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On Leadership: Walking the Whiterock Ultra, year two

Last year, I wrote about participating in the Whiterock Ultra. Rather than running the full distance, I chose to walk a partial race, completing 13 miles, a half-marathon. I did it in memory of my …

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On Leadership: Strategic career advancement in a changing world

When I started out in the working world, the path to advancement felt linear. You got some education or training, joined a company, did good work, and waited for a promotion or advancement. For the …

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On Leadership: The AI transformation: Are you leading or lagging?

Over the past week, I had candid conversations with three CEOs in different industries – insurance, agriculture and marketing – each at a different stage of AI adoption, yet all aligned on one key point: …

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On Leadership: When life comes to work: Managing personal stress as a leader

This is part of an ongoing series on mental health and leadership.

For nearly five years, I served as the primary caregiver for my beloved elderly aunt, who had dementia. I relocated her across the …

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On Leadership: The silent crisis: Why leaders must tackle mental health stigma

This is part of an ongoing series on mental health and leadership.

Mental health struggles are quietly shaping the modern workplace. Behind polished resumes and team meetings lie stories of anxiety, depression, burnout and loss …

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On Leadership: Leading without breaking-Why top leaders must invest in support for mental health and high performance

This is part of an ongoing series on mental health and leadership.

In today’s high-pressure leadership landscape, the mental health of CEOs, founders and executives is under increasing strain. As the stakes of leadership rise, …

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Leading from a place of well-being: A personal reflection on mental health in leadership

How many of us as leaders can honestly say we have always been OK? I certainly can’t. My own journey, and my observations of others in leadership, have highlighted the profound impact of mental well-being …

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On Leadership: Hard-won wisdom: Leadership for uncertain and turbulent times

Flashback to April 2020. One month into the pandemic, the world stood still. As CEO of BPC, my days were a blur of Zoom calls and frantic news updates. Remote work became the norm, and …

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On Leadership: Stop doing everything – The power of strategic prioritization

“My inbox is a war zone and my calendar a battlefield,” a CEO recently confessed to me. While we both got a chuckle out of his description, his detailed account of the relentless barrage of …

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On Leadership: Why continuous learning is a leadership essential in the digital age

The urgency of continuous learning hit me hard recently. An entire class of MBA students awaited an assignment I’d uploaded incorrectly on the online education platform that I was still learning to use. Panicked, I …

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