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The Euphoria of Winning

I will never forget where I was when Joe Carter hit the gaming winning homerun for the Blue Jays in 1993 to win the World Series.  Since then, my beloved city hasn’t been able to celebrate much around baseball…until last … Continue reading

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Ask Don’t Tell…It Goes Both Ways

In most of our sessions with leaders or HR professionals, someone asks ‘how can we better engage Gen Ys?’ or ‘what can we do to make sure our Millennials are more high performing?’ Often our response is that a great … Continue reading

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Declining Resilience Among Students A Serious Problem – How Will It Impact Employers?

In lieu of a long blog post, I want people to take 10 minutes and read this very important article on a serious problem facing colleges and universities – declining student resilience. This article provides insights into why counselling services … Continue reading

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A Fresh New Workspace To Increase Overall Performance

Over the last 2 weeks I have been onsite with clients in Ontario and Quebec and I was impressed and excited by the changes they had made to their office space. The workspace and team collaboration spaces were open, bright, … Continue reading

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Managing Performance of ‘Experienced’ Employees

This week I co-presented a session on strategies for managing an aging workforce with a lawyer at a Bay St. law firm. The discussion centered on both the legal and HR related issues that employers face with an older workforce.  … Continue reading

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