HAPPY NEW YEAR! The subject of my first blog of January 2015 honours National Mentoring Month (NMM). Created in 2002 by the Harvard Business School, the month of January is dedicated to promoting mentoring. Originally aimed [ … ] Read More
Taking Stock – The Year in Review I don’t mean to scare you, but 2015 is right around the corner – maybe sooner than you think. Whether you will be spending the next three weeks thinking [ … ] Read More
It has been said that to be courageous, one must possess optimism, passion, realism and the ability to take action. Business today requires a significant amount of courage – more so than ever before – the [ … ] Read More
Years ago, when most organizations were based on the hierarchical business model of the Industrial Age, a great leader was one who was unemotional, rational, even mechanistic. Those days are gone. Today’s leader, especially one who is [ … ] Read More
Managerial Courage I have been a human resources executive for many years and the one skill or attribute that continues to be a derailer for leaders is the “lack of managerial courage.” This may not be [ … ] Read More
Fearless Image: Geof Sheppard (Own work) How Fearless Are You? How fearless are you? Every person has some type of fear inside of them. You may be worried or scared about performing well at work. [ … ] Read More
RELAX – April 16th is National Stress Awareness Day and it falls smack-dab in the middle of National Stress Awareness Month. April 16th is the day to assess the personal, family and work place stress that exists [ … ] Read More
Held each April 7th, World Health Day is a campaign globally recognized and sponsored by the 193 World Health Organization (WHO) country members. What is World Health Day? World Health Day isn’t all about hand-washing and [ … ] Read More
Thursday, March 20th, 2014 is a day for double celebration. This year, in the northern hemisphere, the Spring / March Equinox falls on the same day as International Happiness Day. For those of us in Vancouver Spring, spring [ … ] Read More
February 10th – 16th, 2014 is “Random Acts of Kindness” Week Recently I was surfing the TV channels and came across a movie I’d seen years ago – Pay it Forward – starring Kevin Spacey and [ … ] Read More