Archive for category: Self-Cultivation

Distinguishing between truth-tellers and pundits

Distinguishing between truth-tellers and pundits

0 / March 31, 2010 3:23 pm

Last time, I introduced the roles of prophets, critics, and truth-tellers in enriching the ecology of leadership. I failed to mention however that there is an implied assumption that those truth-tellers and prophets are adaptive. This is, of course, not [...]

Get Your Black Belt… Then Let It Go

Get Your Black Belt… Then Let It Go

0 / March 10, 2010 10:32 am

After eleven years of study and training, my wife finally received her first degree blackbelt in karate called a shodan in Renbukai karate. It was a proud achievement, but in the oriental tradition, the shodan merely indicates that she is [...]

Breathing in Combat

1 / February 20, 2010 8:21 pm

Last week I held a very basic self-defense workshop for the City of Calgary Waterworks division. Now some of you might be wondering why a leadership coach / consultant would teach a self-defense course. First of all, it’s fun, but [...]

How to Leave Your Job (Tip 3)

How to Leave Your Job (Tip 3)

0 / February 19, 2010 12:48 pm

I use to be addicted to role-playing games. One of the classic aspects of the game was that you often had to “level up” before you could move on to a new and more challenging section of the fantasy world. [...]

How to Leave Your Job (Tip 1)

2 / January 28, 2010 10:25 am

Imagine if you were laid-off today. What would you do? If the prospect frightens you or the only response you have is to madly send out resumes for job postings, it might be time to do a checkup on your [...]