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

The best leaders recognize the difference between burnout and disengagement. This is the time of year people start checking out. You can feel it with kids first. Our daughter has officially entered the “How many days left until summer?” phase of the school year. Every morning feels slightly more dramatic than the last. And honestly, adults aren’t always that different this time of year. At work, I’ve noticed the same thing happening with teams lately. Energy dips. Attention d

Longer days, lighter moods, and a reminder that energy matters at work too. For a lot of Canadians, Victoria Day Weekend (a.k.a. May 2-4) feels like the unofficial start of summer. Cottages reopen. BBQs come out. Garden centres suddenly get busy. And someone inevitably tries sitting on a dock wearing a bikini even though it’s still only 17 degrees outside. And somehow, everyone convinces themselves the lake will feel “refreshing.” Growing up, May 2-4 always felt like a shift