As leaders, we often face moments that test our confidence and assertiveness—giving tough feedback, pushing back on unrealistic expectations, or standing firm when there’s pressure to back down. These challenges aren’t always easy to navigate, but there’s a tool that can help: the alter ego.

In this article, we’ll explore three key emotions—hope, pride, and excitement—that leaders can use to inspire and motivate their teams during difficult times.

You’ll find insights into how each emotion can shift your team’s mindset and momentum, as well as practical word tracks to help you express these emotions effectively. When balanced with a solid plan, these emotions create a powerful emotional climate that fuels your team’s success.

As we step into 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what makes life truly fulfilling. The start of a new year brings an opportunity to focus on finding ways to bring more balance and joy into our lives. That’s where the Wheel of Life Exercise comes in. This powerful tool helps you assess your satisfaction across different areas of life, identify imbalances, and create an actionable plan to live more fully.

Many of us believe great leaders are born, specifically, we attach certain characteristics to our version of what we believe is successful.

We are thrilled to announce that LeedHR has been honored with the Canadian HR Reporter’s Readers’ Choice Award for 2024! Voters have recognized LeedHR as one of the best HR solutions providers in Canada.

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The agreement will see LeedHR deliver a comprehensive leadership-training series for BILD's association members. The program focuses on developing key leadership skills such as…

Angela Payne and Charles Fortier share their thoughts on which emotion is driving their reflection on the upcoming year.

In this latest blog post, Charles Fortier discusses the social, organizational, and human realities that are currently leading us to a future where emotional intelligence will be in great demand in our organizations.

Curious to learn how 2 veterans of the human capital space decided to launch their own emotional Intelligence venture? In this blog post, discover the 2 career observations that led Angela & Charles to start LeedHR and how the current pandemic has influenced their decision to open in May 2020.

Angela Payne explores 4 easy actions that you can implement immediately to be perceived as more strategic.

With so much uncertainty in the air and an endless flow of changes occurring, expectations that leaders will keep their team engaged and productive have now increased for most organizations. But what about the people in our teams?