by Hugh MacPhie | Feb 14, 2023 | Leadership, Strategy
Planning for an Inclusive Future Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become integral to most organizations – but what does success look like for DEI-focused strategic plans? With all that has happened over the past few years, many leaders have made renewed...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jan 17, 2023 | Leadership
Leadership is Lonely “I want to be the boss.” Beginning at a young age, I used to utter those words constantly. From being in the classroom, to being on sports teams, to being in the workplace, I equated being “the boss”, or the leader, or the team captain, to being...
by Hugh MacPhie | Sep 13, 2022 | Culture, Leadership
What Do Your Meetings Look Like? For those who remember it, the Jerry Springer Show would bring together family members or former friends to create a tinderbox of conflict. Usually – after the disclosure of some bizarre sin committed by one of the people on...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jun 22, 2022 | Leadership
What Rock Climbing Can Teach Us About Leadership Humans are only born with two innate fears – a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling. Despite the latter, the sport of rock climbing has become increasingly popular around the globe, especially after its Olympic...
by Hugh MacPhie | May 27, 2022 | Leadership
Shifting from a Fixed to a Growth Mindset What you believe is what you will achieve! This echoes the work of Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, who illustrated how mindsets impact how people see their abilities, talents, and intelligence....
by Hugh MacPhie | Apr 21, 2022 | Leadership
Everyone is Still in Seventh Grade Over the course of any given week, we get to connect with and support senior leaders across a number of organizations. And one of the things that consistently fascinates us is how, regardless of the level of seniority of a leader, or...