We tend to begin new projects with the best of intentions and then Life throws us a curve ball or two. I had wanted to post more but have been spending time with my 88 year old grandmother who has been in the hospital for the past six days with congestive heart failure. She is one of the strongest people I know. It is one of the greatest gifts in my daughter's life to have a relationship with her great-grandmother. Nonna Rita was one of my earliest influences, especially when it came to what it meant to be a strong woman, a leader. She came to Canada in 1962, alone, with six young children in tow. She had no family here except her in-laws. We all know what that dynamic can be like... Her family remained in Italy. She didn't know the language and she was a stay-at-home mother, which didn't allow her to meet a lot of people. She ran a tight ship - there were A LOT of mouths to feed and clothes to wash and lives to help manage. She took care of finances and maintained the h
Learning, re-learning and unlearning in leadership.