by Chad Verity | Dec 5, 2022 | Leadership and Management
Open confession. I’ve been procrastinating in beginning the next section of our adventure because I don’t have a lot of answers – I only have a lot of questions. Yet something tells me that I need to keep going because adventures built on answers are far less...
by Chad Verity | Dec 5, 2022 | Leadership and Management
I hate quarterly reviews. And not because they’re a waste of time. They’re actually mission-critical. But there are three distinct reasons why this practise is completely misunderstood and mishandled. In my professional life, since the time I got my first job at 16...
by Chad Verity | Nov 16, 2022 | Leadership and Management
Organizations that are healthy reproduce. Reproduction is a characteristic shared by all healthy, living things. Your business is a living thing. Your non-profit is a living thing. Your co-op is a living thing. Your government department is a living thing –...
by Chad Verity | Nov 16, 2022 | Leadership and Management
This past weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving. I’m incredibly thankful for so much in my life. My wife, my beautiful kids, my parents, my team at Hölmetrics: Christy, Nuran, Matt, Lex, Devin, Misael, Karli, Dan, Dwayne. They all work tirelessly to bring a vision I had...
by Chad Verity | Nov 16, 2022 | Leadership and Management
The first time I met my wife, I felt that she wasn’t feeling overly included in the group discussion so I picked up some confetti that was decorating the table we were sitting at and threw it at her. Everyone stopped chattering, turned to Stephanie to look for her...
by Chad Verity | Nov 16, 2022 | Leadership and Management
I’ve been obsessed with leadership since I was in college. I’m not really sure why. To be honest, as arrogant as this sounds, I’ve always felt called to lead. I’ve never really fit in. Growing up, I was the kid who only had 4 or 5 really good friends. That’s never...