Articles By Dr. Brad McRae
Leadership and the Power of Social Media
I must admit that when it comes to using social media, I have been pretty much of a luddite. I have LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter accounts but I neither knew how to use them very well nor spent very much time using them. However a recent experience has changed my perspective. Let me explain. Halifax will host the Canada Winter …Continue Reading
Temple Grandin
For the past year, my work has focused on how Master Leaders set Tipping Point Goals. Tipping Point Goals utilize the power of the positive domino effect and help us achieve more than we ever thought possible. Tipping Point Goals occur where: Courage Creativity Innovation Collaboration Perseverance Determination, and Hard Work meet. There …Continue Reading
Your First 90 Days
The First 90 Days are as important to any person who has started a new job or has been promoted into a new job, as they are to a new President or Prime Minister. Fortunately, there is an amazing book that has been written exactly for this purpose. The name of the book is The First 90 Days by Michael …Continue Reading
The Ultimate Question ─ Part II
In my last blog, we looked at The Ultimate Question as it related to customers. Equally, if not more importantly is how The Ultimate Question relates to an organization’s employees. To fully understand this blog, you will need to go back and read last week’s blog first because that is where the Net Promoter Index (NPI) is explained. In that …Continue Reading
The Ultimate Question ─ Part I
I am currently sitting in a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh. The internet has not worked 90% of the time. They keep telling me that the internet is working for everyone else. Well it didn’t work for my son either and it didn’t work elsewhere in the building. They did tell me it worked for someone at breakfast. I was …Continue Reading
Hothouses and Pipelines: Insights from Made in Canada Leadership co-author Francoise Morissette
B.M. In your book Made in Canada Leadership, you said, we require a national leadership strategy to make leadership a priority. The strategy should include leadership education for all ages, coaching, mentoring, stretch assignments and the creation of a National Leadership Institute to oversee the implementation of a national leadership strategy. Can you give me some more detail behind your …Continue Reading
Canada’s Next Governor General ─ the Honourable David Johnson on the future of higher education
As the current president of the University of Waterloo, David Johnson has a strong vision for the future of higher education and the necessity to fully fund and benchmark Canada as a leader in research and innovation as the following excerpt from my book The Seven Strategies of Master Leaders: Featuring Key Insights from 32 of Canada’s Top Leaders demonstrates. …Continue Reading
Leadership & Trust
There are classic case studies of crises that are handled well, like the Tylenol poisoning crisis of 1982, and crises that were handled poorly like the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. There are two pertinent quotations that exemplify leadership in crisis management: “In calm water every ship has a good captain” and “Trust is at the heart of leadership.” …Continue Reading
Where Do You Want To Be in the Next Five to Ten Years?
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ─ Alan Kay There is another technique to help us make a better decision in developing and moving our career forward. You have two choices regarding your future: you can wait for it to happen, or you can invent it and then work to achieve it. In this …Continue Reading
Reflections from Your Best Career Experiences and Finding the Lessons Within
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is the noblest; second by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ─ Confucius The last four blogs looked at how Master Leaders are Master Decision Makers. We will now look at tips that can help you become a …Continue Reading
