by Dawna MacLean | Oct 22, 2012 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
I loved Seth Godin’s post this morning, it was the validation I have craved for quite some time. Ever since I started my own practice I have been asked “what is your elevator pitch?” to which I respond “I don’t really have one”. And despite all of the pressure I...
by Dawna MacLean | Oct 22, 2012 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
I have yet to meet a leader that can effectively solve problems or conflict by way of assertion. In fact, assertion as a means to resolution is highly toxic to your organizational culture. Assertion is like holding a beach ball under water, holding it steady is...
by Dawna MacLean | Jun 14, 2012 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
Traditional corporate communication needs an overhaul. It needs to become less about corporate tone and messaging and more about dynamic and engaging communications. More over it needs to be conversational. I got goose bumps as I read Leadership Is a Conversation...
by Dawna MacLean | Jun 4, 2012 | Archive, Change, Leadership, Parenting
As a change agent I have come to believe that the most formidable inhibitors to change are our false truths. Each and everyone one of us have false truths that can sabotage our potential. And our false truths are widespread in both our personal and professional...
by Dawna MacLean | Mar 13, 2012 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
What you don’t see online with HBR’s article The CEO’s Role in Business Model Reinvention is my favourite part of the article in the print version. The online version provides a forward looking business model framework designed to “manage the...
