by GentleWays | Sep 11, 2020 | Leadership
Committed to creating a respectful and inclusive organizational culture? Begin with these three simple, powerful practices in any meeting you host/lead in your workplace. 1. Gently weave your input into the tapestry Become aware of your unique skills and know how to...
by GentleWays | Nov 10, 2019 | Leadership
My interest in Indigenous ways of being goes back to my undergraduate years when I was a foreign student at the University of Ottawa, more than three decades ago. I still remember the day when I saw and heard for the first time in my life an Aboriginal Chief. (This is...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
I used to drive by the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Québec (Canada) on my way to work. And every day, the same fleeting question would cross my mind. What makes a civilization? One night, I found myself wondering about civilized leadership. What is Civilized...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
There was a time when I used the image of lighthouse to symbolize leadership. It represented clarity, visibility, guidance. However, some of the other implicit messages associated with the symbol no longer reflect my notion of leadership. To me, leadership is not “out...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
Many years ago I published an article on seduction as leadership competency. I argued and presented some evidence that, everything being equal, leaders who use “seduction” have greater prospects for advancement than those who do not. I defined seduction as the...
