Why is it that, all things being equal, you can have two different experiences at the same place or with the same person? I recently had a delicious meal at a restaurant at Vancouver airport. So good that, on my next layover I went there again. Ordered the same thing. It was good but not [...]
Over the past thirty years I have accumulated a lot of experience as both a leader and one who has followed leaders. As I reflect over that time, there is a small group of individuals who I fondly remember as amazing leaders and, sadly, a much larger number of people who left much to be [...]
Just over one hundred and fifty health leaders from across Canada, the US, Europe and New Zealand came to Vancouver this week to answer a call for help. The call came from one of British Columbia’s health agencies which, like many health service organizations, is struggling with how to recast the system to ensure safe, [...]
I have always been fascinated by the language of leadership. Leaders. Followers. Servants. Power. Position. Influence. This language captures the many nuances of leadership, the various places one may dwell on the leadership spectrum and the way one approaches the responsibilities of leadership. At one end of the spectrum lies servant leadership - while the [...]