Play at work: so much more than Ping Pong

Pivoting yourself to thrive in an AI world.

In this episode, AJ Tibando, CEO of Shift Canada, shares her insights on the impact of AI and her passion for helping individuals be successful in our changing world. In our conversation, AJ shares the following insights: · The impacts of AI are here. AI has been rapidly impacting how work happens. Unlike previous technology advancements is having a profound impact on white collar work – a sector that has previously felt safe and secure. · It's important to remember that anything is possible with AI. As a society, we need to remember we are in charge of how AI roles out. Anything is possible. It could be an opportunity to rehumanize the workplace. · Leaders need to take accountability for the decision and actions they are making in response to AI. Leaders need to roll out AI in a way that makes their companies successful for the long-term. This includes being clear on the value that humans can provide and then building the right pipeline of talent. · For individuals in their mid-career, the impact of AI can feel particularly daunting. It can be hard for 30-, 40-, 50-year-olds to reimagine how they fit into this new world of work. Remember you have value. Clarify skills you have that are transferable. Open yourself to a pivot · For individuals starting out, embrace the idea that careers will be less linear than previous generations. Follow what you love. Learn to love to learn. Recognize that you will always be upskilling. Feel empowered that you can create the life you want. Approach every job clear on what you want to learn – pause once you've learned to assess what's next. MEET AJ TIBANDO AND SHIFT CANADA AJ is a passionate entrepreneur deeply committed to driving broad social change through technology, education, and policy. As the CEO of Shift Canada, AJ is focused on empowering a new generation of young Canadians to be more productive by inspiring them to be more innovative, to take greater risks, and to be bold and daring! Prior to Shift, AJ founded Palette Skills, an organization that partnered with the Canadian government to launch Upskill Canada – a platform that helps 10,000 Canadian workers each year build new, future-ready skills. Meet AJ on LinkedIN [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajtibando/?originalSubdomain=ca]. Find out more about Shift Canada [https://shiftcanada.org/about-us/]. MEET TINEKE KEESMAAT AND TILTCO Founded by Tineke Keesmaat, TILTCO is a boutique consulting firms that helps leaders define and execute their strategies to achieve extraordinary business and personal results. As the host of LeaderLab, Tineke brings her more than 20 years of leadership consulting experience – rooted in her work at McKinsey & Company and Accenture - to explore how today's leaders can achieve exceptional results. Connect with Tineke on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkeesmaat/?originalSubdomain=ca]. Learn more about TILTCO [https://tiltco.ca/].

Achieve your Best - the surprising power of living with intention

In this episode, Mike James Ross, Chief Human Resource Officer of Simons and recent author of "Intention: the surprising psychology of high performers" discusses what intention is, why it is important, and how individuals and organizations can unlock it to achieve high performance. * "High performance is about doing subjectively different things." High performance is not about external manifestations of success like money or fancy titles. It's about doing things that are hard. High performance looks different for each of us. It's about pushing yourself beyond preconceived notions of what's possible. * "Intention is about accepting responsibility for my achievements." Many of us are not making active choices in how we live our lives contributing to feelings of languishing, disengagement, and dissatisfaction. Living an intentional life is living a life of choice. * "Start by asking yourself: 'if you could choose, what would you really choose?'" Challenge yourself to get clear on what you really want from life. If you could choose anything for yourself, what would it be? Then, use this as an anchor to structure how you live your life. * "There are 5 ingredients to living with intention". Willpower, attention, curiosity, integrity, and habits make up intention. * "The limit of willpower is actually usually based on your own perception." Our conceptions of our own willpower limit have an incredible effect on our ability to do things. We can do more, achieve more than we believe. * "Being curious is being open to what's happening in the world and being open to maybe not being right." Curiosity is essential. It's good to be clear on what you think the right answer is, but you need to stay open to new information and new ideas so that you can change the answer as needed. * "Integrity is being aligned with your values." An intentional life starts with clarifying what you value. With this clarity you can make choices that are aligned to who you are. Values matter at individual and organizational level. * "Attention is about where you choose to focus." We all have many distractions in our lives, attention is about being intentional about where you choose to focus your time and energy. * "Practicing good habits allows us to achieve the things that are important to us." If you know how you want to live your life, you can put practices in place to make it easier to just habitually do the things required to achieve your goals. Meet Mike James Ross Mike is currently the Chief Human Resource Officer of Simons, a Canadian retailer where he helps to motivate and engage more than 5,000 employees. Prior to Simons, Mike founded a leadership development firm that counselled companies like Google and Cirque du Soleil. Mike has had a diverse career – he's been a finance lawyer, private equity investor, and peace negotiator. He recently co-authored the book "Intention: the surprising psychology of high performers". Connect with Mike Ross on LinkedIn here [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikejamesross/?originalSubdomain=ca]. Discover his book – Intention: the surprising psychology of high performance here. [https://www.amazon.ca/Intention-Surprising-Psychology-High-Performers/dp/139418915X] Check out his co-authors at Decision Lab here [https://thedecisionlab.com/]. About TILTCO Founded by Tineke Keesmaat, TILTCO is a boutique consulting company that helps leaders define and execute their strategies to achieve extraordinary business and personal results. As the host of LeaderLab, Tineke brings her more than 20 years of leadership consulting experience rooted at McKinsey & Company and Accenture to explore how today's leaders can achieve exceptional results. Connect with Tineke on LinkedIn here [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkeesmaat/].

Invest in Human Performance = Elevate Business Performance

Jodi Baker Calamai, Deloitte Canada's National Managing Partner of Human Capital shares perspectives on how the future of work is now, the unparalleled opportunities it creates to make work better for humans and humans better at work, and how leaders can embrace this once in a lifetime opportunity to innovate. * It's a unique time for humans around the world to figure out what the next phase of 'work' looks like. We are experiencing seismic and simultaneous shifts – AI, multi-generational workforces, geopolitical dynamics, expectations around work – that are requiring us to re-think our approach to work. The future of work is here – it's no longer 30 years out. * COVID's impact on work was much bigger than shifting just where we work. COVID changed how we work, where we worked, and how we collaborated. It also changed perspectives on productivity and how we measure work outcomes and performance. * Making work better for humans and humans better at work matters. Businesses that prioritize people and put the right investments in place to drive people outcomes have 1.75 times better business performance. It's about human and business performance. * Generative AI provides a unique opportunity for organizations to consider what they want humans to be doing. The impact of Generative AI is real, and it is immediate. Curious organizations are being proactive in considering how they want to harness the power of Generative AI to drive better results for the business and for their teams. * Leaders need to be curious, collaborative, and innovative. Change is here. Great leaders are learning how to get smart about these shifts and to consider the impact on their teams. They are learning how to build trust to give employees confidence in the evolution. Dynamic leaders are proactively experimenting with new ways of getting things done. * Ambitious HR teams should ask their business partners: What's OUR vision for the future? What outcomes are we driving? By aligning the business around the future and the implications for people, HR teams can become stronger strategic partners and business enablers. * Jump in. Don't get bogged down. Be part of the solution. Individuals should embrace the uncertainty and be part of the solution. Doing so will allow them to learn, reskill and create spaces to perform their absolute best. Interested in learning more about the future of work? * Generative AI and the Future of Work [https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consulting/articles/generative-ai-and-the-future-of-work.html] (Deloitte US) * Generative AI will reshape - not replace - the workforce | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/generative-ai-reshape-replace-workforce-jodi-baker-calamai/?trk=public_post] * Workforce strategies in a recession [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/workforce-strategies-recession-jodi-baker-calamai/?trackingId=7EsfgEcwRQOiseMiJsbdaA%3D%3D] * Deloitte Human Capital Trends [https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/human-capital-trends.html] (Deloitte) Meet Jodi Baker Calamai Jodi is Deloitte's Canada's National Managing Partner of Human Resources. She and her teams are focused on end-to-end people, culture, and HR uplift to make work better for humans and humans better at work. She is an accomplished thought leader having published numerous books and articles. Connect with Jodi Calamai on LinkedIn here [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-baker-calamai-465a21a/?originalSubdomain=ca]. About TILTCO Founded by Tineke Keesmaat, TILTCO is a boutique consulting company that helps leaders define and execute their strategies in order to achieve extraordinary business and personal results. As the host of LeaderLab, Tineke brings her more than 20 years of leadership consulting experience rooted at McKinsey & Company and Accenture to explore how to support today's leaders achieve exceptional results. Connect with Tineke on LinkedIn here [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkeesmaat/?originalSubdomain=ca].

Modern people leadership: new role, new focus, new skills.

In this episode, Maggie Clinton the Founder of Trinity Leadership Coaching, shares how expectations of people leaders have changed and provides practical ideas on how organizations can better prepare and support their people leaders. * Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who chose to follow [1] . Leadership is not about the title or position it is about the relationship between two individuals. Leaders are choosing to lead. People are choosing who they want to follow. And both are aspiring to grow. * Our environment is changing at an unprecedented rate. Digitization, AI, remote/hybrid work, generational shifts, etc. are influencing a shift in what it means to lead. * People want more from their people leaders. They want inclusive and holistic leadership so they can bring their whole self to work. This requires leaders to communicate in ways that are inspiring, to be able to make sense of the changing context, to be able to articulate clear outcomes, and hold employees accountable to clear expectations. * For new people leaders, a big mindset shift is from being the "doer" to being the "enabler". The first role as a new people leader is a big transition. It requires a shift in mindset from the person who does the task to the person who creates the environment for others to get the tasks done. * The ability to understand your impact on the team and those people around you is important. People leadership requires deep self-awareness and humility. Self-awareness can be built through psychometric testing, gathering feedback, self-reflection, and coaching. * Great organizations invest in selection, preparation, and support to create strong people leaders. Organizations need to think carefully about the leadership traits they want in their people leaders – and then to select people with these traits into roles. They also need to prepare people leaders earlier in their careers – ensuring they have the skills and mindsets to be successful. Finally, they need to ensure that people leaders can access ongoing support to learn, develop, and grow. * Peer networks are a highly effective tool for people leaders. Connecting people leaders together as peers is a low-cost, effective tool to help people leaders grow their confidence and skills. Interesting reads on people leadership Managers are burned out. Here's how to help them recharge (HBR) [https://hbr.org/2023/08/managers-are-burned-out-heres-how-to-help-them-recharge] Investing in middle managers pays off – literally (McKinsey) [https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/investing-in-middle-managers-pays-off-literally] What does it meant to be a manager today [https://hbr.org/2021/04/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-manager-today] Google spent a year researching great managers. The most successful ones shared these traits. [https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/google-spent-one-year-researching-great-managers-most-successful-ones-shared-these-5-traits.html] Meet Maggie Clinton Maggie is passionate about building better people leaders by designing and developing high-impact leadership programs and through effective 1:1 coaching. Maggie has an MA in leadership from Royal Roads University focused on post-leadership programs sustainment where her work convinced her of the power of peer coaching. Maggie is also certified in MBTI, Hogan Assessments, EQi-2.0 and EQ 360. Connect with Maggie Clinton on LinkedIn here [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/maggie-clinton] and Trinity Leadership Coaching here [https://trinityleadershipcoaching.com/]. Thought pieces by Maggie: What I learned in my first year since launching Trinity Leadership [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i-learned-my-first-year-since-launching-trinity-maggie-clinton/?utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=articles_sitemaps] 4 ways to drive impact in your leadership programs [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:linkedInArticle:7135014869405216768/] – Part I 4 ways to drive impact in your leaders programs – Part II Prioritize community over content [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/4-ways-drive-impact-your-leadership-development-programs-clinton-n8otc/?trackingId=JbhiNWBkyBx8Z3KWm1rzRQ%3D%3D] About TILTCO Founded by Tineke Keesmaat, TILTCO is a boutique consulting firm that helps leaders define and execute their strategies to achieve extraordinary business and personal results. As LeaderLab host, Tineke brings her more than 20 years of leadership consulting experience rooted at McKinsey & Company and Accenture as she explores how to help today's leaders achieve exceptional results. [1] Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: A Wiley Brand.

Play at work: so much more than Ping Pong

In this episode, Ryan Burwell, Director of Training & Facilitation at TwentyOne Toys shares how leaders can use the joy, curiosity, and experimentation of play to create stronger teams and improve business results. * Play is a mindset of curiosity, experimentation, learning from failure and embracing diversity – it's not about ping pong tables and team karaoke events. While social moments are important, play runs deeper. It is about how leaders invite teams to ideate, to try new things, and to think beyond what's been done before. * Leaders have a critical role in unlocking play for their teams. Great leaders allow teams to truly ideate in early stages of projects, are choiceful in their language (e.g., "let's play with that more"), and avoid 'shutting down' ideation too quickly after failure. * Play can drive better performance. Better business results are driven by the new, creative, and stronger ideas that are unlocked through play-inspired experimentation and open-minded thinking. Teams may experience stronger retention by creating an environment where individuals are having fun, thinking big, and feeling like they can introduce new ideas. * Strong emotional intelligence is critical for leadership success. Empathy helps leaders tap into diversity and unlock innovation. Embracing failure helps leaders develop resiliency, strength, and confidence. Connect with Ryan Burwell on LinkedIn here [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-burwell-scale/?originalSubdomain=ca]. Check out TwentyOne Toys here [https://twentyonetoys.com/]. Meet Ryan Burwell Ryan is passionate about play. He believes that organizations who approach work and teams with curiosity, experimentation, open-minds, fun and joy will ultimately achieve better results. Both for the business and for the human beings inside. As the Director of Training and Facilitation at TwentyOne Toys, Ryan has worked with executives, post-secondary organizations and teams all over the world increase their emotional intelligence through play. Ryan believes that playing is learning – and that we'll never be too old or too accomplished to benefit from both. About TILTCO Founded by Tineke Keesmaat, TILTCO is a boutique consulting company that helps leaders define and execute their strategies in order to achieve extraordinary business and personal results. As our LeaderLab host, Tineke brings her more than 20 years of leadership consulting experience rooted at McKinsey & Company, Accenture, and TILTCO to support today's leaders achieve exceptional results.