Archive for May, 2006

Love and Caring: Being Careful About Love »

I have wrestled with the use of the word love in Strength Based Leadership.I was told by an executive at a large corporation to not use the word love during a keynote address. As she said, “we don’t use the word love around here, it is not part of our corporate culture.” In response to […]

Respect »

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. (Thomas Jefferson)

There has been much work in Manitoba on respectful workplaces. Here is the respectful workplace definition from the Manitoba Federation of Labour Occupational Health Centre:A respectful workplace supports the physical, psychological and social well-being of all […]

Spirituality: A sense of purpose »

My fifth signature strength and the final profile in this series is spirituality and a sense of purpose. The Values in Action inventory defines spirituality as: having coherent beliefs about a higher purpose, the meaning of life, and the meaning of the universe. I am not sure I operate at such a high level of […]