Living A Life For Joy
March was a fun month in our house growing up. In addition to St Paddy’s Day’s (Mom LOVED to decorate for the ‘seasons’), we had March break and three birthdays …
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Serving Me To Serve You
It’s been another amazing week of Four Simple Word Dialogues. Our conversations have covered everything from self-care, ageism, the power of politics, the magic of being a conduit (for ideas …
Three Simple Words: Black Lives Matter
When asked about my 8 years as a single, self-employed father I reply with a few observations. One: it was truly the worst and the best of times. There were …
EQ and Servant leadership
I’ve been thinking about Emotional Intelligence (EI) this week both with my personal reading and after a professional development session. And after some refection I have come to the conclusion …
Happy Mothers’ Day
At some point during most of my Four Simple Words talks I mention my mom Kath (Elsie’s youngest child) as an example of someone who modeled the words day in …
Servant Leadership in times of crisis
This week has been filled with examples of strong and not-so-strong servant leadership. Trying to absorb the onslaught of information has me reflecting on the power of acknowledgement as we …
Elsie Was A Feminist
I witnessed a great example of Servant Leadership this week while attending a training session about the power of feminist business development. It was fun to be an audience member …
#TryItYoullLikeIt
I want each of us to think about how we can grow our servant leadership skills in 2020. No public pledges, no social media commitment or pressure. Just an ask …
About Elsie
Mary Elsie was born to Ida and Charles McBride in 1903 in the small town of Smith’s Falls Ontario. The first of four daughters, the family lived a comfortable and …
Happy International Women’s Day 2020
March 8 is International Women’s Day. It’s also my 50th birthday. Can’t imagine a better day to launch FourSimpleWords.ca. At this halfway point in what is a pretty spectacular and …