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Administrative Professionals Keep Us Powered

Posted on April 17th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Seasonal Content, Team Building

Wednesday, April 22nd is Administrative Professionals Day and it falls in the middle of a full week of celebration. Administrative Professionals are some of the most highly valued employees in every company – they are often the glue [ … ] Read More

Micromanagement IS Mismanagement

Posted on April 9th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Self Management, Team Building

The ‘not so subtle’ Art of Micromanagement Micromanagement is a very unfortunate style of management. Micromanagers (less diplomatically referred to as control-freaks) suffocate their people with continual hovering, closely monitoring, getting overly involved, paying excessive attention [ … ] Read More

Create the Calm & Kill the Stress

Posted on April 2nd, 2015 | Goals, Inspiration, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Self Management, Work - Life Balance

Create the Calmness this Month April is National Stress Awareness Month. The day was started by the Health Resource Network (HRN) in 1992 to raise awareness of stress and offer 30 days of attention to educating [ … ] Read More

All Fools Day kicks off April

Posted on April 1st, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Inspiration, News, Seasonal Content

April Fool’s Day or All Fools’ Day, as it is sometimes called, is celebrated on April 1st every year. Despite having no official recognition and an uncertain origin, April 1st has long been observed as a [ … ] Read More

The Last Sakura Blossoms

Posted on March 27th, 2015 | Inspiration, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

Vancouver’s 10th annual Cherry Blossom Festival will run from April 2nd to 29th this year. The city is famous for its thousands of cherry trees that line residential streets and parks with pink blossoms. This annual celebration marks the reawakening of reproduction [ … ] Read More

Get Your Irish On – March 17th

Posted on March 16th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Inspiration, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building, Work - Life Balance

Top o’ the mornin’ to ye Lads and Lassies and the rest of the day to ‘me self! Are ye Irish perchance? If ye aren’t – not to worry because the Irish believe – “Everyone is a [ … ] Read More

International Women’s Day – March 8th

Posted on March 6th, 2015 | Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Seasonal Content

This Sunday, March 8th, the world will be celebrating the 104th International Women’s Day (IWD). The following week is intended to give the world an opportunity to review what progress has been made over the last 12 months [ … ] Read More

Year of the Sheep (Goat & Ram)

Posted on February 18th, 2015 | Inspiration, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

Year of the Sheep (Goat & Ram) Although Asian cultures have adopted the Gregorian calendar for practical and business purposes, the most important day around the world continues to be the first day of the first month [ … ] Read More

The Business of Romance – Valentines Day

Posted on February 13th, 2015 | Inspiration, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

This year, February 14th, Valentines Day, falls on a Saturday – this won’t happen again until 2026! Some people think Valentines Day is the most romantic day of the year. Other’s not so much. Some may dismiss it as [ … ] Read More

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Posted on February 9th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, News, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Self Management, Team Building, Work - Life Balance

February 9th – 15th is Random Acts of Kindness Week. This unofficial holiday is increasingly being celebrated around the world – for good reason! RAK is intended to encourage daily acts of kindness for a [ … ] Read More