When people come to us for career development, we tell them the most powerful thing they can do is commit to their own personal growth… and their career will inevitably take care of itself. Let me explain this further! The secret behind advancing your career, is to take responsibility for and commit to your own personal growth. This signifies progressing…
Change Takes Action! Do you want to conquer the challenges in your life? I’m sure you have said a resounding YES. Whether those challenges are in your personal life, your work life, your family life, or any other life, you want to conquer them, right? You want positive change in the process, positive change in the system. You want things…
If we remain in a frictionless environment we are consenting to a way of living that is passive, apathetic, and unresponsive.
Authentic Leaders will integrate these characteristics to flourish and thrive in all areas of life and career.
Occupational therapists make decisions, guide outcomes, solve problems, and have followers therefore we are all leaders regardless of our job titles. Our profession values person-centred practice yet as a leader, we often forget to allow our true authentic self to come through in our leadership practice. Being authentic is owning one’s experiences, thoughts, emotions and embedding all actions within our…
Leadership is often seen as something for the elite, the special few who accept a role that involves the words ‘manager’ or ‘team leader’. However, we are all leaders of ourselves first (otherwise we would not start the day) and as occupational therapists, educators, and researchers, leaders of others. This call to leadership demands understanding of our innate strengths, our…