Leadership Unleashed

Leaders who have risen to the top of organizations tend to exude great confidence. And, after working with determination and competing for the top job, they often have a strong ego. Some develop what is known as hubris syndrome, resulting in overconfidence. This leads to impulsive decision-making that causes turmoil among those who work for them and can damage the organizations they lead. These individuals aren’t open to feedback from others. They come to rely too much on

We’ve just completed an important case study, headed by Dr. Bill Howatt, which evaluated the impact of one-to-one coaching on leaders of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The value of one-to-one coaching has been broadly adopted in the global business community as an effective lever for personalized leadership development. Both corporate and public organizations recognize the transformational impact coaching has on a leader’s performance but what would the impact be

Published Thursday October 7th, 2010   Photo: Matthew Sherwood/Telegraph-Journal Dave Veale interviews Tom Gribbons, Vice-President & Branch Manager, RBC Dominion Securities as part of the Leadership Unleashed series of interviews. When you meet Tom Gribbons you immediately sense that you are dealing with a leader who is direct, straight forward and can handle the pressure that comes with being in the business of professional wealth management. I would expect that these are c

Published September 23, 2010 in the Telegraph Journal Photo: Matthew Sherwood/Telegraph-Journal Dave Veale interviews Dr. Bill Howatt, CEO of Howatt HR Consulting Inc. as part of the Leadership Unleashed series of interviews with leaders. When you get an email from Nova Scotia’s Dr. Bill Howatt you’ll notice a quote embedded in his email signature from Napoleon Hill, the celebrated author of Think and Grow Rich. It reads “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can ac