Leadership – Learning – Life!
Inspiring personal, professional, and organizational wellbeing….
for leaders at work and in life.
Meet Eileen
Welcome! I’m Eileen Chadnick, principal of Big Cheese Coaching. I founded Big Cheese Coaching in 2003 to inspire greater personal, professional and organizational wellbeing. What is it to love your work and your life? To excel, flourish and….
What I Do
Career Coaching, Leadership Development, Executive Coaching; Workshops & Webinars; Assessments; Expertise in Emotional Intelligence, Conversational Intelligence, Positivity, Communications, Leadership – and more.
Eileen’s Book
What would it be like to experience more ease in your work and life? Check out Eileen’s book: Ease offering “ease-y” tips and strategies to manage overwhelm in times of “crazy busy”. Easy but backed by neuroscience and more.
Latest Blog Posts
Leadership Conversations: Build Trust or Break it?
NOTE: This article was first written for the Globe and Mail Careers, Leadership Lab. --- Ahh, that trust thing – when you have it, everything is good. Without it, so much can go wrong. It takes time to build up trust and yet only a fraction of a second to break it....
He/She Said What!!?? 5 Communications Blunders From the Top
Note: this article is adapted from an original post from my communications site (Chadnick Communications). We all have those moments when we have inadvertently said the wrong thing or held back and didn’t say what needed to be said. Sometimes these moments are benign....
Primer: The Neuroscience of Distrust/ Trust in Conversation – Blame it on Your Brain!
Every word, phrase, interaction, or even silence can have a ripple effect for good, better, or worse.... What makes a conversation good? Not good? What creates trust? Distrust? Much of my work these past years has engaged others in these and other related questions --...
A Few Good Habits: “Ahh February” Part 2
Feeling the winter blahs? Lost sight of those shiny goals from the new year? Losing 'steam'? In my last post ("Ahh February"), I shared a story about how my father taught me some valuable life lessons - notably, the importance of pacing. The context was related to...
Ahh February…(Part 1)
"Ahh February" is a Two Part Series. See "Ahh February, Part 2" for a few good ideas on keeping your 'mojo' going throughout the year, particularly getting through 'Feb and Winter blahs'. --- Here's something you may not know about me: When I was a teenager, I ran...
Add a Little Zig Zag to Your Career
NOTE: I wrote this article some years ago for the Globe and Mail. I realized I never posted here on this blog. Worth a read - Zig Zag is increasingly the norm for many. See original Globe Article here. Ah, the dilemmas of navigating a modern career. In the past,...