In today’s hectic world, workplace deadlines and personal responsibilities can often leave you feeling ragged and with little time for yourself. And yet, your ability to lead and manage at work is greatly affected by your mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. If you are tired of feeling like you’re not giving or getting the best…
Are you under the assumption that you’re indispensable at work? That, in your absence, everything will fall apart at the office? Well, it won’t. While you may make lots of amazing contributions to the company, not taking regular vacations is unhealthy for you, office morale and the company’s growth. In fact, by taking time away,…
While these games may not be for the faint of heart, they’ll help you squeeze the most from your precious time away. They do involve risk though. The risk is that you just might re-discover yourself, your loved ones, and that you actually have a life. Do you dare? The Independent Motion Game – this…
Depression is widespread across North American workplaces and occurs at an alarming rate. It can affect men and women at any age, economic or social status. In both Canada and the US, depression tops the list of health-related productivity costs at work. While many employers understand the huge financial and human costs of depression, the big…
Have you ever wondered who is responsible for employee engagement? The reality is, everyone is responsible for employee engagement, including you. Leaders do their part by ensuring they themselves are engaged and for creating a culture that promotes engagement. HR is responsible for partnering with leaders to help them understand and support their employees’ development…
Underlying most personal or leadership development efforts is the need to change some aspect of the way you do things. Whether it be learning to engage your team more effectively or improving how you handle difficult situations, some form of doing things differently on your part is par for the course. If you’re like many who venture down this road of self-awareness and growth, you may well underestimate just how difficult behavior change can be…and that can set you up for failure.
We’ve all been there. Ruts are no fun. In fact, they can be downright nasty, exacting heavy tolls on our productivity, health, and morale. They can be our biggest obstacle towards achieving our goals. While it can be easy to blame outside circumstances, the fact is it’s usually a reflection of our own occasionally skewed…
As a busy professional, putting out fires, conquering evil doers and making the world a better place is all in a day’s work for you. While this unfailing commitment to working on your company’s success is virtuous, it’s kind of a pity because you could add so much more depth and creativity with a mere…
Passion is something I usually encourage people to develop further. Seeing people engage with their work on such a deep level can be a beautiful thing to observe and experience. However, there can be a dark side. Executives and leaders can be notoriously zealous about their work, so much so that they are driven to…
The pace has all of a sudden advanced to light speed. Your ‘to do’ pile just doesn’t seem to be shrinking fast enough. Yet more work comes your way. Fun right? Thought not. But what can you do about it? Like many others, I start each day with my to-do list. It’s difficult sticking to…