THE THREE Rs FOR A STRONG, STRATEGIC Q4 Just a few weeks ago, my family and I had a whirlwind Labor Day weekend in Toronto to wrap up the...

Want better results? Challenge your thinking. You’ve had your rest. Now it's time for reflection. As Labour Day approaches, it’s the...

Our summer leadership series has explored why leaders need a vacation, too , and shared five simple steps for leaders who find it hard to...

WhiteWater’s summer reading list: Our team is stacked with bookworms, so we had a lot of fun compiling a roundup of great summer reading...

How to Take a Summer Vacation: Top Five Tips for Leaders Summer is here, and many of us are looking forward to a well-deserved break from...

Too many leaders think vacation is for other people. That’s a problem. If you never take an extended break (not just a day or a weekend),...

What’s Your Change Management Style? Focus on these skills to next-level your leadership game What makes some leaders more...

What’s Your Change Management Style? Change may be the only constant these days, but it’s not enough to simply say leaders must be able...

The Best Leaders are Self-Aware “Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who? Ah, who the f*** are you?” — The Who How can you lead others if you...

Leading Through Uncertainty Takes Caring & Connection With the ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine, an inflationary economy, the recent...

Leverage Your Company’s Small Size for Huge Talent Advantages Part 2 in WhiteWater’s Small to Medium-Sized Business Success Series. Big...

Leading is Delegating Leading, by definition, is not a solo activity. So why do so many leaders try to go it alone, hoarding their team’s...

Reflections on 2021: A Year of Constant Adaptation Another epic year of change and challenges is in the books. In 2021, as we continued...

Embrace Hybrid & Flexible Work For Good Remember earlier this summer when we all thought COVID was just about beat, and we were headed...

How to Embrace the ‘Next Normal’ It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since what might be called the old normal and many of us have spent...

Critical Challenge: Empowering Leaders to Execute. (as found in the latest edition of Navigating WhiteWater) As I reflect on the role of...

Keeper of the Values One afternoon, my two young children were out in the front yard, playing a game of pickup soccer with a couple of...

Think Piece: The Foundation of True Leadership's All in Your Head. A few years ago, I worked with the leadership team of a massive,...

The ABCs of Effective Training There are three types of training participants: the keeners, the vacationers, and the prisoners. Only...

‘Have you noticed what’s happening here?’ I vividly remember being called in to lead a group of leaders and managers through a discussion...