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Will You Hug Your Boss on Friday?

Posted on September 3rd, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Seasonal Content, Team Building

The third Friday of each August is “Hug Your Boss Day.” This year Friday, September 4th will highlight workplace relationships, value employee/boss relationships while answering the question – Will you hug your boss today? In the late 1950’s [ … ] Read More

Culture and Driving Business Success

Posted on August 27th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration

Connecting Culture To What Drives Business Success By Jamie Notter August 13, 2015 TLNT This post originally appeared on CultureUniversity.com. Culture is not about being cool or even being a “best place to work.” It’s about being [ … ] Read More

Work, Value & Meaning

Posted on August 13th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration, Personal Success

Is meaningful work more than simply job satisfaction? I think I’d have to answer that with an overwhelming -YES. How often do we use the terms ‘meaning’ or ‘meaningful’ when speaking about the activity we spend [ … ] Read More

Work like a Dog Day

Posted on August 4th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building, Work - Life Balance

Tuesday, August 5th is Work like a Dog Day. Work like a Dog Day honors and recognizes the hardest working people among us. The fact that the day is celebrated on August 5th suggests that we [ … ] Read More

Culture, Teams and the US Navy SEALS

Posted on July 23rd, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Seasonal Content, Team Building

The Navy SEALS is all about WE Recently I’ve been reading and thinking about how certain structured groups relate to successful business models. In particular, I was considering the ME culture that exist in some organizations [ … ] Read More

Geeks Unite on July 13th

Posted on July 10th, 2015 | Inspiration, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building, Work - Life Balance

Let that Geek Flag fly—it’s Embrace Your Geekness Day! Did you and the geeks in your life know that Monday July 13th is Embrace Your Geekness Day? This day celebrates that little bit of geekiness in us [ … ] Read More

Culture of Innovation

Posted on May 28th, 2015 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Team Building

Create | Innovate | Grow Corporate culture is a commonly used term that often means different things to different people. In some cases it may be considered as nothing more than a buzz word. Make no mistake, [ … ] Read More

Biking This Week – Healthy Cities & Healthy You

Posted on May 22nd, 2015 | Inspiration, News, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Self Management, Work - Life Balance

Will you be biking next week? Monday, May 25th kicks off National Bike to Work Week. In BC this year, the week of May 25th is also the first ever Bike to School Week. Bike to [ … ] Read More

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