7 Barriers to communication and a lesson from YouTube

by marie | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog, Reaching Your Career Goals, Hot Off The Press, Leadership and Management, Supervisory Smarts, Intercultural Communication, Employer Best Practices

7 Barriers to communication and a lesson from YouTube Barriers to communication can be removed!   Ask employees in any workplace what the company’s biggest internal problem is and the majority will say without hesitation, “communication,” (insert eye rolling and...

Why you can’t afford to have poor communication in your business or organization

by marie | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Leadership and Management, Supervisory Smarts, Intercultural Communication, Employer Best Practices, Reaching Your Career Goals

We start with a story… There was a young man driving his car home on the expressway one evening, when he heard a loud bang and felt his left rear tire blow out. He pulled the car over on the shoulder of the expressway, got out, and saw that he had a flat tire....

Reflections on high school reunions and cultural awareness

by marie | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Canadian Workplace Culture, Intercultural Communication, Hot Off The Press

Reflections on high school reunions and cultural awareness I had a crazy moment of cultural awareness/flashback/shock at my 40th high school reunion event a couple of weekends ago. Like many people I know, if you are still in touch with even a couple of people from...

“What? Are you trying to teach me something?” The link between organizational learning and polar bears

by marie | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Leadership and Management, Supervisory Smarts, Employer Best Practices

Let me tell you a tale of two species… I was at a conference recently and one of the participants shared this story with me. “So, I went to the CEO and I said, ‘We have to start learning to stay current in today’s economy.’ The CEO said, ‘Ya, why? I’m making money so...