Archive

• [+]2020
  • [+]January
    • A 2020 Vision for the Future of Work
    • Workplace Politics and Me: Do I have to play this game?
    • Workplace Politics: The Good, the Bad and the In-between
• [+]2019
  • [+]December
    • Workplace Politics: The Basics
  • [+]November
    • Befriending Your Stress
  • [+]October
    • Lipstick and Beer. Business in tough times
    • Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Some clarifications for newcomers to Canada
    • The Future of Work II: Is There a Relationship Between Industry 4.0 and Emotional Labour?
  • [+]July
    • Why You Should Adapt, Not Adopt
  • [+]June
    • In A Nutshell, What’s The Future Of Work And Why Should I Care?
    • Top Secrets to Communicating with Canadians
  • [+]May
    • Removing Obstacles To Team Success
  • [+]April
    • Unity In Diversity Is A Universal Law. For Business And Life.
    • 3 Stages To Results: Managing Your Emotions Through Career Transition
    • Three Things Your Supervisors Are Doing Wrong And How To Fix Them
  • [+]March
    • Improving Your Company's Appeal To Diverse Talent
  • [+]February
    • Typical problems immigrants face in their first jobs and how to leverage them
• [+]2018
  • [+]November
    • Are limiting beliefs about managers holding you back?
    • Why your supervisors don’t lead (and what to do about it)
  • [+]September
    • Is your supervisory leadership training effective? Let’s check.
    • What to do if your employees don’t speak English: An employer success story
  • [+]August
    • How to diversify your network!
    • What is managers’ #1 complaint? Hint: Same as employees’ #1 complaint!
  • [+]June
    • Using your natural connections to get into a career: Barry’s story
    • How Arnold became a master networker and rocked his career!
  • [+]May
    • Secrets to Communicating with Canadians
    • Why Kindness Matters at Work
    • Finding a Job in Canada
    • “I love my company!” Group pride, inclusion and employee engagement
  • [+]April
    • How Emmanuel did it: Starting a career in Supply Chain
    • Want to elevate employee engagement? Try this simple idea (consistently!)
  • [+]March
    • Can a construction company be intentionally inclusive? Jen-Col says “Yes!”
  • [+]February
    • Be the clearest speaker in the room
  • [+]January
    • “I love working here!” Real examples of inclusive workplaces
    • Diversifying your workforce…Who has time?
• [+]2017
  • [+]December
    • Supervisory survival basics: Giving direction
    • Rock your leadership effectiveness with your personal skill story
    • Understanding the difference between employee thinking and manager thinking
    • Changing your own behaviour with "If_when...then"
    • Finding a job in Canada: Using online searches
    • Documents you need to immigrate to Canada
    • Getting a job with your degree
    • Be irresistible at job interviews
    • Older and out of work? Tips to get that job.
  • [+]November
    • Increase your leadership attraction: Your backstory
  • [+]October
    • Channeling your inner "scary leader"
    • "If it ain't broke" - Workplace lessons for the entitled
    • Keeping your diverse employees
  • [+]September
    • What is the difference between culture, personality, wellness, and performance issues?
    • Growing your Leadership
    • Thinking of starting a business?
  • [+]August
    • Your accent: Shrinking the elephant in the room
    • 5 (Commonplace) Bad Meeting Presentation Mistakes & What You Can Learn From Them
    • Make your employee talent visible
  • [+]July
    • Bringing out the talents of your team: Survey and you shall receive
    • Cultural conflict styles and why you need to know about them
    • Cultural comfort in the workplace
    • The difference between cultural and intercultural competency
    • How to get strategic and START putting out fires in your business or team
    • 3 Typical workplace communication problems you can actually do something about
  • [+]June
    • The quick guide to increasing cultural comfort in the workplace
  • [+]May
    • Cross cultural negotiation - part three: Personality traits that lead to cultural behaviour change
    • Cross cultural negotiation - part two: Using influence
    • The spirit of work: How courtesy, respect and thoughtfulness create the foundation for all other work success
    • Cultural differences: The key to creativity and innovation
    • Cross cultural negotiation - part one: Using power strategies
    • Ndumiso’s Swaziland to Canada story: Advancing in the telecommunications workplace
    • Challenge people to help them get better
  • [+]April
    • Turning Twitter into a giant job board
    • Use Twitter to find work
    • Integrating international employees to your workplace
    • How did I lose myself? Finding your confidence in a new country
    • Gerard Keledjian: An immigrant success story
    • Perfect your entry level resume: Tips and Tricks
    • Stop pissing off recruiters
    • Courageous conversations you wish you’d had
    • Understand and showcase your "soft skills"
  • [+]March
    • To stop the talent drain, develop your own leadership
    • Quit spending 80% of your time on one bad egg
    • Craft an entry level resume
    • Get employers to respond to your job application
    • Organize your team for performance
    • Stay motivated in your job search
    • Is it true that some people can’t be motivated?
    • Building your career in Canada: Chinese and Canadian perspectives
  • [+]February
    • Foreign credential recognition in Alberta: A few explanations and resources
    • Stop drowning in paperwork
    • Manage for this century and the next
    • Stay current and employable in your field: 4 Ideas you may have missed
    • 3 critical supervisory leadership tools for this century and the next!
    • How to manage annoying people
    • Build Powerful Engaged Teams
    • Fix company communication that SUCKS
  • [+]January
    • Get results when talking to your boss
    • Build your credibility as a leader
    • Is online learning for you? Let’s find out
    • Accent reduction without losing your identity or voice
    • Getting through to your boss
    • How to use your voice more effectively: 4 Critical strategies
    • The need to be right versus the need to know
• [+]2016
  • [+]December
    • “Why don’t they do things my way?” Practical strategies to deal with the emotions of cultural clash
    • "Give them support and cut them loose!" Practical strategies to unleash the power of your team
    • Give them support then cut them loose: Practical strategies to unleash the powers of your diverse teams
  • [+]November
    • Building and recovering team trust: A basic framework for managers
    • Workforce plagues: Understanding and dealing with social dominance and narcissistic personalities at work
    • "We're going to have to let you go" - Words the indispensable NEVER have to hear
    • Present yourself with confidence
    • 5 Disastrously common meeting presentation mistakes & what you can learn from them
    • Want more confidence? Try these steps!
  • [+]October
    • 7 Barriers to communication and a lesson from YouTube
    • Communicating with clarity
    • Why you can't afford to have poor communication in your business or organization
    • Reflections on high school reunions and cultural awareness
    • "What? Are you trying to teach me something?" The link between organizational learning and polar bears
  • [+]September
    • Virtual introductions: The "why" and "how"
    • The power of a true vacation, and why you should harness it
    • Virtual Networking: Using LinkedIn to find work
    • Networking for people who are shy, socially uncomfortable or new to the country
    • Virtual networking part three: Using Twitter to network your way into a job
    • Networking tips and tricks for wallflowers: What to do before, during, and after an event
  • [+]August
    • Virtual networking part one: Using LinkedIn to find work and build your professional network
    • Virtual networking part two: Using Facebook for getting work and building your professional network
  • [+]June
    • How to get the most out of a bad job experience: 5 mistakes to avoid
    • Finding the job you want: The inner and outer game
    • Good companies have no fear of hard times: Employer tool to hire and retain immigrants
  • [+]May
    • Effective networking with real people
    • Rejected again! Practical tips for turning job rejections into opportunities
    • What job rejections are good for
    • How to win the interview and get the job, even if you are new to the country
  • [+]April
    • Help? How do I find work in my field when I graduate?
  • [+]March
    • Getting a job with your degree – 12 tips that work
    • People Shock: Why people matter more in the digital era
    • Making Service Count
  • [+]January
    • Intercultural Communication at Work: Understanding Cultural Conflict Styles
    • Overcoming talent blindness
• [+]2015
  • [+]December
    • Supply Chain Featured Industry: Open for Careers!
    • Work experience – does it really matter?
  • [+]October
    • Supporting Religious Diversity in the Workplace
    • Measuring for results: Three key principles
    • Becoming an Entrepreneur in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities
  • [+]September
    • 8 Social assumptions and what to do about them
  • [+]August
    • Basic cultural themes that affect the workplace: Theme #1 speech patterns
    • Basic cultural themes that affect the workplace: Theme #2 hierarchy
  • [+]June
    • “Three cups of tea”: The principle behind building your network and getting results
    • Dealing with prejudice during an interview: How even you can find the right words to be direct
    • Effective meetings strategy #1: Using meetings to mine for team talents
    • Effective Meetings that bring out the talents of your team: Overview and Strategies #1
  • [+]April
    • Biology and business: genes and employee performance
    • What?...Volunteer? But I need a job!
    • Communicating Evaluation Results to Stakeholders
    • Beyond the Mom and Pop Shop mentality
    • Five Skills for effective workplace communication
  • [+]February
    • Continuous Improvement Best Practice:Durabuilt Windows and Doors
    • Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture
  • [+]January
    • Operational Excellence with Nicolet Plastics
    • Me biased? 3 strategies to find out
    • Listening: Your most powerful business tool
    • The Myth of "Old School" Management
    • Creating a Culturally Safe Workplace
• [+]2014
  • [+]December
    • Linking Training, Organizational Climate and Business Outcomes
    • Supervisory Basics 2: Setting Clear Expectations
  • [+]November
    • Present yourself better
    • Productivity challenge: Your employees are not your family
    • Effective meetings strategy #2: Matching goals with questioning strategies
  • [+]September
    • Evaluating the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion efforts
  • [+]August
    • 5 planning strategies to build leadership from within
  • [+]July
    • 5 Megatrends to rock your world – and mine
  • [+]June
    • Cultural Intelligence: It’s all about finding the patterns and principles