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Learning from the Past: Generational Values and the Future of Business

By Charlene NormanJuly 26, 2025Change your thinking, compassion, good stewardship; lasting impact, not business as usual, wealth

The second of four in the series “In the Beginning”

Reframing Failure as a Path to Wisdom

By Charlene NormanJuly 21, 2025Better Thinking, Business strategy, Business Success, HumanityChange your thinking, failure, not business as usual, reframe, success

Let’s talk about something we all do. You know, the one where we beat ourselves up for things that weren’t really our fault. You know that sinking feeling when something doesn’t work out as planned? That immediate rush to figure out what you did wrong, how you messed up, and why you should have […]

Building Wealth with Heart: The Principles of Compassionate Capitalism

By Charlene NormanJuly 19, 2025Change your thinking, compassion, good stewardship; lasting impact, not business as usual, wealth

A new series begins today. “In the beginning.”

More Than Just Cutting Grass

By Charlene NormanJuly 14, 2025Business strategy, Customer ServiceChange your thinking, not business as usual

When my husband was recently hospitalized, I found myself staring at our increasingly wild back lawn, feeling overwhelmed by yet another task I couldn’t handle alone. That’s when I remembered the handmade flyer I’d tucked away months earlier—crafted by our 16-year-old neighbour who’d been cutting grass around the neighbourhood for five years. Something about […]

Why Nobody Believes Anybody Anymore

By Charlene NormanJuly 7, 2025Business strategy, Business SuccessChange your thinking, good stewardship; lasting impact, humanity, leadership, not business as usual

For a few months, I have been noodling around the concept of why (or why not) we believe or trust another person and why it has become increasingly difficult to do so. I have landed on a concept that may eventually go mainstream. I firmly believe we are currently in the midst of a ‘Trust […]

Beyond the Recycle Logo

By Charlene NormanJuly 5, 2025Change your thinking, climate action, climate crisis, good stewardship; lasting impact, leadership, not business as usual

The final episode in the series: Unpacking Climate Change: The Science, the Myths, and the Urgency of Action.

The Art of Saying No

By Charlene NormanJune 30, 2025Business strategy, Business Success, LeadershipChange your thinking, good stewardship; lasting impact, not business as usual

I’ve been having frequent conversations lately about the word NO. And saying far too often, NO, is a complete sentence. Given that I once struggled with the concept and had to learn the hard way that saying NO is not a deal breaker, I thought I’d share some of the ideas I have learned. Saying […]

Balancing Doom and Hope

By Charlene NormanJune 28, 2025Change your thinking, climate action, climate anxiety, climate crisis, good stewardship; lasting impact, leadership, not business as usual, sustainability

This is the third episode of the series: Unpacking Climate Change: The Science, the Myths, and the Urgency of Action.

Services

By Charlene NormanJune 26, 2025Business strategy, Leadership, SustainabilityChange your thinking, coaching and mentoring, compassion, executive wisdom, not business as usual

Making money is a right we all have. We’re all taught that. And some of us even spend tons of money learning systems and processes that work for others — and yet don’t work for us. Why is that? One reason is that none of us is like the ones we’ve studied. Another reason is […]

Why We Struggle With Climate Change

By Charlene NormanJune 23, 2025Climate Change Climate Action, Fear, Humanity, Leadership, SustainabilityChange your thinking, good stewardship; lasting impact, not business as usual

There’s been a horrible sexual assault/sexual consent trial happening here in my country. Five young guys beginning their careers in the minor hockey leagues. Each with their own lawyer. Lots of alcohol and admissible and inadmissible detailed texts between the boys. One young woman. A police department trying to make up for a shoddy first […]

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