Posts in Personal Leadership
Lead in With Lorne - Good and Bad, Your Organization’s Stories Never Die

Powerful storytelling is instrumental to advancing an organization’s culture. However, you can never repaint over the old ones, whether they are negative or positive.

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Lead In With Lorne - Define and Reinforce Your Rituals

This week, we want to talk about some cool rituals that organizations adopt and implement into their values and practices.

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Lead In With Lorne - A Great (Not Perfect) Father’s Day Story

In the spirit of Father’s Day, we want to celebrate our Dads for their great (not perfect) contributions to our lives.

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Lead In With Lorne - So You Want Belonging in Your Organization? Here’s How

Here are the clift notes on how to get strategizing for actual, meaningful, impactful belonging in your teams.

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Lead In With Lorne - This One is Complicated

There’s a lot going on in this one. Enjoy!

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Lead In With Lorne - Three Questions to Consider

I’m offering three questions to contemplate. Have a listen and find out what they are.

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Lead In With Lorne - Think of Your Team as a Franchise

You can lead from where you are, and make culture changes from any position. Here’s more about how.

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Lead In With Lorne - What Did Your Mothers Teach You?

In the aftermath of celebrating Mother’s Day, it made me think.

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Lead In With Lorne - You Can Challenge Your ‘Return to Work’ Policies

You can challenge your return to work policies that don’t make any sense.

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Lead In With Lorne - These Growth Mindset Stories Are Inspirational

Sometimes we need some inspiration from others, especially when it comes to embracing the idea of a growth mindset. Here are two great examples.

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Lead In With Lorne - A Trip to 1990’s Japan and Modern Business Cards

This made me reflect on an executive trip to Japan in the early 1990’s, and how vital the business card was during that visit. I packed more than 1,000 business cards for that journey alone! Here’s that story.

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Lead In With Lorne - This Winning Culture is Propelled by Purpose and Tradition

This week, I’m motivated by recently attending a University of Alberta Golden Bear hockey team game. Their winning tradition, since 1910, is propelled by purpose and great culture.

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Lead In With Lorne - Fun and Experimentation Like Sir Richard Branson

This week, I’d like to commit to more fun and experimentation, with inspiration from Sir Richard Branson.

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Lead In With Lorne - Doing the Right Thing During Crisis

The situation in Ukraine is a personal one for me, and it’s an opportunity to reflect on leadership in a crisis.

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Lead In With Lorne - Do You Take Credit For Your Team’s Ideas

Are you a leader who takes all the credit for the team’s ideas? We all know one.

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Lead In With Lorne - Someone You Work With Has a 10X Idea

Someone in your organization likely has a 10x idea for you to get in front of it. Think big, start small, and find it.

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Lead In With Lorne - Embrace Self-Awareness as Leaders

In the spirit of authenticity, don’t be afraid to be self-deprecating and laugh at your shortcomings.

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Lead In With Lorne - Why Is Giving Recognition So Hard?

How come giving recognition is so difficult?



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Lead In With Lorne - Two Stories, We Are What We Do

Warning: These stories involve backstabbing, disingenuous action, long term consequences, costly entitlement, corporate jets and golf. They also teach us that we need to do what we say, and model what we believe.



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Lead In With Lorne - What’s Your Recharge Strategy?

We all need our own, unique recharge strategy. Here’s mine!



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