by GentleWays | Dec 1, 2019 | Wellness
A study published recently in Emotion (June 2019) showed that expressing our feelings precisely protects us from developing depressive symptoms. It’s solidly established in the field of psychology that expressing our feelings is healthier than repressing or denying...
by GentleWays | Nov 15, 2019 | Wellness
Are you aware of the many ways you try to change others? Do you make requests and suggestions? Do you drop hints? Use indirect ways like sulking; threats and punishment? Do you stew over what they should have done? Whatever the way, a great deal of our frustrations...
by GentleWays | Nov 10, 2019 | Leadership
My interest in Indigenous ways of being goes back to my undergraduate years when I was a foreign student at the University of Ottawa, more than three decades ago. I still remember the day when I saw and heard for the first time in my life an Aboriginal Chief. (This is...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
I used to drive by the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Québec (Canada) on my way to work. And every day, the same fleeting question would cross my mind. What makes a civilization? One night, I found myself wondering about civilized leadership. What is Civilized...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
There was a time when I used the image of lighthouse to symbolize leadership. It represented clarity, visibility, guidance. However, some of the other implicit messages associated with the symbol no longer reflect my notion of leadership. To me, leadership is not “out...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
Many years ago I published an article on seduction as leadership competency. I argued and presented some evidence that, everything being equal, leaders who use “seduction” have greater prospects for advancement than those who do not. I defined seduction as the...
