Culture – today’s informed business leaders are well aware that everyone is talking about it in the same conversation with employee retention and employee engagement. Is this subject topical because of the shortage of talented candidates in the market? [ … ] Read More
Trust and Trustworthiness
Trust and Trustworthiness All too often, we talk about “trust” as if it was a singular thing. In a social context, trust has several connotations. Trust can be attributed to relationships between people – those relationships established between a trustor [ … ] Read More
Workforce Planning – today & beyond
A few years ago workforce planning was one of the hottest issues every business was talking about. At the time it was aimed at the C-Suite and did not seem to go any further. Today workforce planning is back on [ … ] Read More
Happy Birthday Queen Victoria
In Canada, Queen Victoria’s Birthday is a statutory holiday observed in many provinces across Canada every year on the Monday before May 25th. That means this year we celebrate on Monday, May 23rd. Many Canadians do not realize that Victoria Day [ … ] Read More
Keep Calm on Friday the 13th
Watch out! Tomorrow is Friday the 13th! This day is thought by many to be the unluckiest day of the year. Never will a year will never go by without a Friday the 13th. For a month to have [ … ] Read More
Peter Drucker – Modern Management
Peter Drucker and the Drucker Institute It is pretty obvious by the quote at the bottom of my JKS Talent Network website homepage, and my periodic musings, that I am a huge fan of Peter Drucker, the father of [ … ] Read More
You Get What You Pay For
You Get What You Pay For We’re all familiar with the phrase “you get what you pay for.” It seems we have heard it our entire lives. No one seems to be able to pinpoint the exact origin of the [ … ] Read More
International Mother Earth Day
Flickr Image: WallsTalking.org There is no Planet B Each April 22 the world honors International Mother Earth Day. Earth Day is a globally celebrated holiday that often extends into Earth Week – a full seven days of events focused [ … ] Read More
Appreciation – Make it a Habit
Each year, the last full week of April (24th – 30th , 2016) is set aside in appreciation as Administrative Professional’s Week. It is on the Wednesday of that week (April 27) that is designated as Administrative Professional Appreciation [ … ] Read More
TALENT FLEEING VANCOUVER
Why is talent (the young candidate in particular) choosing to leave the most beautiful city on the planet and moving away? This is a very unfortunate reality in the Vancouver lower [ … ] Read More