My 2019 annual theme in review: scaling abundance
Overall, 2019 has been a year of planning, assessing, evaluating, and putting my own teachings into practice. And I’ve loved every minute of
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Angie McLeod
- Jun 28, 2019
- 3 min
CPR for your Strategic Plan: Review, revise, revitalize.
Planning. It’s one of those things that is really easy to ignore—to shuffle to the side of our desks where it gets dusty. There is no...
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Angie McLeod
- Jun 26, 2019
- 3 min
3 Strategic Planning Challenges: A Consultants Perspective
I am often hired to help non-profits compile strategic plans. I love this work. I love the energy that flows from the idea generation,...
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Angie McLeod
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Detours: Short Cuts or the Long Way?
I got a message from a friend this AM saying that the one of the main roads that I use to take my children to school was closed due to an...
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Angie McLeod
- Apr 26, 2019
- 3 min
The other side of trust: Do you trust yourself?
We often talk about trusting others; however, how often do we examine whether or not we trust ourselves? In my work with women...
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Angie McLeod
- Dec 26, 2018
- 3 min
Balance: Make Choices, Manage Expectations
As an entrepreneur and mother of two, I’ve occasionally complained that my life is out of balance; that I’m either doing so much family...
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Angie McLeod
- Oct 20, 2017
- 4 min
How good is your conversational agility?
The reality is that not all conversations go the way we want them to. Some plug along in neutral, wishy-washy by their very nature....
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Angie McLeod
- Oct 20, 2017
- 4 min
Transformational Conversations: Are you having them?
Judith E. Glaser, founder of the Creating WE Institute and author of Conversational Intelligence, notes that 9/10 conversations miss...
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Angie McLeod
- Oct 20, 2017
- 2 min
Bring on the Oxytocin.
Our brains are intrinsically wired to release a number of neurochemicals—some that lead to stress and arousal, and some that lead to a...
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Angie McLeod
- Jul 31, 2017
- 2 min
Tips for Collaboration: hammer out the details up-front
Do you remember in school when teachers made us come up with group rules before starting a group project? It was an important lesson....
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Angie McLeod
- Jul 31, 2017
- 3 min
Management vs. leadership: Are they the same thing? My perspective.
What is the difference between being a manager and a leader? And what do these differences mean to your business?[1] In more traditional...
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Angie McLeod
- Jul 6, 2017
- 2 min
Finding Yourself in Quicksand? Here’s What to Do!
It’s been an interesting year so far here at HIP Strategic Consulting and in my world in general: a year of highs and lows. My year...
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Angie McLeod
- Jun 30, 2017
- 2 min
I Can’t Fail These Tests—and Neither Can You!
Business is all about growth and evolution. Entrepreneurs know that to achieve long-term success and growth, they need to push boundaries...
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Angie McLeod
- Jun 30, 2017
- 2 min
Is your business an island or an atoll?
Collaboration. It’s a term that many throw around as a means to achieving better results in business. Yet so few of us actually implement...
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Angie McLeod
- May 29, 2017
- 2 min
What’s in a Handshake? Creative Networking Ideas!
Researchers believe that handshakes started as early as the second century B.C. to prove your peaceful intent—since you weren’t holding...
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Angie McLeod
- May 29, 2017
- 2 min
Hugs not handshakes.
Networking is an essential part of building a strong business. Or so the story has gone for decades. Get out there. Meet people. Identify...
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Angie McLeod
- May 29, 2017
- 2 min
Out of bed and off the couch!
I love people—and I love meeting new people—but I am really an introvert at heart. I recharge by being at home, curling up with a good...
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Angie McLeod
- May 16, 2017
- 2 min
The truth about "found time"
What is an entrepreneurial woman to do when suddenly faced with an evening free of children’s sporting activities? Write a blog post of...
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Angie McLeod
- May 16, 2017
- 2 min
Why we all win with collective intelligence
I’m learning a lot of new terms of late. And today I found a term that really resonated with me: collective intelligence. Why does this...
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Angie McLeod
- Apr 30, 2017
- 2 min
Why Powerful Honesty Doesn’t Have to be Scary
In honour of National Honesty Day on April 30th, I want to explore the importance of honesty and caring in the conversations that we have...
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