They say “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” But words do hurt—and all too often, what they hurt is workplace ...
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Credit must be given to Steven Matthew Leonard with whose blog post I framed a story for which I couldn’t find words. Thank you Steven. O...
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… of all the things that can cause ripples in our ‘pond’ changing CEO’s should be considered the equivalent of doing a cannonball dive int...
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If you Google the term ‘first day as a manager,’ you’ll get almost three billion results. What does that tell us? That a lot of pe...
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As a young leader in the Army, I used to ask my soldiers: ‘How are you doing?’ Guess what the answers were. Fine. Good. Okay. What did I gain from...
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You are not your 2 am conversations; not your 3 am nightmares; not your 4 am regrets – Mark Dimaisip I don’t mind telling you that business co...
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Thanks, Jade, for the wonderful conversation about my life experiences from Military, Red Cross, Business and Instructing at Mount Royal University. I...
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If your boss has ever micromanaged you, did you assume it was because they didn’t trust you, or maybe you’re just crappy at your job? You’re not...
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I’ve said it You may have said it You probably had it said to you. It goes like this: The boss proudly says: “I have an open-door policy!” and t...
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The author, Douglas Adams once said … “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” According to a 2018 PMI (Project M...
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Do you have a million things to do that each seem as important as the next? These are called competing priorities, and they can get in the...
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Read MoreA Poor Performer Costs Money, But If You Like Them It Will Cost You $76,500* – Two Approaches To Cut That Cost
This article was originally published on May 17, 2018, and has been updated. How many times have you heard the terms “managing your boss” or “ma...
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