Posted on Thursday, 21st May 2009 by chris wignall

In my sessions with teens and young adults I often reflect on the way many people in (and following) my generation are looking for a career in which they can be deeply fulfilled, make a lot of money, and never have to deal with frustrating bosses, co-workers, or clientele. The 30 years my dad spent [...]

Posted in Leadership, Resources | Comments (1)

Posted on Thursday, 16th April 2009 by chris wignall

An interesting piece from the Stratford Social Innovation Review today that relates to some leaders I know, including myself not too many years ago. Here’s a taste: Let me tell you about this guy I know. He’s a young, energetic nonprofit leader in his field and in his extensive volunteer work as well. We are [...]

Posted in Leadership, Partners, Resources | Comments (0)

Posted on Monday, 19th January 2009 by chris wignall

I tend toward the optimistic side of most issues, occasionally to my detriment. The state of the economy is undeniably bad the world over, but I’m reluctant to spend much time lamenting the situation. Doing so serves mostly to distract us from mission and probably contributes to the self-fulfilling prophecy of doom that is simultaneously [...]

Tags: Leadership, Resources
Posted in Leadership, Resources | Comments (0)

Posted on Tuesday, 6th January 2009 by chris wignall

On my 2009 to do list is to start reading things by Malcolm Gladwell. All the more after reading this article by Fred Smith. He takes off on Gladwell’s book Blink and describes how there are philanthropists who have the innate ability to ascertain the value of applicants with remarkable intuition and speed. As most [...]

Posted in Resources | Comments (0)

Posted on Saturday, 6th December 2008 by chris wignall

In the last year I’ve spent more time in a variety of leadership workshops and training seminars than ever before, including the last two days. I like learning and leadership is a topic for which I have a large appetite. So why is it that in the vast majority of cases I am checking email [...]

Tags: Leadership, Resources
Posted in Leadership, Resources | Comments (0)

Posted on Monday, 24th November 2008 by chris wignall

I am coming to really like Patrick Lencioni‘s work. I recently read his latest book and am eager to try applying the principles and strategies to my own family. Now, he has again written something quite stimulating in his POV newsletter. (sign up here) This time he argues that no Executive/leadership team/board, whoever really makes [...]

Tags: Leadership, Resources
Posted in Leadership, Resources | Comments (0)

Posted on Tuesday, 28th October 2008 by chris wignall

One of the e-newsletters I subscribe to if from Patrick Lencioni. As with his best selling books, these shorter pieces are always insightful. Here’s a quote from the latest: Whenever I hear someone encourage all young people to become leaders, or better yet, when I hear a young person say glibly that he or she [...]

Tags: Leadership, Resources
Posted in Leadership, Resources | Comments (0)

Posted on Wednesday, 8th October 2008 by chris wignall

This morning we began our first program of leadership development for high school students. We are with a class of 24 through the business department of Abbey Park High School in Oakville, ON. It was a good start as we explored the ways in which those things we did as children that we really enjoyed [...]

Tags: Catalyst, Resources
Posted in Catalyst, Resources | Comments (2)

Posted on Thursday, 25th September 2008 by chris wignall

Last May, in a hotel room overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Fort Lauderdale I was strongly impacted by a pre-release trailer for a movie called “Call and Response“. There is a growing awareness of the ugly reality of human trafficking in our time, particularly the sexual exploitation of children slaves. Please see and circulate this [...]

Tags: Resources
Posted in Resources | Comments (1)

Posted on Monday, 8th September 2008 by chris wignall

We are partway through the process of evaluating our applicants from this funding cycle. It has been a large learning experience. In a few weeks I will post some of what we’ve learned in the hope of becoming better at it next time around. One of the challenges at times in our discussions has been [...]

Tags: Catalyst, Resources
Posted in Catalyst, Resources | Comments (0)