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Effective Interpersonal Communications Workshop
Why are some people so effective in communicating with others? How can improving communication skills build long term relationship? Why doesn’t my team talk to me? I facilitated A Royce &...
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Getting Your Job Search Started
People are often stuck in jobs that are not their dream job. I get my fair share of calls from people I know wanting to make a change. I do what I can to offer some tips and in some cases, have been...
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Sidneyeve Matrix, a Queen’s University professor, professional speaker, blogger, and social media expert, spoke at the HRPA Halton event on April 10, 2012 about “Socializing HR – Why HR should embrace...
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Do you suffer from the dreaded Tetris Effect?
The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote sufficient time and attention to an activity that it begins to overshadow their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. It is...
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What Stephen Covey taught me – The Power Pause
I was sad to hear about Stephen R. Covey’s tragic accident and subsequent death. We never know when our time is up. Stephen Covey touched so many people in his life time and his work will continue to...
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What Stephen Covey taught me – The Circle of Influence
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr As human beings, we have...
View ArticleWhat Steven Covey taught me – We have a choice
“The desire to love is not itself love …. Love is an act of will – namely an intention and an action. Will implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. No matter how much we think we are...
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Do you lead like an DHB (decent human being)?
Lately I’ve been seeing many references to books on how to fix dysfunctional organizational culture and leaders not leading like decent human beings. This proliferation of organizational and leadership...
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Effective communication skills gap to widen in the workplace
In the article “Is the Internet bad for us?” (The Star, Fri Dec 28 2012) Josh Tapper, the author, notes that: The average Canadian spends more than 45 hours online each month. (ComScore, a global...
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What does Business Growth and Mother Nature have in common?
I am taking a course called Grow to Greatness through Coursera, an online platform for open-access, non-credit classes, available at no cost to audiences around the world. Along with 67,000 students...
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Tips for Creating a Successful Mentoring Relationship
What does it take to create a successful mentoring relationship? A mentor and a mentee enter into a mentoring relationship hoping for success, but that does not always happen. Why do some mentoring...
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#HRPA2015 – 1, 2, 3, GO!
I am thrilled to be part of the HR Blog Team for the HRPA 2015 Conference in Toronto. This three day event held on January 21, 22, and 23, 2015 (hence the hashtag #HRPA2015) “explores the business side...
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Getting Your Job Search Started
People are often stuck in jobs that are not their dream job. I get my fair share of calls from people I know wanting to make a change. I do what I can to offer some tips and in some cases, have been...
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