Leadership Unleashed

Translating the Rapid Transformation of Our Values into Possibilities

Dave Veale

5 min

Translating the Rapid Transformation of Our Values into Possibilities

For individuals, leaders and organizations, so much is shifting and evolving today. Coupled with acute challenges to global health, racial inequalities and economic disparities, it can seem overwhelming. As uncomfortable as this may be, it also presents an opportunity to re-design or refine ourselves and our organizations. There’s no better time to reflect, recalibrate and redefine that as we start a new year. Values underpin everything we do, from our thinking and behaviours

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A SPECIAL WEBINAR EVENT: Managing Difficult Conversations

Dave Veale

2 min

A SPECIAL WEBINAR EVENT: Managing Difficult Conversations

I hope you will be able to join me this Thursday as I host Managing Difficult Conversations, a one-hour webinar event with leading labour and employment lawyer Kelly VanBuskirk. Kelly and I will explore why managers, whose job is to communicate with employees, don’t actually do it or do it effectively, even knowing that the consequences of avoiding difficult conversations can loom large and prove costly. Third in the Confronting Today’s Unique HR Challenges series sponsored b

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Dave Veale

2 min

Webinar series tackling HR challenges

This fall, Vision Coaching will be offering a series of free webinars designed to help leaders and organizations deal with many of the challenges they are facing today. Hosted by Dave Veale, they will feature conversations with experts in leadership and human resources issues. Kelly Van Buskirk: Handling Difficult Discussions Kelly Van Buskirk, a leading labour and employment lawyer, will share insight on handling difficult discussions. This session will explore why managers,

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Dave Veale

3 min

HELPING PEOPLE FIND RESILIENCE

After working for more than 35 years in the challenging health-care sector, Dora Nicinski brings the same motivational force to her current work as a leadership coach: a determination to make an immediate and important difference for the people around her. Dora’s skills in transition management, honed after decades in a variety of top leadership roles in health-care organizations across Canada, mean she has a unique insight into complex situations and relationships. Not only

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CONFRONTING THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS FACING LEADERS TODAY

Dave Veale

3 min

CONFRONTING THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS FACING LEADERS TODAY

Uncertainties surrounding the pandemic have created uniquely challenging conditions for leaders. Massive disruptions are requiring them to summon all their skills in communicating and motivating in order to manage operations effectively. After a long and successful career as a leader in the public service, Sylvie Levesque-Finn knows how important it is for leaders to be able to step back from a problem or issue, give themselves space and reflect on their world in a broader co

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THE SECRET TO GROWTH IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

Dave Veale

3 min

THE SECRET TO GROWTH IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

From her vantage point, leadership coach Lisa Haydon can see clearly that sales will be the key to survival and growth for many companies in the post-pandemic world. Indeed, she is convinced future success will depend on honing a competitive edge in sales. “Companies ambitious about growth are going to have to drive it through sales. They can’t do it through more cost containment,” says Lisa, one of the latest coaches to join the Vision Coaching roster. “They are going to wan

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LEADING THROUGH CRISIS AND THINKING PAST IT

Dave Veale

4 min

LEADING THROUGH CRISIS AND THINKING PAST IT

For David Savoie, president and CEO of one of Canada’s best-managed companies, everything changed the day the state of emergency was declared. For a man that exudes a calm confidence in the face of chaos, it was that pivotal day in March when it became abundantly clear that COVID-19 would no longer be just a worry – it would be a full-scale disruptor. He set up a “war room” with desks six feet apart and immediately began working with his management team on three scenarios for

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HELPING OTHERS, WITH A FOCUS ON A POST-PANDEMIC FUTURE

Dave Veale

4 min

HELPING OTHERS, WITH A FOCUS ON A POST-PANDEMIC FUTURE

Several weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Lianne Krakauer began noticing a subtle shift among some of the people she works with as a leadership and career coach. The intensity of constant crisis management was beginning to relent, if only slightly, to allow for the possibility of a future without chaos and fear. And for those who haven’t yet arrived, she’s carefully broaching the prospect of getting there. “There are quite a few people grappling with ‘How do I kee

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NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP AMID THE CRISIS OF A PANDEMIC

Dave Veale

5 min

NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP AMID THE CRISIS OF A PANDEMIC

Throughout his career, Stewart Pollard has been influencing change – among leaders, among teams and throughout organizations. An engineer by trade, he spent over 20 years working with companies to implement process improvement and drive organizational change. He then moved out on his own to become a leadership coach, and is today part of Vision Coaching’s roster of exceptional coaches. He caught some attention recently on LinkedIn when he shared with his network a photo of a

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Measuring the results – and integrity – of coaching in today’s world

Dave Veale

3 min

Measuring the results – and integrity – of coaching in today’s world

Coaching is an effective way to help leaders achieve business objectives and improve productivity and performance. The coaching industry is estimated globally at $2.4 billion annually, suggesting that organizations and individuals see value in coaching as a service. Measuring the integrity and results of coaching today But there is one issue both coaches and client organizations are confronting: how do we really know the value? There are ways to quantify the return on coachin

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Dave Veale

3 min

How ego can imperil your career

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

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Pondering the Future of Leadership Development

Dave Veale

3 min

Pondering the Future of Leadership Development

The worry is pervasive. “The Future of Leadership Development,” an insightful piece in the Harvard Business Review, notes that more than half of senior leaders believe their talent development programs are not adequately building the critical skills and organizational capabilities they need. That’s right – more than 50 per cent are concerned their investments in leadership development aren’t working and aren’t helping to strengthen their organizations for the future. Complica

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The Intangible Benefits of Coaching – What a Case Study Revealed

Dave Veale

3 min

The Intangible Benefits of Coaching – What a Case Study Revealed

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

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