Tackle Tuesday

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY On this month's episode of Tackle Tuesday, I invited professional speaker Jeff A.D. Martin onto the show to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace .  Jeff is familiar with loss and hardship due to the tragic death of his cousin Omar, who was killed in 2005. Today, he is a community advocate who provides programs on self-worth, leadership, diversi...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY Over the last year and a half, women have made important strides in gaining representation in senior leadership, but the pandemic continues to take a toll as women are significantly more burned out than their male counterparts. In this month’s episode of Tackle Tuesday, I discuss some of the challenges I faced as a female leader in a male dominated industry and how that le...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY In this episode, we dove into the difference between compliance and commitment and the importance of creating a culture of commitment to achieve due diligence in our safety management systems. We touch on some key points for how employers can get at the heart of culture to nurture a safety-orientated workplace. Chris and I have been working together over the past two years...

Send us Fan Mail I remember when I decided to launch my podcast. I wasn’t sure what I was doing or if anyone would actually listen to it. Over time I not only got the hang of it, but I also discovered I had a true passion for interviewing thought leaders and experts in the field of leadership and organizational learning . When it came to selecting content for the show, I reached out to others to a...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY For this week’s Tackle Tuesday episode, I was joined by Life & Wellness Coach and Yoga & Meditation Instructor, Elyse Cathrea . Elyse helps folks go from feeling disconnected and stuck, frustrated in life, wondering things like “ is this what it’s supposed to be like ” to feeling excited about creating a life they are connected to. Through yoga and mindfulness Elys...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY For this week’s Tackle Tuesday episode, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Dan Edds who is the CEO of Praxis Solutions, a management consulting firm.  Dan is the author of L everaging the Genetics of Leadership - Cracking the Code of Sustainable Team Performance . Dan’s book reveals a new approach to leadership development, which some have called revolutionary . ...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY This week I interviewed Cindy Clark who is one of the original members of the Women in Supply Chain (WISC) initiative. Cindy is now managing WISC as an independent not-for-profit initiative that supports individuals and organizations in the supply chain industry. During our conversation, Cindy shared her entrepreneurial journey and what it was like to be one of the only wo...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY Knowing what your values are and how they guide your leadership approach is a critical component in your leadership development journey.  During my conversation with Justin Yaassoub, Director at All Around Consulting, we explore what values-based leadership is, how to identify what your core values are, and how they become a part of your identity. Justin and I also discuss...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY Succession planning involves having the right people at the right time to fill critical positions in your organization, but yet many organizations don’t have a succession management process in place. From my experience, I have witnessed organizational cultures degenerate to toxic levels because when the CEO left, they took their workplace culture with them. They didn’t thi...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY For this week’s episode I had the opportunity to interview Christina Eanes, a former FBI violent crime analyst and senior manager. Christina is on a mission to help others achieve more in life – mainly by getting out of their own way.  In the past, I have openly shared my struggles as a new entrepreneur and how important it has been to develop my resiliency. That is why I...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY One of the most positive experiences I had in 2020 was launching my podcast. It gave me an opportunity to meet with amazing thought leaders, executives, authors, and coaches who have dedicated their life to unlocking the human potential. That is why I was excited to interview Julian Roberts for this week’s Tackle Tuesday episode. Julian is an ICF trained Executive and Lead...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY In this week’s episode, I interviewed Dr. Robert Barrett and Dr. Louis Francescutti, who are the authors of Hardwired: How Our Instincts to be Healthy are Making Us Sick. The book focuses on how as a human species we have evolved to survive, but in our modern world our survival instincts have created a health paradox. The things that are meant to keep us alive are in fact...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY How can we combine psychology and play in our lives and workplace?  How do we find fulfillment in our lives, personal and professional?  Is it possible to love what we do?  How many of us can say that we do? How many of us see our job as a means to an end…collecting a paycheque?  If you are seeking a dose of inspiration, motivation, wisdom, and fun, listen to my conversati...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY For this week’s episode I had the opportunity to interview Sheri Benson, who is the principal owner of Thrive Safety Consulting. From the beginning of her career, she believed strongly that a thriving health and safety system requires strong leadership, a clear culture, and the trust in management that comes from consistent support and development of employees. We had our...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY What is transformational leadership versus transactional leadership? How do you measure employee productivity? How does leadership influence productivity? These are the questions I explore and answer in today’s Tackle Tuesday episode.  I have received so many questions on this topic that I thought it would be best to answer them in one of my episodes. This conversation is...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY This week I had the opportunity to interview Paula Campkin, Vice-President of the Safety Centre of Excellence for Energy Safety Canada. Paula shares her experience as to what it is like to work in a male dominated industry, the challenges she faced and how she overcame them. Paula identified there was a gap, other women were experiencing it too, so she did something about...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY Have you ever wondered what innovation actually is? Is it a big idea that transforms life as we know it, or can it be something small that makes life easier? My conversation with Simon T this week provides much needed insight into what innovation is and what it looks like at an individual and organization level. We explore the relationship between innovation, failure, and...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY: Brenden is the founder of MasterTalk, a YouTube channel he started to help the world master the art of public speaking and communication. He coaches purpose driven entrepreneurs on how to master their message and share their ideas with the world.  When I met with Brenden, I thought our conversation would focus mostly on the skills and confidence to master the art of publi...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY As more women enter the workforce and into formal leadership positions, we find ourselves searching for a way to lead that is authentic to our true selves.  Authentic means to live your life according to the needs of our inner being, rather than the demands placed on us by someone else. Your authentic approach to leading yourself and others has to align with your passion a...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY How many of us actually explore why we want to become a manager before leaping into the role? In today's episode, we will explore five critical questions that we all need to answer before going for that promotion. FIVE CRITICAL QUESTIONS 1. I am an individual contributor who has fulfilled my potential and I am looking for a new challenge that will support my personal...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY This is our first episode in our special segment series, Taco Tuesday. Taco Tuesday is devoted to highlighting women in business and their efforts and achievements in creating inclusive and equitable societies.  When reviewing stats on where the world is at with gender parity, we can see that no single society has achieved total equality between women and men. And although...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY Taco Tuesday is a special segment series devoted to highlighting women in business, leadership, and their efforts and achievements in creating inclusive and equitable societies. And yes, the double entendre is intentional. If you don’t want to miss out on the next Taco Tuesday episode, be sure to follow me on social media...links are below. SPECIAL THANKS I would like to g...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY In response to the Me Too and Black Lives Matter movements, we have seen a number of organizations rushing to tick the “Diversity & Inclusion” box, which mostly encompasses unconscious bias training. But when diversity and inclusion strategies do not go beyond basic compliance training, we miss an opportunity to truly to assess how diverse groups may experience our pol...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMARY Bringing someone in to simply fill a job isn’t enough. The contributions made by an employee's skills and experience will only get your organization so far. By developing a strong workplace culture, which involves knowing and communicating your company's vision and values, will help you achieve success in two bottom lines: people and profits!   In this week’s epi...

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