by Susan Elford | Jul 13, 2020 | Business, Business Relationships, Family, Featured, Highlight, Parenting, Personal Leadership
5 things you can do when you don’t know what to do. When I took my coaching training, many years ago now, the instructors would start each session, even the one after lunch – with a curiosity – a deep listening – a leaning in with the question:...
by Susan Elford | May 5, 2020 | Business, Career, Featured, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Public Relations
How you respond in a crisis can show your true colours. We all have our bad moments. Those moments when we regret that the bedroom window was open the night we had a big argument with our partner. Those moments when we lost our cool at our kids at the playground and...
by Susan Elford | Apr 1, 2020 | Family, Featured, Happiness, Highlight, Personal Leadership
6 Principles to Help Us Find Solid Ground in Uncertainty It was 1984. I was in Grade 10. And the world was coming to an end. My social studies teacher was impassioned about the state of the world and was intent on her wide-eyed, previously innocent students...
by Susan Elford | Mar 12, 2020 | Business, Career, Featured, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Success
3 Things that Hold Women Back from Self-Promotion and What to Do About It “I’m a server god!” exclaimed my 14-year-old daughter after volleyball practice one evening. “I got every single one over the net and I’m awesome!” My husband and I chuckled at how quickly the...
by Susan Elford | Mar 8, 2020 | Business, Career, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Success
Strong, inspiring women throughout history (or herstory) have contributed to every single aspect of Canadian life – from science to politics to justice, music and sports – the list goes on. In honour of International Women’s Day, here are five inspiring Canadian women...
by Susan Elford | Jan 15, 2020 | Career, Featured, Happiness, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Work / Life Balance
Here are the 5 Key Steps you need to take. When we first landed in New Zealand many years ago, for a six-month sabbatical away from our everyday, busy lives, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. There was no busywork to keep me occupied, I would have time to connect...
