What This Year of Leadership Consulting Taught Me
Every year, my birthday is a milestone I use to reflect. It’s a marker to actually stop and ask what the last year added up to, not in revenue or projects finished, but in what I learned from being in the room with so many leaders and watching them do the hardest parts of the […]
Board Roles Explained: Who Does What on a Nonprofit Board
Every board has one. The member who nods through the treasurer’s report, seconds every motion, and privately wonders what, exactly, they signed up for. If that’s you, you’re in good company. Canada has roughly 170,000 nonprofit organizations, and nearly all of them are governed by volunteers who learned the job by doing it. This guide […]
Turnover Is Expensive. Pay Isn’t the Whole Story.
When someone leaves and says it’s for more money, believe them. In a lot of industries, wages have not kept pace with the cost of living, and for plenty of departing employees, that reason is exactly, literally true. Compensation is a real problem. Companies that haven’t adjusted for it are going to keep losing people […]
What Growing Companies Get Wrong About HR Documentation
When a termination goes sideways, it’s rarely because the decision was wrong. It’s because the paper trail wasn’t there. Here’s what HR documentation actually protects — and how to build the habit before you need it.
Why Most Manager Training Doesn’t Work
Organisations spend billions developing their managers every year. Most of it doesn’t stick. Here’s why that keeps happening, and what genuinely changes how people lead. There’s a moment that happens in almost every organisation running a manager development programme. The workshop ends. People feel energised. The feedback forms are positive. And then, about three weeks later, […]
The Confidence Gap No One Talks About in Women’s Leadership
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from working too hard, but from constantly questioning whether you are doing it right. You have the job title. You have the track record. You have the meetings on your calendar and the people who come to you when things go sideways. By every external […]
