An Obportum Community
The Harbour
Where leaders come to navigate together.
The Harbour is taking shape as a shared space for the Obportum community between engagements.
A Growing Harbour
A place to gather between engagements.
The Harbour is being developed to bring together live conversations, recorded sessions, research, tools, and reflections for leaders navigating complexity.
New sessions and resources will be added as they become available, creating a growing place to pause, learn, and continue the conversation.
Upcoming
Events & Workshops
OCT
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Wednesdays 9am-11am – Oct 7 to Oct 28
Career Search and Advancement Series – All 4 Workshops
OCT
07
9am-11am
Leveraging your unique value proposition
oct
14
9am-11am
A resume that survives AI and attracts recruiters
OCT
21
9am-11am
Building a functional network
OCT
28
9am-11am
Getting out of the way of yourself
Downloads
Tools & Resources
Executive Leadership
Career Advancement
OBPORTUM PERSPECTIVES
Latest Articles
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I Loved the Idea. That Was the Problem.
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When a compelling vision becomes a leadership blind spot Several years into an executive leadership role, I became convinced that our organization needed to broaden the way we served our community. Our existing programs were strong, our teams were effective, and our staff had built meaningful relationships throughout the community. But I saw an opportunity…
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When the Playbook Stops Working
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What a Crisis Taught Me About Adaptive Leadership There are moments in leadership when the playbook simply stops working. The COVID-19 pandemic was one of those moments. Across sectors, organizations were forced to respond to rapidly changing conditions, shifting consumer and community needs, operational restrictions, and significant uncertainty. Some organizations paused or closed their operations,…
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When a Name Change Isn’t Really About the Name
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Years ago, while serving as the executive leader of a local organization affiliated with a larger national network, I found myself caught in what started as a branding discussion. It turned out to be a much bigger lesson about leadership, decision making, trust, and the difference between asking for input and actually being open to…
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Part 7: Less Heroic Leadership, More Human Leadership
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WHEN WORRY COMES TO WORK A Seven-Part Leadership Series What Leaders Can Actually Do About Workplace Anxiety After all the theory and research, executive leaders eventually arrive at the practical question. What do we actually do? When I first wrote about leadership and workplace anxiety, I approached that question from the perspective of someone trying…
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Part 6: The Relationship Advantage
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WHEN WORRY COMES TO WORK A Seven-Part Leadership Series How Good Leadership Can Lower Workplace Stress If relationships matter, the next question is whether research gives us any reason to believe they actually change how workplace stress is experienced. It does. The evidence does not allow us to say that strong Leader-Member Exchange relationships treat…
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Part 5: From Stranger to Partner
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WHEN WORRY COMES TO WORK A Seven-Part Leadership Series How Leadership Trust Develops One Interaction at a Time Trust rarely arrives because someone has a leadership title. It develops through experience. Leader-Member Exchange theory provides a useful way of thinking about that development. Graen and Uhl-Bien (1995) described three stages in the development of a…
From the Harbour
Reflections for the journey.
Reflection
“You cannot control the wind. But you can learn to navigate it.”
Our Story
It Begins With Curiosity
“Every engagement starts the same way — with a conversation and curiosity.”
Obportum design reference
Confidence
“Navigate complex systems with confidence”
Our Story
Persistent Question
“Why do capable leaders struggle most when uncertainty is highest?”
Our Story
Ready to Navigate Forward?
Every engagement begins the same way — with a conversation and curiosity