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employee retention

Focus on employee retention by invoking Price’s Law

Have you heard of Price’s Law? It may improve your employee retention? Derek Price was…

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compassionate leadership

Mindful active listening is essential to compassionate leadership

In Strategy #5 in our ongoing video tip series on compassionate leadership, I talked about…

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compassionate leadership

Compassionate leadership means being available to your staff

Today’s post is Strategy #7 in our ongoing video tip series on demonstrating compassionate leadership. …

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continuous learning

A sailboat as a metaphor for continuous learning and workplace change

Change in itself is not a bad thing; most of us can deal with change.  In fact, change is good.  It is what lets us accomplish great goals, reach new destinations, and create lasting legacies.  Change ensures continuous learning.  It

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leaders

Leaders in northern British Columbia: Step into your greatness!

I am pretty darn excited to be speaking at the 10th Annual Spark Women’s Leadership Conference on May 17-18 in Fort St. John BC.  This premiere event brings together hundreds of women leaders (and the men who work with and

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persuade

How to persuade and influence senior management

In a recent conversation with one of my one-on-one mentoring clients, we had a lively discussion about what it takes to persuade senior management.  This particular leader was frustrated with the challenges he was having in communicating with several of

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Workplace rituals matter, more than you might think

One of the questions I get asked a lot lately by leaders in client organizations is how they can give their people reasons to come back to the office.  It seems that many employees like working from home offices and

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compassionate in the workplace

Thinking before you speak will make you more compassionate in the workplace

In today’s post, I am continuing in our video tip series on tools to be more compassionate in the workplace.  Back in Strategy #2 in this series, I talked about the importance of slowing down so that you can observe

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Is it a good idea to give negative feedback to your boss?

My latest column in The Globe and Mail posted online six weeks ago!  I’m a little late!  Yes, I know, we’re always so excited that we usually send you a notice right way.  But this time, it slipped past us! 

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