I recently delivered a series of three one-hour long sessions on Leadership to many of the organizations working at Innovation Place in Saskatoon and Regina in hybrid sessions. The in-person sessions were hosted in Saskatoon. It was so much fun to interact with a live audience, especially after our two-year hiatus over COVID. Attendance grew each time to a full house as in-person sessions as…
A presentation made by Dave Smith to the Fraser Valley CPA Association (FVCPAA) in November of 2021. Evaluations from 100+ attendees at the session were overwhelmingly positive. 89% rated the overall session very good or excellent and 96% were satisfied or very satisfied with the content.
In this week’s episode of the Sask Entrepreneurs Podcast, host Mouneeb Shahid speaks with David Smith, President, Executive Leadership Coach, Consultant & Speaker at Logia Consulting Inc. Logia Consulting primarily exists to help new and upcoming leaders make things happen as they lead their teams to success. They empower new leaders with their experience and existing leadership, carefully develop skills, coaching, mentorship, and passion for…
I fondly recall a cheeky little film on customer service from the 1980s called Remember Me. This short film inspired us all to remember those customers that we might have unwittingly ignored. Customers make decisions one way or another and our indifference to them does not bode well. How does that link to business advise for 2021? 2020 brought us lots to remember including that…
In the past seven months since the arrival of COVID-19, much has changed. We heard strategic prophets at the outset talk about how the next two years, will bring us the same amount of change anticipated for the coming two decades. Wow, much to assimilate and adapt to so quickly. As millions of people in Canada have transitioned to remote working, many things are different….
Have you ever been confused or discouraged when you’ve discovered that a team is not performing as expected or a team member isn’t fitting in? What happened? Did you inherit leadership of the team or personally assemble it? Has the team climate changed dramatically, maybe a pandemic has set in? Sadly, that is our reality six months into COVID-19. What Makes People Tick? In our…
A favourite resource of ours when working with teams is the body of work undertaken by Patrick Lencioni, which is summed up and his terrific book called The Advantage. Our associate Gabriel, took the time to synthesize this book into a brief post on some of the key learnings. We hope you enjoy it and find ways to apply it within your team and organization….
We are live in a time with many unplanned distractions (COVID-19, isolation, negative news, markets swirling…) competing for our attention, some even of our own doing. The book ‘Essentialism’ offers a refreshing antidote to staying grounded and committed to what is most important. The Author, Greg McKeown, purveys that becoming an Essentialist is not easy, but the potential benefits to one’s life are overwhelming. When…
