In early May, 2019 I had the opportunity to lead a workshop on Mental Health and Well-being at Work for #UNFPA staff at the Regional Office in Bangkok and a Webinar on the same topic for all…
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The Business Case for Leading Well
In a previous blog I examined the impact the health of the leader has on organizational performance. Today’s blog will discuss a couple of possible myths that can hold us back from creating a corporate…
The Power of Storytelling for a New Perspective
What stories are you creating about your life and career? We are storytellers by nature. That is how we make sense of life. Of our successes and our failures. Of pain and joy. Love and…
Leading with Confidence and Selflessness- Lessons from War and Kindergarten.
Several recent articles and studies tells us that successful leaders are confident and selfless (see list at the end of this blog). I grew up in Finland, a country with a culture that values humility…
What’s Love Got To Do With It ? Leadership and the Loneliness Epidemic
Love as the epicenter of humanity and as the unifying human need is the great motivator. While the movie Wall Street in 1987 popularized the Greed is Good creed I am challenging it is with…
The Business Case for Leading Well
In my previous blog I examined the impact the health of the leader has on organizational performance. Today’s blog will discuss a couple of possible myths that can hold us back from creating a corporate…
Health, Leadership and Organizational Performance
We seldom speak about the importance of health and wellbeing of the leader for organizational performance and inspiring leadership. However, if your leadership team crumbles under stress or your manager “checks out” from exhaustion you…
Living and Leading with Purpose – Why I Coach
As we are celebrating International Coaching Week, I decided to share my path to coaching and why I coach… here is my story: It’s a sunny, humid and warm June afternoon in New York City…
Challenges as a Young Manager Leading More Experienced Staff (1)
The blog of the week is written by our new collaborator, Mallika Sarkar. She shares her experiences and thoughts about something that is becoming increasingly common as the millennials are growing their careers and baby…
Leaders will thrive by applying local understanding to global vision -My blog at tradeready.ca
I was recently invited to contribute an article on global leadership to Trade Ready, a Forum for International Trade Training in Canada – FTT.ca. “Operating a business in the global marketplace is comparable to swimming…