Blog posts by Dina Bell-Laroche

Published May 27, 2015 [An updated blogpost relating to Management by Values was posted in August 2015 and is accessible here]   by Dina Bell-Laroche and Rachel Corbett (originally written March 2008) A French version of this paper is ...

Published April 29, 2015 I recently read an article in the Ottawa Citizen that ranked Ottawa among the top 10 happiest out of 33 metropolitan areas across the country. The survey asked 340,000 people across Canada to rate their life satisfa ...

Published March 6, 2015 Inspired by my book on Values-in-Action: Igniting Passion and Purpose in Sport Organizations and my certification in 2014 as an Integral Master CoachTM, I’m writing this blog to show how values can enhance the coachi ...

Published September 12, 2014 What does it mean to lead an organization? Research and business leaders will tell you it comes down to culture. High performing organizations are driven by leaders who invest in creating stimulating, values-dri ...

Published July 15, 2014 Recently I became certified as an Integral Master CoachTM with Integral Coaching Canada. The certification process took fourteen months and is recognized by the International Coaching Federation. I’m one of only a fe ...

Published December 17, 2013 I’ve been thinking about this for a while. What is the impact on professionals who feel they are ‘on call’ 24-7 but aren’t being paid to render this service? Turns out, others have been asking the same question. ...

Published July 25, 2013 As a leader in Canadian sport, I have had the opportunity to experience many moments of greatness. Many of these early moments are related to my involvement in Olympic Games where I worked as a media attaché and pres ...

Published June 11, 2013 Dina answers questions about the e-book: How can this e-book make me a better sport leader? "This e-book was written with sport leaders in mind. Based on the insights of 12 Canadian sport leaders and their experience ...

Published April 6, 2013 Carleton business professor Linda Druxbury researches and writes about the pending shortage of a skilled workforce. She puts it quite clearly … with baby boomers set to retire large numbers over the next decade, orga ...

Published January 29, 2013 Melanie Herman, of the Nonprofit Risk Manager Center, recently published her RISK eNewsletter and I wanted to share a great little excerpt. I hope you find it as helpful as I did.  In essence, it’s a reminder ...