On December 31, 2023 at the CCO Rise Up Conference in Ottawa, I presented a workshop entitled “First Things First”. Below is a summary of the presentation with links to some additional resources. You can also listen to a recording … Read More
On December 31, 2019 at the CCO Rise Up Conference in Toronto, I presented a workshop entitled Balancing Act. Below is an outline of the presentation with links to some additional resources. You can listen to a recording of the … Read More
This article is an excerpt from a workshop presented by Jeff Lockert at CCO’s Rise Up Conference in 2019. In 2012, performer Nick Walenda attempted to cross the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Nick is a faithful … Read More
A couple of weeks ago both my assistant and I returned from time away on summer vacation. I had been to a wonderful family camp set near a lake in Quebec, with somewhat modest but adequate accommodations. My assistant had … Read More
We have all done it. We’ve sat down to look up something quickly on the internet and then been sucked into mindlessly scrolling through our favorite social media feed (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) until we realize that 30 or 60 … Read More
I want to invite you to take 5 minutes and do some summer reading that will enrich your leadership development. This past week I have had the pleasure to be teaching a course entitled “Leaders for the Renewal of the … Read More
I regularly seek to learn from leaders who I admire by interviewing them and downloading their experiences. In the first part of a recent conversation with Scott Cochrane (Vice President, Global Leadership Network, which organizes the Global Leadership Summit), he shared … Read More
In a previous article I wrote about the need to propose a new definition of balance, in order for leaders to be truly able to achieve it. I proposed that a more valuable definition of balance is “consistently living life … Read More
There are many common statements in our culture and among people such as, “I’m so busy” or, “I need more balance” or, “I feel burned out”. Most people are coveting “balance” in their lives. They are searching for it but … Read More
The challenge we have as leaders is to effectively invest our time. There are so many things that we can be doing, and managing them all can become difficult. But in order to be effective we need to be masters over … Read More