by Paul Armstrong | Dec 4, 2019 | Enabling Joy, Leadership
A New Arrival On November 17th, Amanda and her husband Nathan, welcomed another baby boy into the world. He has been happily greeted by his two brothers and all are doing well. Leading three rambunctious boys will have Amanda and Nathan digging deep into leadership...
by Amanda Parker | Sep 13, 2019 | Enabling Joy, Leadership
Systematizing to focus on what matters Do you struggle with all the decision making in your day? Ever reached the end of the day completely incapable of making one more choice? Life as a project team leader involves an endless supply of decisions to make. Research...
by Paul Armstrong | Aug 8, 2019 | Enabling Joy, Leadership, Teambuilding
Enabling Joy is a force multiplier INGREDIENT for great results in work and in every part of our lives. Happiness is an emotional response to those great results, a fleeting feeling. Our job as leaders is to enable joy. When we do that, we unleash the power of the...
by Paul Armstrong | Apr 11, 2019 | Enabling Joy, Facilitating, Leadership, Teambuilding
It’s stinging nettle harvesting season! A good time to refresh some of the lessons we touched on a couple years ago that this obnoxious ‘weed’ taught me (Paul) as my wife and I converted from nettle hater to nettle aficionado. Some of you may call it...
by Paul Armstrong | Feb 28, 2019 | Enabling Joy, Facilitating, Leadership, Teambuilding
“I need to realign their expectations.” “We don’t seem to be in alignment anymore.” Sound familiar? Are these really about alignment or are we using the word alignment as a euphemism word for agreement? Alignment and agreement are not the same. This came to light...
by Paul Armstrong | Jan 31, 2019 | Enabling Joy, Facilitating, Leadership, Teambuilding
As parents, teachers or coaches, we are often telling those we are entrusted with to ‘pursue your passion.’ This sounds noble because we don’t want to be telling them to go out and get a job that, as long as it makes good money, it doesn’t really matter how miserable...