As I sit here getting ready to play just my third professional ice hockey game here in Sweden in the past month and a half, I notice that I have two minds about my current preparation. The first has a dialogue that sounds like: you’ve been here for over a month, you’ve been practicing and […]
Most of us consider emotions such as fear and anxiety as negative. It’s a part of ourselves that we need to overcome or fix. As high performers we must learn to view fear and the anxiety that comes with it as a valuable gateway to understanding its deeper meaning. When we dig into the […]
We’ve all heard the Peter Drucker quote, “culture eats strategy for breakfast” and we acknowledge that he’s right. Throughout my entire career, I’ve seen great initiatives fall flat because there was pushback, a lack of buy-in and/or ultimately, that the new behaviors were not adopted into the culture. What is organizational culture? There are […]
Our emotions act as a messenger between our brain and our bodies which helps us the better understand the beliefs we hold about ourselves and the world around us and the state we are in in that moment. Yet people often push emotions down and to the side. Out of sight, out of mind, […]
Who was your favourite coach or teacher growing up, and why? When I reflect on my youth experience, there are two coaches that I most fondly recall; my first ever coach in learn to skate hockey, and my junior coach. Why? Because they both: Included me: they made me feel like I belonged and […]
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