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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…
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…
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…
Not So Simple

Our Four Simple Words Forum #2 with CV Harquail this week about the connections (and tensions) between feminism and servant leadership was brilliant for a…
The Right Conversations

Our Four Simple Words Forum this week with my friends Glenna Banda and Melanie Lang was a lot of fun. The three of us shared…
Serving One Another Online

This week was filled with Zoom meetings. From hardly using the platform 3 weeks ago to now running my day, I have to say it…
Getting Over Myself

This has been a challenging week. With work grinding to a halt and a number of other projects now on hold, I’ve been feeling very…
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…
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…
#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…
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…
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…