How to Stop Initiative In Its Tracks – Impact of a Blaming Culture – For someone who loves moving things forward constructively, there is little that is as insidious as a leader whose main focus is “to know who is to blame” when things don’t go well.  The fact that

Pay Attention to Big Deals! Valleybrook Gardens had been in business for about 38 years and it was one of those companies where many staff had worked for between 15 and 25 years. The outside staff, who were responsible for most of the manual labour of planting, moving plants and

Bully or Goal-Focused Rainmaker? Goal-focused rainmakers are very successful business people who are really good at bringing in the business and making sure that what was promised is delivered. Clients love them, because the service they provide is second-to-none.  Business leaders love them, because they significantly impact company success in

Servant Leadership I find the experience of being a Servant Leader allied to the way that some people talk about volunteering and the joy that having done something extremely worthwhile makes them feel. It is always such an interesting fact of life that when you give, you get. For me,