What a surprise to learn that Eric Schmidt has a coach. In “The Best Advice I Ever Got” a feature by Fortune Magazine, Schmidt explains why having a coach is so important: A coach is crucial to giving you perspective. Life and Business Coaching for Resilience, Creativity and Innovation Find inspiration, renewed confidence, and the [...]
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I’ve started hosting monthly conference calls for members of the Creative Skills Training Council, focused on conversations that matter about our praxis. We have had amazing interviews from thought leaders on various topics, and have decided to make the recordings available to the public. The calls take the form of an introduction and informal chat [...]
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Have you got a solution for arts funding in your community? If so, I’d like to hear from you. I’m looking for solutions that help foster the arts in communities, (beyond government grants and traditional corporate funding) that I hope will inspire my government, and yours, to take action, and contribute in innovative ways to [...]
I’ll be speaking at the upcoming HealthCare Leaders’ conference, October 20, in Vancouver BC. Here’s my topic: Some of the greatest difficulties leaders face today revolve around the need to instill passion, mobilize teams toward achieving a common vision, and motivate change in employees. Organizations led by creative leaders have a higher success rate in [...]
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Saturday Nov 28, 2009 Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Venue: Unity Church, 5840 Oak Street, Vancouver Cost: $79.00 each day (includes art supplies, tea, coffee and cookies ) Registration: Please contact Bob Gault at ergault@telus.net or call 604.941.2770 Facilitated by Linda Naiman Explore the process of painting as a means of slowing down, becoming present to the [...]

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