by Lance | Mar 6, 2022 | Character, Courage, Inspiration, Love, Oneness, respect, Service, Uncategorized
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, has removed all guest and host fees for bookings in Ukraine. The idea behind his move is to open a channel for direct support to Ukrainians. If you book an Airbnb reservation, (of course you won’t need to actually go!) all of the money will go...
by Lance | Feb 28, 2022 | Authenticity, Character, Courage, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Relationships, respect, trust, Uncategorized, Values
This is not a blog about politics. It is a blog about leadership and inspiration (which, of course, is the same thing). Like you, I have been watching the daily unfolding of the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I have not been shocked by Vladimir Putin—I...
by Lance | Jun 10, 2020 | Calling, Character, Courage, Culture, Effectiveness, influence, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Oneness, power, respect, Service, Uncategorized, Values
When we emerge from the worst of Covid-19, we will judge companies, and patronise their firms (or not), based on how they behaved during these challenging times. I received an email today with a lot of fluffy bromides from the chairman of Canada’s largest employer...
by Lance | May 7, 2020 | Authenticity, Calling, Character, Coaching, Culture, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Mobile App, Relationships, respect, Spirit at Work, Spirit@Work, Uncategorized, Values
During our “Inspiration in the Cloud” Zoom video call today, I shared this poem with all of the participants who joined our weekly 30-minute inspiring conversation. The poem is starkly gender-insensitive, but, remember, he died before I was born!...
by Lance | Mar 16, 2020 | Coaching, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Mobile App, Relationships, Uncategorized
You don’t need any message from me about what to do (social distancing, hand-washing, etc.). So let’s look at this a little differently….. We have all been given the gift of time – what will you do with your gift? We have a golden opportunity to use...
by Lance | Feb 19, 2020 | Authenticity, Coaching, Courage, Culture, Effectiveness, influence, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Management, Mobile App, ONE Dream®, Relationships, respect, Service, Spirit at Work, Spirit@Work, Truthfulness, Values
A Buddhist parable tells the story of a monk confronted by a fierce tiger while on a quiet walk. The monk becomes motionless. He knows that just beyond him is a cliff and just below that cliff is the rocky shoreline and the turbulent sea. The monk is caught between...