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In this episode of LeaderLike You!, we explore the power of cross-generational training sessions and why learning across age groups can transform teams. Each generation brings unique strengths: experienced professionals contribute perspective, institutional knowledge, and strategic thinking, while younger colleagues often introduce fresh ideas, digital fluency, and new ways of working. When organi...

Today, we celebrate you! Your dedication, passion, and hard work make all the difference. As leaders, it’s our privilege to recognize and support the incredible contributions you bring every day. True leadership starts with appreciation—valuing each individual’s unique strengths and fostering a culture of respect and gratitude. Take a moment to reflect on your impact, and know that your efforts ar...

World Ice Skating Day is a global celebration of the joy and creativity that skating brings to people of all ages and skill levels. It’s about uniting communities on the ice and encouraging everyone to give skating a try. Just like leadership, skating is about finding balance, making strides, and sometimes falling before you rise again. I delve into how skating mirrors the journey of leadership an...

Every day should be Kindness Day because small acts of kindness have the power to transform lives. Kindness builds trust, strengthens connections, and fosters emotional well-being. A kind word or gesture can ripple outward, creating a more compassionate world. When we choose kindness daily, we inspire hope, healing, and humanity.

The spirit of acceptance - in honour of Nelson Mandela by Robert Kahn

A discussion on how to inspire your teams and be a great leader to them! Retaining and attracting talent for your business is tough. Watch and discover how!

Do you use checklists? Have you stopped using checklists? If you don't or you do sometimes, I encourage you to adopt this technique all the time for better practise in all areas of your life! Be leaderlike, checklist your life!

The mind is like a parachute, if it's not open, it won't work! In this podcast I share a story of my recent hike up Mount Salève in Geneva when I had an aha moment. Listen and learn how to foster resilience and preserve connections.

We all have preferences. As a leader striking a balance between our preferences and habits is crucial for our personal development and that of our talent too. Our preferences have an impact on how we learn and how we lead. Do this questionnaire and discover which kind of learner you are, so that you can better lead others. https://www.mint-hr.com/mumford/

The JoHari Window from LeaderLike You! by Robert Kahn

We cannot deny that making connections has become somewhat easier since the invention of the internet! What seems to have become more difficult is making real, human connections. That is why I recorded this Podcast, as a reminder that at every given opportunity, we can choose to communicate with the other. The riches of life and exchange are still available to each one of us, should you choose to...

It’s black history month. Last year I went to visit the George Floyd Memorial in south Minneapolis, a moving experience. I met a wonderful human named Dr. Remi Douah who is doing some incredible work from the memorial. Inspired by his son, he set up www.846S.org (Donate for Mental Health Sessions of Youth | 846s.org) an association supporting black mental health issues and doing some amazing work...

When is the last moment you took to switch off and check in with your beautiful body? Set some time aside for you, get comfy and give your mind and body a reboot with my body scan meditation. “Through practising body scan awareness meditation, we can greatly reduce the detrimental effects of stress and make our working lives pleasant and enjoyable.” Christopher Dines, Mindfulness Burnout Preventio...

Have you ever you found yourself at a fork in the road? It may appear that success is on one road, and a difficult road on the other side. Guess which one us humans often we choose by default! The comfy one, which does not include risk is usually the one we, as humans (full of self-doubt) choose- and could be seen as the negative route! This can then become a cycle of doubt, other people doubt us,...

Using questions in the negative may be a great way for you to get exactly what you want, at home and in your professional life!

“You’re only as good as your day off! What happens in the workplace when a leader is absent? Does your ship sail when you are not around? Listen to how my experiences from years ago, still serve me today.”

For me one of the aspects of being human that meant the most for me in my life so far (aside from being a parent, father, companion, son, friend) is being with myself -- it's been to accept my imperfections. As you see in the photo of KinTsugi art which is Japanese for golden joinery. Kin means “golden”and Tsugi means rejoining and it’s the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the a...

Robert Kahn and Thumoe Aung met many moons ago. Here they take a deep dive into how change affects us and what to do to handle it!

A logbook is what ships use to track data progress: course, wind speed, temperature… you name it. A captain and his team usually make their entries every night. So, if you want to look at a voyage you read the logbook. As a leader, if you don’t have a factual logbook system, it may fall back upon you at some point.

This 4-part series comes from an interview I had the honor of conducting with a lady named Annie Johnson, born in Granada, Mississippi 1949. Growing up she was a sharecropper's daughter and here she tells me what happened back in the day. Annie's strength and judgement of what was right and wrong struck me, and with Annie's consent, I'm thrilled that the world will hear these stories today. Listen...

Told for the first time in over 70 years. Annie was a sharecropper’s daughter, picking cotton as a young lady in the South. She shares the shocking experiences she lived through in her youth. This is an extraordinary insight into life back when slavery ended, and sharecropping started. (All pictures are stock pictures similar to Annie’s memory. None are originals from Annie’s youth).

Told for the first time in over 70 years. Annie was a sharecropper’s daughter, picking cotton as a young lady in the South. She shares the shocking experiences she lived through in her youth. This is an extraordinary insight into life back when slavery ended, and sharecropping started. (All pictures are stock pictures similar to Annie’s memory. None are originals from Annie’s youth).

Told for the first time in over 70 years. Annie was a sharecropper’s daughter, picking cotton as a young lady in the South. She shares the shocking experiences she lived through in her youth. This is an extraordinary insight into life back when slavery ended, and sharecropping started. (All pictures are stock pictures similar to Annie’s memory. None are originals from Annie’s youth).

Told for the first time in over 70 years. Annie was a sharecropper’s daughter, picking cotton as a young lady in the South. She shares the shocking experiences she lived through in her youth. This is an extraordinary insight into life back when slavery ended, and sharecropping started. (All pictures are stock pictures similar to Annie’s memory. None are originals from Annie’s youth).

Winston Churchill said the following “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” In the late 1980's I had a job in the Minnesota State Senate working for a senator whose name was Allan Spear. He was chair of the Judiciary Committee and later went on to become president of the Senate. I was a lowly legislative assistant and a legislative page in the Senate, so I was able...