Top Insights from Whitney Johnson at The Art of Leadership.

We have all heard the expression, “opposites attract.”  But in fact there is irrefutable scientific evidence that in relationships, opposites repel...

I think one mistake that people make is looking at successful leaders of the past, whether they’re Churchill or whoever that want to think...

Organizations' inability to facilitate and accelerate the transformation of their organizational model at or ahead of advancing technologies is an age-old problem. The shame of knowing our inadequaci

We forget that we are the heroes in our own lives and that we are the main character in our stories. Your name is the one above the title and yet, why is it that so often we...

The advice you’ve received about what you should do in order to succeed. (Like those internships mentioned above. How did they really go? Or is this already causing you anxiety because you neve

People are helpful much more often than not. People don’t think less of you for needing help. And helping, with the right reinforcers in place, feels wonderful. 

Very few artists go into business for the purpose of managing social media or approving advertising. Artists begin their business that is fuelled by their passion, but it is their job to market. How

A small regional call center in Kansas City that was struggling to improve customer satisfaction.  It needed a quick way for a floor manager to identify when an agent needed help with a customer

Over the past 30 years, I've watched plenty of friends, colleagues and clients get burned out at work, and I've experienced my own share of it. I've recently come to the conclusion that there are dif

On September 8th The Art of Leadership Sponsored by Microsoft returned to Calgary (regardless of the snow) for another sold out, inspiring...

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. The answer is both, but it depends. Bottom-up approaches work...

Economic uncertainty has changed the worlds of leadership and professional development.  Over the last 5 years, we’ve seen the collapse of icons...

There is nothing wrong with hard work. But what if there is a way of extracting the greatest amount of value with the least amount of effort?

I think at this point it’s difficult to argue against the thesis that we’re living in period of economic change that in retrospect will probably be as significant as the...