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Performance Personal and Professional Development

9 surprising high performance lessons from Hell’s Kitchen

Reading Time: 2 minutes None of them are about cooking

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Stories from Dad

How It All Began

Reading Time: 5 minutes (5 Min) North-West Expeditions Exploratory Trip: Nahanni Butte to Fort Simpson One of the best parts of starting North-West Expeditions has been to hear these old stories from Dad. We hope you enjoy them too.   Taken from excerpts of emails with Dad the story below is the story of how the original company was formed and their […]

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The Magic of a Million Hellos

Reading Time: 4 minutes Parenting is embracing a million tiny deaths, including your own Hellos and Good-byes He was super excited. His first time walking to school on his own. This is the magical end of grade four. Like all magic, the alchemy comes with a cost, a tiny, beautiful slice of a fee. In return for this amazing new […]

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Dumpster Keys

Reading Time: 4 minutes While I slowly query agents for my first book I’ve started on a new one about a Racoon named Dot. The characters are all based on animals that (more or less) live in my alley. This scene is based on a true story (that time I accidentally threw my keys into my dumpiest only to […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Kids digging graves for kids. It is something out of a horror movie. Something from the Holocaust. It is Canadian history from very recent history.

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Performance Personal and Professional Development

Hell’s Kitchen performance lesson #1: Women improve men’s teams

Reading Time: 8 minutes Even when they’re not top performers

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Hell’s Kitchen performance lesson #2: Top performers thrive with high and clear expectations

Reading Time: 3 minutes Clarity creates calm and is required for performance

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Performance Personal and Professional Development

Hell’s Kitchen performance lesson #3: Top Performers have these three abilities

Reading Time: 5 minutes Passion is not enough

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Hell’s Kitchen performance lesson #4: Trajectory matters

Reading Time: 4 minutes Mistakes are less important than fighting back

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Performance Personal and Professional Development

Hell’s Kitchen performance lesson #5: Individuals need the team to win

Reading Time: 4 minutes Top performers drive quality communication

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Performance Personal and Professional Development

Hell’s Kitchen performance lesson #6: When you’re struggling, speak up

Reading Time: 4 minutes Communication is key to success This article is from my list of nine surprising high performance lessons from Hell’s Kitchen. The show is chock full of swearing, apologies for any colourful language that finds its way in here. Summary Communication is key to winning in Hell’s Kitchen and elsewhere. From time to time we all struggle. Top […]