What is Your Leadership Evidence Saying?
I guess if you are reading this you are interested in leadership. You have read many books and articles on leadership and you can talk a good fight on the subject. You are in a leadership position now so – presumably, you can easily answer the question whether you are a good leader yourself. You […]
Lessons Learned as a Human Being and Small Business Owner: Equanimity and Compassion are Key
I cannot recall ever seeing equanimity, authenticity, compassion, or forgiveness listed as a required skill in a recruitment ad for any position, let alone for a top spot! Yet, if you think about many of the great leaders who amassed tremendous numbers of supporters, it is these types of abilities that drew their followers to […]
LEADERSHIP: IT’S NOT A GENDER THING
I want to start this piece with a very clear statement: We need to create more equity in the percentage of men, women and other genders in leadership roles. This will happen through the ongoing support of young girls and women, in building programs for those who identify as other genders, and to continue to […]
Toward a New Definition of Leadership
Leadership Theories Through Time Contemporary studies of leadership started in the mid 19th century with the first theory on leadership: “The Great Man Theory” which assumes that leadership traits are innate and intrinsic to the leader. Of course, it didn’t take long for this theory to be discredited in favour of a long list of […]
Did you say leadership?…How to Bring Out and Expect the Best
In this blog, Colette asks some thought- provoking questions to help us become better leaders, to encourage more kindness, more thoughtfulness and as a result become more HUMAN beings… wherever we are on this journey we call life.
Teaching: Leading the Learning Boat to Shore
I am an Associate Professor of Health Psychology at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. Teaching is part of my job, in addition to research, service, and administrative tasks for a virtual teaching-patient navigation centre for children with complex care needs that Dr. Shelley Doucet, from UNB Saint John, and myself co-founded. I teach […]
The Learning Boat of Acquired Knowledge: Is it Sailing Without a Captain?
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking to a long-time friend of mine about our work, and how interesting our journey has been. Dr. Rima Azar and I met at the age of 25 as graduate students at the University of Montreal. At the time, little did we know that we would both venture in […]
3 Important Steps Towards Conscious Leadership
I feel my story is a simple one to share and yet at the same time, when I share it with others, more often than not, it seems to elicit the pleasant response “I never really saw it that way”. Here is how my leadership journey led me to discover 3 important steps on the […]
The Courage to Redesign Your Leadership Presence
Whenever I pack for a family vacation, I take with me a few books. Usually, there is a poetry book, a psychology-based textbook, and a book on a topic I know nothing about. Most recently, I decided to dive into the fields of affective neuroscience and biology. I’ve always fancied the thought of being a […]