Reading time: about 3 minutes. One of the questions I’m often asked as a mindset consultant is why is it so difficult to think differently? Perhaps on the surface, that seems like an easy question to answer: because we often don’t question the way we think....
Reading time: about 3 minutes. Since the killing of George Floyd, the world has turned its attention to the systemic social injustice woven into the fabric of many of our institutions. On June 11 this year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, acknowledged that “systemic racism is...
Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. How does mindset figure into the launch of new products? In this blog, I’m assuming we know go to market (GTM) strategies that align sales, ops, and development; that create value propositions focused on the customer. That we know about value chains,...
Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. Building a leadership team is an opportunity for the leader who assembles the team and the company that team will lead. In this blog, I’d like to explore two situations where a leadership team is built; the pros and cons of each;...
Reading time: about 2 minutes. One question we hear often at Innate Leaders is around mindset and recruiting. How do you recruit people with the right mindset? It’s that question that is the focus of this week’s blog. Mindset in the Workplace Before we get to that, let’s...
Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. In the fast-paced world most of us live in, curiosity seems like a luxury. We have deadlines to meet, stakeholders to keep on board, and a never-ending conveyor belt of projects to take care of. So why would someone who knows enough...
Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. In this week’s blog I’d like to share part of a recent conversation I had with a HR professional. The topic was executive development and the question was this: why are executives are the hardest people to source professional development for? The...
Reading time: about 3 mins. Isn't it what we all want for our businesses: leadership teams and staff who act and feel as if the business they’re working for is theirs? Create that and people take initiative. They consider the impact of their actions on the...
Reading Time: 3 minutes. Recently I’ve been chatting with people about mindset. OK, so that’s not really news, but what is news is who those conversations have been with. The people I’ve been chatting with aren’t clients, not even potential clients. and the conversations are about...
Reading Time: 3 minutes. In 1914 Arthur Quiller-Couch gave a lecture on writing at Cambridge University. He probably never imagined a phrase he uttered that day would still be quoted over a 100 years later, but his phrase – murder your darlings – is still good...