Ivan Shares, (Weekly Blog)

As you move into the Director level of the organization, the VP of the organization and definitely the CEO, we need to move towards being strategic in our leadership. People have often given me the...

IN EVERYDAY LIFE THERE IS STRESS. We hear the word stress and automatically equate it to something negative that will not be good for us or our performance. Recognize there is good stress and bad...

I’ve been fortunate to be out meeting many of you in-person at live events around the US and Canada recently. It feels good to be off-camera and sharing that energy that comes from being in...

When I was a young man in track and field, many pounds and years ago, I was pretty darn good in many events. At the early round meets, I would win first place in the 100M, the 200M, the 400M, the...

IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY IT WAS OLYMPIC SEASON. Here I am with Olympic fever once again. Although I must admit the time zone is kicking my butt trying to catch those events live. Thank goodness...

My Olympic fever continues. This week the sprinting events caught my attention. While cheering on a couple of Canadians in the 100 m sprints, I was noticing the false starts. In today’s...

Big news in Canadian Hockey: Last week Tanya Currie became the first female ever selected in the OHL draft. The 16-year-old Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs goaltender was picked by the Sarnia Sting in the...

(Originally published in Canada's The Globe and Mail, June 2016: From marginal to memorable: How the Ryerson Rams built a winning culture).

This spring, the Ryerson University Rams achieved...

Sometimes in my personal or professional life, I need to intentionally pause to notice the things that I have become blind to. For example, the other day, I received birthday gifts. Among them were...

You can tell that Spring is in the air. I woke up this morning to something I had not heard in months. The chirping sound of birds outside my window is a sure sign that winter is over and we are...