. Be fiercely responsible and accountable in meaningful ways. Build the capacity to turn every challenge into growth for a career and life you love. What are you intentionally adding to your day/week to expand your well-being? CORRECTION:  I spoke of the WJH championship in 2011 in Halifax when in fact it is the 2003 version of the team that is now under scrutiny. I lived in Halifax then and attended so don't know how I

When I discover who I am, I will be Free" Ralph Ellison With true intentions and a deep emphasis on being fully present we find what is most essential to being and feeling free. And with this superpower, we can accomplish much. In this episode I discover how easily we are blinded by our own well-meaning intentions; this focus then erodes our capacity to be fully present, which is often required to move us in the direction of where we want to be.  Walk with me and we'll explore how to expand your agency by building efficacy, optimism and imagination. Be fiercely responsible and accountable in meaningful ways. Build the capacity to turn every challenge into growth for a career and life you love. What are you intentionally adding to your day/week to expand your well-being?   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Convers

It turns out a loss of autonomy and prolonged feelings of uncertainty exacerbate the type of stress that leads to burnout. Learning to navigate that which expands feelings of overwhelm, is essential to finding and building a healthy feeling of well-being. In this episode I land on the importance of embedding feelings of belonging in every culture.  Walk with me and we'll explore how to expand your agency by building efficacy, optimism and imagination. Be fiercely responsible and accountable in meaningful ways. Build the capacity to turn every challenge into growth for a career and life you love. What are you intentionally adding to your day/week to expand your well-being?   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation to get a taste of my services. Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN  

Is it human error that erodes feelings of well-being or is it the way most organizations respond to human error? In light of the recent Roger's Communication outage in Canada an analyst suggested we just need to design a response since human error is inevitable. What if the culture/leadership in which the human error happens is the real culprit? Sure, build contingencies but perhaps we need to realize it is the real or even perceived feelings of unfairness in organizations that result in the biggest problems? As a leader, take a hard look at yourself and your organization and ask yourself if you are creating an atmosphere that generates more human error than is necessary. If you can clean this up you will be the rare but amazing leader. Walk with me and we'll explore how to expand your agency by building efficacy, optimism and imagination. Be fiercely responsible and accountable in meaningful ways. Build the capacity to turn every challenge into growth for a career and life you love.   Walk with me: 

Why are we so willing to be prisoners of our own thinking? Our patterns, habits and modes of thinking limit us; limit our capacity to grow, create and enjoy our life. Ask yourself:  what it you could think more clearly by: 1st, recognizing signs of your limited thinking; 2nd, noticing your patterns and habits before they hijack you; and, 3rd, building a strategy to respond effectively with agency and self-awareness? What would that mean for you? Walk with me; we can figure out how the three C's will work for you: Compassion. Curiosity Courage Stop blaming and be humble about your personal learning horizon and your thinking will improve.   Walk with me and we'll explore how to expand your agency by building efficacy, optimism and imagination. Be fiercely responsible and accountable in meaningful ways. Build the capacity to turn every challenge into growth for a career and life you love.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate w

Who knows what your fortune will bring? Perspective appears to be in short supply these days. Perhaps so much so that building perspective will be a competitive advantage.   Ask yourself: what practices and good habits can I nurture in myself that will help me maintain a healthy perspective?  How will these good habits or patterns serve me or the people who count on my leadership to realize better outcomes over time?   Walk with me and we'll explore how to expand your agency by building efficacy, optimism and imagination. Be fiercely responsible and accountable in meaningful ways. Build the capacity to turn every challenge into growth for a career and life you love.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agreement -  https://www.payp

Why are airports so snarled?   What may be the lessons in the midst of this mess?   Are you and your team or organization looking for where, in your sphere of influence, you can sharpen your strengths to improve or are you falling prey to short term thinking?   Ask yourself: About what am I overly anxious? How is my fear blinding me and might a long term view help me see options more clearly? How can I own my feelings so they don't own me?   In this episode I speak to historic experiences with inflation and high interests rates and a lesson I take from it. For a paper I wrote in the 80's I interviewed a landlord who chose not to recover his losses by increases rent. He said, "why would my tenants stick with me if I don't stand by them?"    Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me

What makes it so hard to accept full responsibility in the moment?   Perhaps it requires practice? So practice. Reflect on mistakes thoroughly enough so you're prepared the next time you recognize a mistake, so you are equipped to own it immediately.    It turns out leaders build trust when they openly accept responsibility.    Ask yourself: Is it more important for me to be right or be seen to be right and confident or to build trust by owning my mistakes?   As a coach, I help you think about and influence the system for your team/organization, your leadership, or your own career to help you navigate the disruptive world in which you seek to thrive.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agreement -  https://www.paypal

How do good corporate governance practices ensure better outcomes and support overall individual and collective wellbeing? I'm re-reading Hannah Arendt these past few years. AMAZING how her thinking is relevant today. This week Canada's AG tabled a blistering report that actually related to some of my work with senior leaders. Good Governance in the small things can determine one's ability to lead successfully. Ask yourself: Am I following and anchoring my leadership on thoughtful governance principles and is it possible I need to revisit or refresh to get the outcomes I seek? As a coach, I help you think about and influence the system for your team/organization, your leadership, or your own career to help you navigate the disruptive world in which you seek to thrive.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Explora

Why did I buy shoes on line last week and why, although I'm returning them this week, do I intend to buy more shoes and an expensive handbag from this same brand? Lead and lag indicators are the key to building a business or career that grows by continuously delighting customers . Ask yourself, do you know the lead and lag indicators that produce wellbeing or any other outcome you desire and are you consciously choosing and influencing the indicators effectively?   As a coach I help you build a system for your organization, your leadership of your team or your own career so you use lead and lag indicators effectively.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agreement -  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick

Why does history continue to repeat itself?   Perhaps it is because we fail to hold our self or others accountable and responsible. Expanding wellbeing in ourself, our workplaces, communities and politics requires that we always seek accountability.    Ask yourself, what is a critical process that, if improved, would reduce our inclination to continue to repeat our mistakes?   Once you identify your priority you can weigh the criticality of the process quite simply.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agreement -  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TY23Z8ETZGP6A 2. For a Quarterly Agreement - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2QA9BGQSGPV2C Once

Our wellbeing is only possible with bodily autonomy.   In this episode I share the story of a woman who fought for women's full autonomy in the 19th Century.   Ask yourself, am I fully being who I'm meant to be and do I know who that is, so I can take the steps to become who I want to be or should be".   May all women realize their own self expression and all men realize there is no need to feel threatened by our desire to live our life on our terms. After all, men have been living on their own terms for, well, forever. I hope men, rather than trying to put women back in old boxes to control us, will see our fight for our autonomy as a reminder they can resist any unreasonable expectations too. Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agre

Finding your unique wyrd (weird) and embracing it, is a key step to both success and greater wellbeing.   In this episode I share 4 steps to identify your WYRD.   Ask yourself, what if I allowed myself to live my wyrd and embrace my own unique destiny?    Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agreement -  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TY23Z8ETZGP6A 2. For a Quarterly Agreement - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2QA9BGQSGPV2C Once a contract is completed you will be redirected to my calendar to schedule our first and subsequent conversations. Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illumin

How are you applying the benefits of focused alone time to expand your wellbeing and your success?   In this episode I share 4 clear reasons for cultivating meaningful solitary time. Listen, then schedule time with me to discuss how to make it work for you.   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation OR simply contract with me using one of these links:  1. For a Monthly Agreement -  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TY23Z8ETZGP6A 2. For a Quarterly Agreement - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2QA9BGQSGPV2C Once a contract is completed you will be redirected to my calendar to schedule our first and subsequent conversations. Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Ill

When we keep things simple and straightforward we move closer to clarity.   As a leader start by making your default mode curiosity. Being curious longer may actually ensure greater clarity.   Ask yourself: what if curiosity was my default mode? How would my feelings of wellbeing be enhanced by the clarity this may generate?   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illuminate 2 Generate NEW episodes coming soon.

Sleep on a platter! If only it was so easy. Do the work to embed your sleep routine. In this episode I share how sleep in the most emotionally charged circumstances is essential to maintaining wellbeing. Ask yourself: how would a well honed sleep routine improve my life, well being and ability to realize the life I really want for myself?   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illuminate 2 Generate NEW episodes coming soon.

Psychological Flexibility is a skill that generates and even breeds greater well-being. In this episode I outline a few key components of developing psychological flexibility, which is a primary determinant of mental health Ask yourself: how clear and aware am I of my own thoughts and emotions? What if I could observe them while accepting them fully? How could this level of consciousness serve my greater well-being becoming a catalyst for greater psychological flexibility in my workplace to improve overall performance and well being?     Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illuminate 2 Generate NEW episodes coming soon.

WellBeing may be accessible when we release our need or even obsession with certainty.  Use the fear generated by uncertainty to make you better. In this episode I reflect on the uncertainty of our own mortality. In the time of the war in Ukraine and the continuation of the Pandemic, I consider my own mortality and experience with finding well-being in uncertainty. Ask yourself: In what area do I resist or block uncertainty and what will I learn if I embrace feeling uncertain allowing it to inform my growth and future wisdom?    Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illuminate 2 Generate NEW episodes coming soon.

Today, how would you define your feeling of well-being?  Is it enhanced by your choice to work/be alone or with others? If you could choose with whom and when you are engaging with others or free to work/be independent or on your own, would your feelings of well-being improve? In this episode I reflect on the results of a recent study about how choice (alone or in community) is fundamental to feelings of well-being. Ask yourself: How would I choose my work environment and circumstances to improve my feelings of well-being and what difference would it make? AND, how, as a leader can I offer choice to employees to improve well-being?   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illuminate 2 Generate N

WellBeing is often a product of our choices and actions.  Act, Measure and Evaluate; Adjust and Reiterate. In this episode I share a very brief story that reminded me this week about how we benefit from asking the dumbest question when we feel overwhelmed with a problem Ask yourself: What is the dumbest question I've avoided asking?   Walk with me:    Take the GRIT Scale and see where you land. Take the VIA strengths survey TODAY to evaluate where to focus. Try out The BIG SIX and learn about your personality tendencies. Book a complimentary  Exploratory Conversation Follow or Connect with Me on LINKEDIN Additionally, check out my joint effort in the creation of a YouTube channel: Illuminate 2 Generate NEW episodes coming soon.