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interdepartmental collaboration

Lunch-and-learns that boost interdepartmental collaboration

Does your organization face barriers to interdepartmental collaboration? A cross-departmental lunch-and-learn can bridge those gaps, providing an informal yet impactful platform for teams to share knowledge, improve communication, and strengthen relationships.  These sessions highlight how sharing insights and aligning priorities

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training younger workers

Training younger workers? Change your traditional approach

For training to be effective today, especially for younger employees, it needs to be customized, relevant, and timely.  And this is exactly the subject of my latest column, published in The Globe and Mail last week.  In Companies must make

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garbage in garbage out

Garbage in, garbage out: poor inputs result in poor outputs

Garbage in, garbage out is a phrase I learned in one of my first-year Computer Science classes, back in my university days.  It was used to express the important concept that incorrect or poor quality input will always produce faulty

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retirement

Thinking about retirement? What will be your legacy?

My latest column for The Globe and Mail published online on Friday.  It is titled Nearing retirement shouldn’t be about completion, but about purpose. What will your legacy be? Recently, several of my one-on-one mentoring clients have been contemplating retirement

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improv training

Why every leader should take improv training

David Gouthro has been my professional colleague and trusted friend for more years than I care to admit.  But the fact that he last guested on the blog was back in 2012 (Engage or enrage? … a leadership choice) will

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continuous learning

Are you building continuous learning into your organization?

Randall Craig is the author of eight books and the CEO of the Braintrust Professional Institute.  He works with C-level leaders and their teams to help them grow their business, reduce complexity, and improve their effectiveness.  And he has been

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