Several weeks ago, I received a review copy of Dr. Brenda Shoshanna’s latest book “Fearless”. Dr. Shoshanna is a practising psychologist and therapist and has made appearances on national television networks ABC, CBS, and MSNBC, as well in numerous publications including Boardroom, Mental Health News, and Publisher’s Weekly. Although her … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest post by Art Petty. Art is the author of The Management Excellence blog and when he’s not writing, he’s busy serving as a management consultant, speaker, graduate management educator and leadership coach and trainer. Art is also the co-author of the book, Practical Lessons in … Click to continue reading
Of the many stories that came out of NASA’s Apollo space program, one of my favourites is the story about the janitor who upon being asked by a reporter what his job was in the organization replied “I’m helping to put a man on the Moon”. Now, whether this story … Click to continue reading
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported the results of an interesting survey that should encourage some reflection and review by both university graduates and businesses, and hopefully the various educational institutions as well. From April to June of this year, over 10 000 currently employed university graduates (graduated university … Click to continue reading
Image courtesy of Mary Jo Asmus. Today’s piece is a guest post by Mary Jo Asmus. Mary Jo is a former Fortune 500 executive-turned-president of an executive coaching firm, Aspire Collaborative Services. Her company works with high potential leaders and senior executives in Fortune 100, government, and non-profit organizations around … Click to continue reading
I’ve been noticing a trend lately among certain business writers where they suggest that changes to the current business model will occur mainly as a consequence of the Millennial generation (or Gen Y) joining the workforce. From their vantage point, the social attitudes and upbringing of this next generation of … Click to continue reading
Recently my wife and I took advantage of the school summer break to take our kids on vacation at one of our country’s most popular tourist destinations. As it was the first time we’d taken our kids there, it was only natural that we wanted to check out the various … Click to continue reading
As with most kids on summer break, my girls have been spending part of their days taking swimming lessons to help advance their skills in this particular sport. While attending one of their lessons, I noticed something that was reminiscent of what many companies go through when managing the growth … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by this month’s guest blogger, Roberta Hill. Roberta “complains” she has too many fingers in too many pies. It seems the older she gets the more interests she discovers. Lately she has been calling herself a digital nomad. She writes three blogs, runs an … Click to continue reading
Have you ever found yourself questioning whether the time had come to leave your current job and look for work elsewhere? It’s a common predicament most of us have encountered at one point or another in our careers, of coming across that fork in the road where we have to … Click to continue reading
Photo courtesy of jm3 A few days ago, I had an interesting talk with my friend Mark who is currently wondering if the changing atmosphere in his workplace is a sign that it’s time for him to leave the company. As we delved into some of the reasons why he … Click to continue reading
This week I wanted to look at how our perspective in approaching a project or task can dramatically affect our ability to complete the work. In the first post looking at this concept, I demonstrated how striving for perfection, as opposed to aiming to make things better, is actually counter-productive … Click to continue reading