Strategy & Leadership Scholar & Speaker | Professor @iveybusiness | Former Commanding Officer in Canadian Navy | Dir @teenchallengeca | Canadian Who's Who 2022
Downsizing reduces headcount without reducing scope. Downscoping reduces scope, by selling or shutting down subsidiaries. One stretches your team thinner while the other sharpens your strategic focus. https://t.co/EgDBZM86yT #LeadershipMatters
Leadership isn't about always having the right answers - it's about creating the space for the right questions to be asked. #leadership#LeadershipDevelopment
Great leaders absorb the hits and share the wins. Give your team credit when things go well and take responsibility when things go wrong. #leadership#leadershipmindset
Gut feeling draws from experience, intuition, and emotional intelligence. Data-driven insights offer objectivity, patterns, and measurable evidence. The best decisions come from balancing both. #leadership#LeadershipMatters
Leadership Lesson #1: Be humble. Treat everyone, from the chair of the board to the most junior employee, with respect and kindness. I’ll be sharing more of these over the next couple of weeks. Follow along for a dose of grounded #leadership. #LeadershipDevelopment
Great leaders recognize that success is a collective achievement - one that emerges not from individual acclaim, but from cultivating an environment where others can thrive. #leadership
Set the bar high—and then lead the way.
When you believe in your team’s potential, they’ll rise to meet it. The key? Clear expectations, consistent support, and a culture that empowers growth. #leadership#LeadershipMatters
"In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him." – Ralph Waldo Emerson. Leadership starts with humility. #leadership#MondayMotivation
True leadership aligns purpose with performance—and helps people see how their work contributes to something greater. That’s when teams rise above expectations. #LeadershipMatters
When you lead by example, hold yourself to a high standard and use formal authority only when necessary, you earn respect that no title can command. #leadership
As a CEO, your role isn’t to be the best at everything. It’s to hire people who are—experts in their craft. That’s how great teams (and companies) are built. 💼 #leadership