What Hockey and Baseball Teach Us About Leadership It’s late in the game, tensions are high, and every play matters. The team is on the ice, working hard and following the plan. Then, mid-game, the coach changes the strategy without calling a time out, hits the ice. No skates, no stick, no gear. They charge toward the crease, ready to stop the next shot themselves. The confusion is palpable. What’s going on? The players freeze mid-pass. The crowd goes silent. And before long,

Newfoundland and Labrador have recently had their municipal elections; Alberta’s are also complete. Next up is New Brunswick in the spring. As newly elected councillors, mayors, and reeves turn their attention to the next four years, and managers work with their councils to encourage and receive direction, governance needs to take root and be fertilized so it can thrive. There is a cascade of good governance that needs to be in place for a council and a municipality to be as

It’s a new day for local government in Alberta. The vast majority of municipalities held their elections yesterday, and councils are now reinvigorated with full membership for the next four years. Coming out of the vote, and some of the changes leading up to the 2025 election, there are some conclusions that we can start to draw. Legislative Changes There were several major differences in legislation that had an impact on this round of elections. Political parties were permit