generosity

Do you know anyone who doesn’t like a generous person? Anyone who would rather go out to dinner with a miser? Do you think it would be fun to be friends with someone who never shared, never was considerate? No, we like being with people who have open hands and who are generous because the…

Dad at 95

We were away when Dad’s birth date when zooming by. I was walking along the street in downtown Calgary, the city I was born in, thinking about Dad at 95. What would that have been like. A compassionate man who loved his family deeply I think would have been more compassionate, more loving. That’s my…

Questions for Leaders to ask themselves

In my present role I have a regular question that comes to me from many people: “what do you want to do about this?”. “This” maybe a number of things – personnel issues, questions on policy, strategic thought, simple decisions around events or visits. It strikes me that leadership is about making decisions, and good…