I have had the privilege of working under and beside some incredible leaders in my career, and I decided to write about one of them. My latest journal article, entitled Servant Leadership: A Case Study of a Canadian Health Care Innovator was just published in the Journal of Healthcare Leadership. This article describes the leadership … Continue reading My latest article in the Journal of Healthcare Leadership
Author: Dr. Tim Vanderpyl
Dr. Tim Vanderpyl is a strategy consultant, business professor and executive coach. Before becoming a professor, he worked in executive positions in the social services, healthcare, oil/gas and government sectors. He teaches HR, Organizational Behaviour and Marketing courses at Ambrose University and teaches as a sessional instructor at Trinity Western University and in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. Dr. Vanderpyl holds a Master of Arts in Leadership, a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership and is a Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR). He lives in Calgary, Alberta with his wife and three children.
Book Review: Pension Ponzi
Pensions. Bring that up at a party and watch everyone's eyes glaze over. It really is more exciting to talk about paint drying than about pensions and actuarial tables, but bear with me. Pension Ponzi by Bill Tufts and Lee Fairbanks is actually a mostly interesting book. The book is actually about two core issues: … Continue reading Book Review: Pension Ponzi
New Article Published: Encouragement in Foresight
The American Journal of Biblical Theology just published one of my articles. You can check out Encouragement in Foresight: An Ideological Texture Analysis of Philadelphia and Revelation 3:7-13 by clicking here (link will download article in .pdf format). In this article I analyze underlying ideologies in this passage and focus especially on the encouraging aspects … Continue reading New Article Published: Encouragement in Foresight
Book Review: Millennials into Leadership
How will the Millennials lead? That question will directly impact organizations over the next few years, as the Millennials move into more impacting leadership positions. The oldest Millennial is 31 now, and we will see them become Executives in established organizations very shortly. Will that change leadership as we know it? Lisa Orrell attempts to … Continue reading Book Review: Millennials into Leadership
Structuring Creativity
We all want talent in our organizations don't we? Just having inordinate amounts of talent and diversity does not guarantee innovation in any way. Leaders must find ways to harness and funnel the creative dissonance into something productive. Many leaders seem to recruit people just like themselves, because it is much simpler to manage like-minded … Continue reading Structuring Creativity
Creativity and Leadership
Creativity starts with humility. It starts with saying "I don't know the answer". The resulting journey to find that answer most times results in creative solutions. Creativity stops when we think we know everything and no longer become sojourners on a journey of inquisitiveness. It also stops when our teams become unbalanced because of homogenous … Continue reading Creativity and Leadership
The Millennial Leaders
I've been thinking lately about how Millennials will change leadership in the next decade or so. The reality is, we don't really know how they will lead. The oldest Millennial is about 30 now, and most haven't been given significant leadership opportunities yet (I don't count crewchief at a fast food restaurant as significant). But … Continue reading The Millennial Leaders
Temporal Orientations: Time Matters in Planning
"Planning advocates provide little assistance to the administrator in meeting these challenges. Vague statements about planned change, elaborate schematic drawings of the planning function, diverse planning models, and five-year plans that are in fact "shelf-documents" created for evaluation agencies or for year-end reports offer minimal assistance to top-level managers as they respond to internal and … Continue reading Temporal Orientations: Time Matters in Planning
Book Review: UnMarketing. Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.
First off, I am definitely not qualified to review a book on social media. I'm still learning a lot, make lots of mistakes and am still trying to figure it out along with everyone else. So I'm approaching this review from the perspective of a business leader looking to learn more about how best to … Continue reading Book Review: UnMarketing. Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.
Book Review: Managing the Millennials
Leading/managing Millennials is fast becoming a lucrative niche-field for writers and consultants to help companies with. The Millennials are growing into our workforces now and companies are learning, or not learning, to adapt to them. Chip Espinoza, Mick Ukleja and Craig Rusch wrote “Managing the Millennials: Discover the Core Competencies for Managing Today’s Workforce” and … Continue reading Book Review: Managing the Millennials
Dr. Tim Vanderpyl 