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Victoria Day – The Queen’s Birthday in Canada

Posted on May 15th, 2015 | Inspiration, Seasonal Content

Queen Victoria Day, Mother of Confederation On Monday, May 18th, Queen Victoria reins again when we honour her contributions and influence on our country. Victoria Day is a federal holiday that Canadians celebrate each year on the Monday preceding the 25th May. [ … ] Read More

Soft Skills are Hard Necessities

Posted on May 7th, 2015 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Inspiration, Personal Success, Self Management, Team Building

People underperform because they lack soft skills. Regardless of profession, industry or niche, every role occupied by every person requires two very broad categories of skills – hard skills and soft skills. Technical skills and Non-technical skills. [ … ] Read More

Soft “How Well You Fit In” Skills

Posted on April 30th, 2015 | Career Advancement, Employee Retention, Goals, Hiring Talent, Leadership Matters, Personal Success, Team Building

Soft Skills Determine the ‘Fit’ that Impacts Careers Soft skills are those personal qualities, habits, characteristics, traits and attitudes that are not traditionally taught in schools or even on the job. Many successful people have developed [ … ] Read More

All about that Base (Hard & Soft Skills Mix)

Posted on April 23rd, 2015 | Career Advancement, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Self Management, Team Building

The Right Mix of Soft Skills + Hard Skills One of the biggest challenges facing companies today is the skills gap. Is this gap limited to a short supply of technical skills? Accounting? Law? Technology? [ … ] Read More

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

Warning Signs an Employee Needs to be Let Go

Posted on March 26th, 2015 | News

Know when to hold, know when to fold Every manager at some point in their career (and most likely more than once) comes to a point where they have to face to music – know when to [ … ] Read More