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
12 Reflection Questions to Complete 2022 and Get Ready for 2023
T'is the season to reflect! Ready to dive into this year's "12 Reflection Questions" to complete your year and get ready for the year ahead? The Globe and Mail has previously published a version of this article (click here) And now you can also scroll down and get...
Resilience: Finding the Good in the Bad – Lessons from a Pickleball Fall
As I am reflecting on my year-end questions and Question #1 is prompting me to think about the good of the year that we are soon to complete. Question #2 is also getting me to think about some of the tough stuff of 2022. You know the the stuff that kinda sucked:(. We...
Leaders – It’s the Tiny Moves That Can Make the Big Difference
This article was initially published in my Globe and Mail Column. See my latest Globe columns here. Many managers are caught between a rock and a hard place in the “return-to-work” challenge, pressured to bring people back but still facing resistance from those who...
Blindsided and Let Go? Full Globe and Mail Article Now Posted Here
This article was first published in my column in the Globe and Mail where I offered some tips on what to do if you get blindsided in a senior leadership role and let go (aka, per the Lisa Laflamme situation). And this article also happened to be cited as one of the...
Blindsided like Lisa LaFlamme? How to Move Forward…
Like many Canadians, I was shocked and dismayed when I heard that Lisa Laflamme was unceremoniously let go from her role as CTV’s national news anchor. Not only was I struck by how poorly the communication appeared to be handled, I also wondered, from a leadership...
Return to Work: Humanity, Connection, Compassion More Crucial Than Ever
This article was initially published in my Globe and Mail Column. See my latest Globe columns here. As the return-to-work era unfolds, many leaders find themselves mired in challenges. They are tired. Their people are tired. And there is still a lot of resistance. How...