As an HR professional, Vicki has had an immensely diverse leadership journey. Join us to hear about Vicki's story and the lessons she has learned about leadership working in different industries and companies across Canada.

In this episode of the Leadership Lab we dive into the concept of Adaptive Leadership. We explore what it is, why it matters and how it complements the other models of leadership that we have already discussed. In essence, where Situational Leadership adapts your leadership style to the person's needs at the moment, Adaptive Leadership adapts your style to the problem that you're facing.

On this episode of the Leadership Lab we sit down with leader Andrew Boutilier and discuss his thoughts about leadership, what's important, and his path to where he is today.

This episode digs into the fundamentals Transformational Leadership, the four components of it and why its changing and challenging leadership thinking today.

In today's episode of the Leadership Lab we explore the concept of Servant Leadership. The concept was born in 1970, when a man named Robert K. Greenleaf—a management researcher who’d spent over 40 years at AT&T studying how organizations function—published an essay called The Servant as Leader. Greenleaf wrote, and I’ll quote him directly here, “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.”

Today we explore Imposter Syndrome. We examine what it is, how it appears, and some simple tools to combat it.

A keynote presentation to the City of Saskatoon on the Leadership as Your Craft

Psychological safety is the belief that one can speak up, share ideas, and take risks without fear of punishment, ridicule, or reprisal. It’s about feeling safe to bring your whole self to work without the anxiety of making mistakes or being judged. The term was popularized by Harvard Business School professor Dr. Amy Edmondson, who defined it as a “shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.”

Essentially, in a psychologically safe environment, people feel comfortable asking questions, admitting errors, or suggesting new approaches. They don’t hold back due to fear of looking incompetent or uninformed.

Today we’re diving into one of the most foundational elements of great leadership—character. As a senior leader or an aspiring one, understanding the true meaning of character is essential. It’s more than a buzzword; it’s the bedrock upon which trust, influence, and sustainable success are built. In this episode, we’ll talk about what character is, why it’s so vital for leaders, and how understanding and developing it can transform the impact you have on your team and organization.

The Forgetting Curve is a concept developed by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus in the late 19th century. It represents how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it. Essentially, as soon as we learn something new, we begin to forget it. The speed at which we forget depends on various factors such as the complexity of the information, the relevance to us, and whether or not we revisit that knowledge.

Ebbinghaus discovered that memory retention declines exponentially over time—meaning that in the hours and days following new learning, without reinforcement, we lose most of what we’ve learned. However, with proper review and reinforcement, we can dramatically slow down this rate of forgetting and strengthen our memory.

To put it simply: we forget things quickly unless we actively work to remember them.