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Leadership Starts at Home
Because the way we show up at home shapes the way we lead everywhere else. I’m honoured to be one of the dads featured in REBL Dad: What 100+ Fathers Reveal About Successful Leadership at Home and Work. The book asks a question many of us carry, even if we don’t always say it out loud: Am I the best dad I can be? For those of us leading teams in demanding industries – mining, engineering, construction, manufacturing, energy – that question hits close to home. We spend our day

Ralph Cochrane
Jun 291 min read


Proud, Not Boastful
Proud, Not Boastful Hardworking. Ambitious. Stronger together. Proudly Canadian. Canada Day is a good moment to pause and take pride in who we are. As Canadians, we don’t always like to make a big show of things. We tend to be proud without being boastful. Ambitious without needing to shout about it. Hard-working without expecting a medal for doing the job. But we should be proud. Across this country — in mining, engineering, construction, manufacturing, energy, and every ind

Ralph Cochrane
Jun 291 min read


Leading Through the Summer Shift
Motivation changes when summer arrives. School’s out for summer. The vacation calendar is full. Employees have cottage weekends, family trips, and days off planned. Parents are juggling camps, childcare, and kids who’d much rather be outside than following anyone’s schedule. And, honestly, most of us would rather be at the beach than sitting in another meeting on a beautiful summer afternoon. But the work still has to get done. That doesn’t mean leaders need to pretend summer

Ralph Cochrane
Jun 81 min read
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